diff --git a/src/core/meson.build b/src/core/meson.build
index 450d6f72a9..85021bdc01 100644
--- a/src/core/meson.build
+++ b/src/core/meson.build
@@ -173,26 +173,19 @@ systemd_shutdown_sources = files('''
 '''.split())
 
 in_files = [['macros.systemd',   rpmmacrosdir],
-            ['triggers.systemd', ''],
+            ['system.conf',      pkgsysconfdir],
             ['systemd.pc',       pkgconfigdatadir],
-            ['system.conf',      pkgsysconfdir]]
+            ['triggers.systemd', '']]
 
 foreach item : in_files
         file = item[0]
         dir = item[1]
 
-        # If 'no', disable generation completely.
-        # If '', generate, but do not install.
-        if dir != 'no'
-                gen = configure_file(
-                        input : file + '.in',
-                        output : file,
-                        configuration : substs)
-                if dir != ''
-                        install_data(gen,
-                                     install_dir : dir)
-                endif
-        endif
+        configure_file(
+                input : file + '.in',
+                output : file,
+                configuration : substs,
+                install_dir : dir == 'no' ? '' : dir)
 endforeach
 
 install_data('org.freedesktop.systemd1.conf',
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/meson.build b/src/libsystemd/meson.build
index 05d4ea0e7f..67add387e6 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsystemd/meson.build
@@ -109,9 +109,8 @@ libsystemd_static = static_library(
 
 libsystemd_sym = 'src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym'
 
-libsystemd_pc = configure_file(
+configure_file(
         input : 'libsystemd.pc.in',
         output : 'libsystemd.pc',
-        configuration : substs)
-install_data(libsystemd_pc,
-             install_dir : pkgconfiglibdir)
+        configuration : substs,
+        install_dir : pkgconfiglibdir == 'no' ? '' : pkgconfiglibdir)
diff --git a/src/libudev/meson.build b/src/libudev/meson.build
index 8d86c34189..88189748d3 100644
--- a/src/libudev/meson.build
+++ b/src/libudev/meson.build
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ libudev_sym_path = meson.current_source_dir() + '/libudev.sym'
 install_headers('libudev.h')
 libudev_h_path = '@0@/libudev.h'.format(meson.current_source_dir())
 
-libudev_pc = configure_file(
+configure_file(
         input : 'libudev.pc.in',
         output : 'libudev.pc',
-        configuration : substs)
-install_data(libudev_pc,
-             install_dir : pkgconfiglibdir)
+        configuration : substs,
+        install_dir : pkgconfiglibdir == 'no' ? '' : pkgconfiglibdir)
diff --git a/src/udev/meson.build b/src/udev/meson.build
index e378d9190c..a9d6c6363f 100644
--- a/src/udev/meson.build
+++ b/src/udev/meson.build
@@ -187,12 +187,11 @@ endforeach
 install_data('udev.conf',
              install_dir : join_paths(sysconfdir, 'udev'))
 
-udev_pc = configure_file(
+configure_file(
         input : 'udev.pc.in',
         output : 'udev.pc',
-        configuration : substs)
-install_data(udev_pc,
-             install_dir : pkgconfigdatadir)
+        configuration : substs,
+        install_dir : pkgconfigdatadir == 'no' ? '' : pkgconfigdatadir)
 
 meson.add_install_script('sh', '-c',
                          mkdir_p.format(join_paths(sysconfdir, 'udev/rules.d')))