diff --git a/accountsservice/meson.build b/accountsservice/meson.build
index c6d8a42..79a7181 100644
--- a/accountsservice/meson.build
+++ b/accountsservice/meson.build
@@ -21,8 +21,14 @@ act_interfacesdir = act_dep.get_variable(
     default_value: datadir /'accountsservice' / 'interfaces'
 )
 
-meson.add_install_script(
-    symlink,
-    dbus_interfaces_dir / 'io.elementary.pantheon.AccountsService.xml',
-    act_interfacesdir / 'io.elementary.pantheon.AccountsService.xml',
+act_file_path = fs.relative_to(
+  dbus_interfaces_dir / 'io.elementary.pantheon.AccountsService.xml',
+  act_interfacesdir
+)
+
+install_symlink(
+  'io.elementary.pantheon.AccountsService.xml',
+  install_dir : act_interfacesdir,
+  install_tag : 'runtime',
+  pointing_to : act_file_path,
 )
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 72b536a..2e66a56 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 project(
     'elementary-default-settings',
     version: '8.1.0',
-    meson_version: '>= 0.58.0'
+    meson_version: '>= 1.3.0'
 )
 
+fs = import('fs')
 gnome = import('gnome')
 prefix = get_option('prefix')
 datadir = prefix / get_option('datadir')
@@ -12,8 +13,6 @@ schemadir = datadir / 'glib-2.0' / 'schemas'
 
 gnome.post_install(glib_compile_schemas: true)
 
-symlink = meson.current_source_dir () / 'meson' / 'create-symlink.sh'
-
 # Sudo password feedback in terminals
 install_data(
     'sudoers.d/pwfeedback',
diff --git a/meson/create-symlink.sh b/meson/create-symlink.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index cdd5214..0000000
--- a/meson/create-symlink.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -eu
-
-# this is needed mostly because $DESTDIR is provided as a variable,
-# and we need to create the target directory...
-
-mkdir -vp "$(dirname "${DESTDIR:-}$2")"
-if [ "$(dirname $1)" = . -o "$(dirname $1)" = .. ]; then
-    ln -vfs -T -- "$1" "${DESTDIR:-}$2"
-else
-    ln -vfs -T --relative -- "${DESTDIR:-}$1" "${DESTDIR:-}$2"
-fi