diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
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--- a/meson.build
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-project('zenity', 'c',
-  version: '3.41.0',
-  meson_version: '>=0.53.0',
-  license: 'LGPL-2.1-or-later'
-)
-
-version_arr = meson.project_version().split('.')
-zenity_version_major = version_arr[0].to_int()
-zenity_version_minor = version_arr[1]
-zenity_version_micro = version_arr[2].to_int()
-
-zenity_prefix = get_option('prefix')
-zenity_bindir = join_paths(zenity_prefix, get_option('bindir'))
-zenity_libdir = join_paths(zenity_prefix, get_option('libdir'))
-zenity_datadir = join_paths(zenity_prefix, get_option('datadir'), 'zenity')
-zenity_localedir = join_paths(zenity_prefix, get_option('localedir'))
-
-zenity_root_dir = include_directories('.')
-zenity_po_dir = join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'po')
-
-gnome = import('gnome')
-i18n = import('i18n')
-
-cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
-
-zenity_conf = configuration_data()
-zenity_conf.set_quoted('ZENITY_NAME', meson.project_name())
-zenity_conf.set_quoted('ZENITY_VERSION', meson.project_version())
-zenity_conf.set_quoted('ZENITY_STRING',
-  '@0@ @1@'.format(meson.project_name(), meson.project_version()))
-zenity_conf.set_quoted('ZENITY_DATADIR', zenity_datadir)
-zenity_conf.set_quoted('ZENITY_LIBDIR', zenity_libdir)
-zenity_conf.set_quoted('ZENITY_LOCALE_DIR', zenity_localedir)
-
-zenity_conf.set('VERSION', 'ZENITY_VERSION')
-zenity_conf.set('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', 'ZENITY_NAME')
-zenity_conf.set('LOCALEDIR', 'ZENITY_LOCALE_DIR')
-
-zenity_conf.set('DEBUG', get_option('debug'))
-
-check_headers = [
-  'sys/types.h',
-  'unistd.h',
-  'langinfo.h',
-  'locale.h'
-]
-
-foreach h : check_headers
-  cc.has_header(h, required: true)
-endforeach
-
-gtk_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: '>= 3.16.0')
-
-# this is the minimum required glib according to the above-mentioned version of gtk
-# it's really just being documented here for ease of reference.
-glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0', version: '>= 2.43.4')
-
-# Optional dependencies
-
-opt_missing_str = '''
-Requested optional @0@ support but library not found.
-Please ensure you have any required development libraries installed.'''
-
-libnotify = dependency('libnotify', version: '>= 0.6.1', required: false)
-if get_option('libnotify')
-  if libnotify.found()
-    zenity_conf.set('HAVE_LIBNOTIFY', true)
-  else
-    error(opt_missing_str.format('libnotify'))
-  endif
-endif
-
-webkitgtk = dependency('webkit2gtk-4.0', version: '>= 2.8.1', required: false)
-if get_option('webkitgtk')
-  if webkitgtk.found()
-    zenity_conf.set('HAVE_WEBKITGTK', true)
-  else
-    error(opt_missing_str.format('webkitgtk'))
-  endif
-endif
-
-# link Xlib if we have it. This will likely be removed after gtk4 migration.
-x11 = dependency('x11', required: false)
-
-perl = find_program('perl', required: false)
-if perl.found()
-  zenity_conf.set('PERL', perl.path())
-endif
-
-configure_file(
-  output: 'config.h',
-  configuration: zenity_conf
-)
-
-# Print a summary of options at the end.
-
-summary({'prefix': zenity_prefix,
-         'libdir': zenity_libdir,
-         'datadir': zenity_datadir,
-	 'localedir': zenity_localedir,
-        }, section: 'Directories')
-
-summary({'libnotify': get_option('libnotify'),
-         'webkitgtk': get_option('webkitgtk'),
-         'gdialog script': perl.found(),
-        }, section: 'Configuration')
-
-subdir('src')
-subdir('data')
-subdir('po')
-subdir('help')
-
-meson.add_install_script('meson_post_install.py')