2 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index 58dbcec4..47455ed2 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ edit = sed \
 ## wrong file by accident.
 $(OURSCRIPTS): %: %.sh.in wrapper.sh.in $(LIBMAKEPKG_IN) Makefile
 	$(AM_V_at)$(RM) $@
-	$(AM_V_GEN)test -f $(srcdir)/$@.sh.in && m4 -P -I $(srcdir) $(srcdir)/$@.sh.in | $(edit) >$@
+	$(AM_V_GEN)test -f $(srcdir)/$@.sh.in && $(edit) $(srcdir)/$@.sh.in >$@
 	$(AM_V_at)chmod +x,a-w $@
 	@$(BASH_SHELL) -O extglob -n $@
 
diff --git a/scripts/meson.build b/scripts/meson.build
index 56f31222..696d8ddd 100644
--- a/scripts/meson.build
+++ b/scripts/meson.build
@@ -14,18 +14,12 @@ SCRIPT_EDITOR = find_program(configure_file(
   output : 'edit-script.sh',
   configuration : substs))
 
-m4_edit = generator(
-  M4,
-  arguments : ['-P', '-I', meson.current_source_dir(), '@INPUT@'],
-  output : '@PLAINNAME@',
-  capture : true)
-
 foreach script : scripts
   script_shortname = script.split('.')[0]
 
   custom_target(
     script,
-    input : m4_edit.process(script),
+    input : script,
     command : [ SCRIPT_EDITOR, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@', '0755'],
     output : script_shortname,
     install : true,
@@ -40,7 +34,7 @@ foreach script : wrapped_scripts
   # the build directory.
   internal_script = custom_target(
     script,
-    input : m4_edit.process(script),
+    input : script,
     command : [ SCRIPT_EDITOR, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@', '0755'],
     output : script,
     build_by_default : true)