diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1d2c7f9f..c5ef4e67 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -33,20 +33,7 @@ if cpp_compiler.check_header('execinfo.h')
   add_project_arguments('-DHAS_EXECINFO', language: 'cpp')
 endif
 
-wlroots = subproject('wlroots', default_options: ['examples=false', 'renderers=gles2'])
-have_xwlr = wlroots.get_variable('features').get('xwayland')
-xcb_dep = dependency('xcb', required: get_option('xwayland'))
-
-cmake = import('cmake')
-udis = cmake.subproject('udis86')
-udis86 = udis.dependency('libudis86')
-
-if get_option('xwayland').enabled() and not have_xwlr
-	error('Cannot enable Xwayland in Hyprland: wlroots has been built without Xwayland support')
-endif
-have_xwayland = xcb_dep.found() and have_xwlr
-
-if not have_xwayland
+if get_option('xwayland').disabled()
   add_project_arguments('-DNO_XWAYLAND', language: 'cpp')
 endif
 
@@ -69,8 +56,6 @@ if get_option('buildtype') == 'debug'
   add_project_arguments('-DHYPRLAND_DEBUG', language: 'cpp')
 endif
 
-version_h = run_command('sh', '-c', 'scripts/generateVersion.sh')
-
 globber = run_command('find', 'src', '-name', '*.h*', check: true)
 headers = globber.stdout().strip().split('\n')
 foreach file : headers
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 45701f5f..3505cefe 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ executable('Hyprland', src,
     server_protos,
     dependency('wayland-server'),
     dependency('wayland-client'),
-    wlroots.get_variable('wlroots'),
+    dependency('wlroots'),
     dependency('cairo'),
     dependency('hyprlang', version: '>= 0.2.1'),
     dependency('libdrm'),
     dependency('egl'),
     dependency('xkbcommon'),
     dependency('libinput'),
-    xcb_dep,
+    dependency('xcb', required: get_option('xwayland')),
     backtrace_dep,
     systemd_dep,
-    udis86,
+    dependency('udis86'),
 
     dependency('pixman-1'),
     dependency('gl', 'opengl'),