diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
index 930dbe7f369d..9b218c6432b8 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # Copyright 2013-2018 The Meson development team
-# Copyright © 2024 Intel Corporation
 
 # This file contains the detection logic for external dependencies.
 # Custom logic for several other packages are in separate files.
@@ -107,9 +106,6 @@ def _process_include_type_kw(cls, kwargs: T.Dict[str, T.Any]) -> str:
         return kwargs['include_type']
 
     def __init__(self, type_name: DependencyTypeName, kwargs: T.Dict[str, T.Any]) -> None:
-        # This allows two Dependencies to be compared even after being copied.
-        # The purpose is to allow the name to be changed, but still have a proper comparison
-        self.__id = id(self)
         self.name = f'dep{id(self)}'
         self.version:  T.Optional[str] = None
         self.language: T.Optional[str] = None # None means C-like
@@ -128,14 +124,6 @@ def __init__(self, type_name: DependencyTypeName, kwargs: T.Dict[str, T.Any]) ->
         self.featurechecks: T.List['FeatureCheckBase'] = []
         self.feature_since: T.Optional[T.Tuple[str, str]] = None
 
-    def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
-        if not isinstance(other, Dependency):
-            return NotImplemented
-        return self.__id == other.__id
-
-    def __hash__(self) -> int:
-        return self.__id
-
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f'<{self.__class__.__name__} {self.name}: {self.is_found}>'
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/mesonmain.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/mesonmain.py
index fb18fa8b6806..4d1f427da210 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/mesonmain.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/mesonmain.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # Copyright 2012-2021 The Meson development team
-# Copyright © 2021-2024 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright © 2021 Intel Corporation
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import copy
 import os
 import typing as T
 
@@ -348,16 +347,6 @@ def override_dependency_method(self, args: T.Tuple[str, dependencies.Dependency]
         if not name:
             raise InterpreterException('First argument must be a string and cannot be empty')
 
-        # Make a copy since we're going to mutate.
-        #
-        #   dep = declare_dependency()
-        #   meson.override_dependency('foo', dep)
-        #   meson.override_dependency('foo-1.0', dep)
-        #   dep = dependency('foo')
-        #   dep.name() # == 'foo-1.0'
-        dep = copy.copy(dep)
-        dep.name = name
-
         optkey = OptionKey('default_library', subproject=self.interpreter.subproject)
         default_library = self.interpreter.coredata.get_option(optkey)
         assert isinstance(default_library, str), 'for mypy'
diff --git a/test cases/common/98 subproject subdir/meson.build b/test cases/common/98 subproject subdir/meson.build
index d2bafedf5119..ef053d86c41c 100644
--- a/test cases/common/98 subproject subdir/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/common/98 subproject subdir/meson.build	
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# Copyright 2016-2023 The Meson Developers
-# Copyright © 2024 Intel Corporation
-
 project('proj', 'c')
 subproject('sub')
 libSub = dependency('sub', fallback: ['sub', 'libSub'])
@@ -10,19 +6,7 @@ exe = executable('prog', 'prog.c', dependencies: libSub)
 test('subproject subdir', exe)
 
 # Verify the subproject has placed dependency override.
-d = dependency('sub-1.0')
-
-# verify that the name is the overridden name
-assert(d.name() == 'sub-1.0', 'name was not properly set, should have been "sub-1.0", but was @0@'.format(d.name()))
-
-# Verify that when a dependency object is used for two overrides, the correct
-# name is used
-meson.override_dependency('new-dep', d)
-d2 = dependency('new-dep')
-assert(d2.name() == 'new-dep', 'name was not properly set, should have been "new-dep", but was @0@'.format(d2.name()))
-
-# And that the old dependency wasn't changed
-assert(d.name() == 'sub-1.0', 'original dependency was mutated.')
+dependency('sub-1.0')
 
 # Verify we can now take 'sub' dependency without fallback, but only version 1.0.
 dependency('sub')