diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7b3f05a..cb6c2b6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ dependency('gstreamer-plugins-bad-1.0', version: '>= 1.18')
 
 cargo = find_program('cargo')
 glib_compile_schemas = find_program('glib-compile-schemas')
-glib_compile_resources = find_program('glib-compile-resources')
 
 version = meson.project_version()
 
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index c5a8cb6..85e72ce 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ global_conf.set_quoted('VERSION', version + version_suffix)
 global_conf.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', gettext_package)
 global_conf.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', localedir)
 global_conf.set_quoted('OBJECT_PATH', object_path)
-config_output_file = configure_file(
+configure_file(
     input: 'config.rs.in',
     output: 'config.rs',
     configuration: global_conf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ endif
 
 cargo_env = [ 'CARGO_HOME=' + meson.project_build_root() / 'cargo-home' ]
 
-cargo_build = custom_target(
+custom_target(
   'cargo-build',
   build_by_default: true,
   build_always_stale: true,