diff --git a/dbus-services/meson.build b/dbus-services/meson.build
index 29fe392411..203c432264 100644
--- a/dbus-services/meson.build
+++ b/dbus-services/meson.build
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ configure_file(
   input: 'org.enlightenment.Ethumb.service.in',
   output: 'org.enlightenment.Ethumb.service',
   configuration: org_enlightenment_ethumb_service_config,
-  install_dir: dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('session_bus_services_dir'))
+  install_dir: dep.get_variable('session_bus_services_dir'))
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 81f92feb52..c16add5bd4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ if sys_osx and get_option('lua-interpreter') == 'luajit'
   # dependency with our arguments, a library later still needs to link to
   # luajit for the pagesize argument thingy
   lua = declare_dependency(
-    include_directories: include_directories(lua.get_pkgconfig_variable('includedir')),
-    link_args: ['-L' + lua.get_pkgconfig_variable('libdir'), '-l' + lua.get_pkgconfig_variable('libname')]
+    include_directories: include_directories(lua.get_variable('includedir')),
+    link_args: ['-L' + lua.get_variable('libdir'), '-l' + lua.get_variable('libname')]
   )
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/wayland_protocol/meson.build b/src/wayland_protocol/meson.build
index a61f8c8de3..43a8abbd9d 100644
--- a/src/wayland_protocol/meson.build
+++ b/src/wayland_protocol/meson.build
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ wl_stable_protocol_sys = [
 
 foreach sys_protocol : wl_unstable_protocol_sys
 	wl_protocol_local += [
-		join_paths(_wayland_protocols.get_pkgconfig_variable('pkgdatadir'), 'unstable',
+		join_paths(_wayland_protocols.get_variable('pkgdatadir'), 'unstable',
 			sys_protocol)]
 endforeach
 
 foreach sys_protocol : wl_stable_protocol_sys
   wl_protocol_local += [
-    join_paths(_wayland_protocols.get_pkgconfig_variable('pkgdatadir'), 'stable',
+    join_paths(_wayland_protocols.get_variable('pkgdatadir'), 'stable',
       sys_protocol)]
 endforeach
 
diff --git a/systemd-services/meson.build b/systemd-services/meson.build
index a17790e857..373147e548 100644
--- a/systemd-services/meson.build
+++ b/systemd-services/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 if get_option('systemd') == true
   sys_dep = dependency('systemd', required: false)
   if sys_dep.found()
-    sys_dir = sys_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('systemduserunitdir')
+    sys_dir = sys_dep.get_variable('systemduserunitdir')
   else
     sys_dir = join_paths(dir_lib, 'systemd', 'user')
   endif