diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f89f5a016..53ce6a348 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -593,10 +593,10 @@ run_command(
 )
 
 if is_darwin
-  configure_file(
-    input : 'misc/launchd/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist.in',
-    output : 'org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist',
-    copy : true,
+  fs.copyfile(
+    'misc/launchd/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist.in',
+    'org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist',
+    install : true,
     install_dir : prefix / 'Library/LaunchDaemons',
   )
 endif
diff --git a/misc/bash/meson.build b/misc/bash/meson.build
index 75acce2ea..178692536 100644
--- a/misc/bash/meson.build
+++ b/misc/bash/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-configure_file(
-  input : 'completion.sh',
-  output : 'nix',
+fs.copyfile(
+  'completion.sh',
+  'nix',
   install : true,
   install_dir : datadir / 'bash-completion/completions',
   install_mode : 'rw-r--r--',
-  copy : true,
 )
diff --git a/misc/fish/meson.build b/misc/fish/meson.build
index d54de9a13..7f9cd0896 100644
--- a/misc/fish/meson.build
+++ b/misc/fish/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-configure_file(
-  input : 'completion.fish',
-  output : 'nix.fish',
+fs.copyfile(
+  'completion.fish',
+  'nix.fish',
   install : true,
   install_dir : datadir / 'fish/vendor_completions.d',
   install_mode : 'rw-r--r--',
-  copy : true,
 )
diff --git a/misc/meson.build b/misc/meson.build
index bf3c157f7..4e2f6aacf 100644
--- a/misc/meson.build
+++ b/misc/meson.build
@@ -5,8 +5,4 @@ subdir('zsh')
 subdir('systemd')
 subdir('flake-registry')
 
-runinpty = configure_file(
-  copy : true,
-  input : meson.current_source_dir() / 'runinpty.py',
-  output : 'runinpty.py',
-)
+runinpty = fs.copyfile('runinpty.py')
diff --git a/misc/zsh/meson.build b/misc/zsh/meson.build
index 8063a5cb8..bd388a31f 100644
--- a/misc/zsh/meson.build
+++ b/misc/zsh/meson.build
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 foreach script : [ [ 'completion.zsh', '_nix' ], [ 'run-help-nix' ] ]
-  configure_file(
-    input : script[0],
-    output : script.get(1, script[0]),
+  fs.copyfile(
+    script[0],
+    script.get(1, script[0]),
     install : true,
     install_dir : datadir / 'zsh/site-functions',
     install_mode : 'rw-r--r--',
-    copy : true,
   )
 endforeach
diff --git a/scripts/meson.build b/scripts/meson.build
index c916c8efa..e35c6cbb0 100644
--- a/scripts/meson.build
+++ b/scripts/meson.build
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@ configure_file(
   }
 )
 
-# https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/860
-configure_file(
-  input : 'nix-profile.sh.in',
-  output : 'nix-profile.sh.in',
-  copy : true,
-)
+fs.copyfile('nix-profile.sh.in')
 
 foreach rc : [ '.sh', '.fish', '-daemon.sh', '-daemon.fish' ]
   configure_file(
diff --git a/src/nix-channel/meson.build b/src/nix-channel/meson.build
index 952dfdb78..97b92d789 100644
--- a/src/nix-channel/meson.build
+++ b/src/nix-channel/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
-configure_file(
-  input : 'unpack-channel.nix',
-  output : 'unpack-channel.nix',
-  copy : true,
-)
+fs.copyfile('unpack-channel.nix')