diff --git a/Documentation/meson.build b/Documentation/meson.build
index 6158320e177c..0fc5909d088e 100644
--- a/Documentation/meson.build
+++ b/Documentation/meson.build
@@ -116,10 +116,8 @@ endif
 # Sphinx
 #

-sphinx = find_program('sphinx-build-3', required : false)
-if not sphinx.found()
-    sphinx = find_program('sphinx-build', required : get_option('documentation'))
-endif
+sphinx = find_program('sphinx-build-3', 'sphinx-build',
+                      required : get_option('documentation'))

 if sphinx.found()
     docs_sources = [