diff --git a/hyprctl/main.cpp b/hyprctl/main.cpp
index db8f48a3..820e9fe9 100644
--- a/hyprctl/main.cpp
+++ b/hyprctl/main.cpp
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ void request(std::string arg) {
         return;
     }
 
-    const auto SERVER = gethostbyname("localhost");
-
-    if (!SERVER) {
-        std::cout << "Couldn't get host (2)";
-        return;
-    }
 
     // get the instance signature
     auto instanceSig = getenv("HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE");
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 94353336..58ef93a6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if cpp_compiler.has_argument('-std=c++23')
 elif cpp_compiler.has_argument('-std=c++2b')
   add_global_arguments('-std=c++2b', language: 'cpp')
 else
-  error('Could not configure current C++ compiler (' + cpp_compiler.get_id() + ' ' + cpp_compiler.get_version() + ') with required C++ standard (C++23)')
+  error('Could not configure current C++ compiler (' + cpp_compiler.get_id() + ' ' + cpp_compiler.version() + ') with required C++ standard (C++23)')
 endif
 
 GIT_BRANCH = run_command('git', 'rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD', check: false).stdout().strip()