diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 77c37cd..96177d2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('pkgconf', 'c',
   version : '1.6.3',
   license : 'ISC',
-  meson_version : '>=0.40')
+  meson_version : '>=0.47')
 
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index e8ef6c4..1f21e04 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ tests = [
 
 # yuck
 foreach test : tests
-  configure_file(input: test + '.sh', output: test, configuration: configuration_data())
+  configure_file(input: test + '.sh', output: test, copy: true)
   run_command('chmod', '755', join_paths(meson.build_root(), 'tests', test))
 endforeach