diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index 6b66ae6..ce52450 100644
--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if glib_compile_schemas.found()
 endif
 
 # For development always generate a local GSchema
-dev_schema = custom_target(
+custom_target(
   'dev-schema',
   build_by_default: true,
   build_always_stale: true,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 64c1be5..e6b5fb1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependency('glib-2.0', version: '>= 2.66')
 dependency('gio-2.0', version: '>= 2.66')
 dependency('gtk4', version: '>= 4.0.0')
 
-glib_compile_resources = find_program('glib-compile-resources', required: true)
+find_program('glib-compile-resources', required: true)
 glib_compile_schemas = find_program('glib-compile-schemas', required: true)
 desktop_file_validate = find_program('desktop-file-validate', required: false)
 appstream_util = find_program('appstream-util', required: false)
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 7f35fc0..4983b5d 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ global_conf.set_quoted('PROFILE', profile)
 global_conf.set_quoted('VERSION', version + version_suffix)
 global_conf.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', gettext_package)
 global_conf.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', localedir)
-config = configure_file(
+configure_file(
   input: 'config.rs.in',
   output: 'config.rs',
   configuration: global_conf