diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/metadata-cleaner/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/metadata-cleaner/default.nix
index f113eed155fcc..01c8ade58c4b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/metadata-cleaner/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/metadata-cleaner/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 , itstool
 , libadwaita
 , librsvg
-, meson_0_60
+, meson
 , ninja
 , pkg-config
 , poppler_gi
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     glib
     gtk4
     itstool
-    meson_0_60
+    meson
     ninja
     pkg-config
     wrapGAppsHook
diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/shared-mime-info/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/shared-mime-info/default.nix
index 4c60895897fe3..2feb5e2f5a471 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/misc/shared-mime-info/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/shared-mime-info/default.nix
@@ -13,34 +13,24 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "shared-mime-info";
-  version = "2.1";
+  pname = "shared-mime-info-unstable";
+  version = "2021-12-03";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
     owner = "xdg";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "07bxv44p43pqq4ymfnyy50yli7lwdqymhvclna42rkn1cazq3vb5";
+    repo = "shared-mime-info";
+    rev = "5a406b06792e26a83c7346b3c2443c0bd8d4cdb2";
+    sha256 = "1v7dx7mr0m4lcff1aasg9gxn280zn0ffn6fjg9xc44pnllg01n6s";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # xmlto is only used for building the docs, which are not installed anyways.
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "xmlto-optional.patch";
-      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/-/merge_requests/110.patch";
-      sha256 = "0p5gxlcmn8ji5bc7pd105s1halqwa1d28lfx9yj43rn6mav7allx";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
     pkg-config
     gettext
-    itstool
     libxml2
   ] ++ lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) shared-mime-info;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
index 8c6a8b056781b..016a7a992ed99 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
 , meson
 , ninja
 , gettext
@@ -93,26 +92,18 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gst-plugins-bad";
-  version = "1.18.2";
+  version = "1.18.5";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "06ildd4rl6cynirv3p00d2ddf5is9svj4i7mkahldzhq24pq5mca";
+    sha256 = "sha256-oWSSO5Tw0IV4pvyuqsbgwF2niKRpA6EIaHDpykWtZ44=";
   };
 
   patches = [
     # Use pkgconfig to inject the includedirs
     ./fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch
-    # Fix “error: cannot initialize a parameter of type 'unsigned long *' with an rvalue of type 'typename std::remove_reference<decltype(*(&opencv_dilate_erode_type))>::type *' (aka 'volatile unsigned long *')” on Darwin.
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/640a65bf966df065d41a511e2d76d1f26a2e770c.patch";
-      sha256 = "E5pig+qEfR58Jticr6ydFxZOhM3ZJ8zgrf5K4BdiB/Y=";
-      includes = [
-        "ext/opencv/gstcvdilateerode.cpp"
-      ];
-    })
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
index 1edadf0a51bcd..8b6073cb95888 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gst-plugins-base";
-  version = "1.18.4";
+  version = "1.18.5";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "08w3ivbc6n4vdds2ap6q7l8zdk9if8417nznyqidf0adm0lk5r99";
+    sha256 = "sha256-lgt69FhXANsP3VuENVThHiVk/tngYfWR+uiKe+ZEb6M=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
index c4b40877fb541..268da01716304 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gstreamer";
-  version = "1.18.4";
+  version = "1.18.5";
 
   outputs = [
     "bin"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1igv9l4hm21kp1jmlwlagzs7ly1vaxv1sbda29q8247372dwkvls";
+    sha256 = "sha256-VYYiMqY0Wbv1ar694whcqa7CEbR46JHazqTW34yv6Ao=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/devtools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/devtools/default.nix
index 12cb6dac6f31e..0b7be2bd03ec8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/devtools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/devtools/default.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gst-devtools";
-  version = "1.18.4";
+  version = "1.18.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1kvcabcfzm7wqih3lzgrg9xjbn4xpx43d1m2zkkvab4i8161kggz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-/s/8hkR9r1wqBoQ8dXqZHXRcqiBpRGoNdG6ZsT98sHk=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
index 840b0f252857c..0bfe6f3e0e2f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gst-editing-services";
-  version = "1.18.4";
+  version = "1.18.5";
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "010xg960qsh5dwmf0y9l1q13h0cymmrgapzla2zsw66ylxqbi1s6";
+    sha256 = "sha256-ivSoOU0FHz4YKAaG20mm76zMlcDFmhfw9WTjIABZDfU=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
index bc1656c191a4a..a6ed248b663d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ assert raspiCameraSupport -> (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64);
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gst-plugins-good";
-  version = "1.18.4";
+  version = "1.18.5";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1c1rpq709cy8maaykyn1n0kckj9c6fl3mhvixkk6xmdwkcx0xrdn";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Oq7up3Zfv4gBrM5KUDqbBfc/BOijU1Lp0AIyz9VVeWs=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/libav/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/libav/default.nix
index 009a1555f770e..7f2828253c88c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/libav/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/libav/default.nix
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gst-libav";
-  version = "1.18.4";
+  version = "1.18.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "15n3x3vhshqa3icw93g4vqmqd46122anzqvfxwn6q8famlxlcjil";
+    sha256 = "sha256-gi4AipEOndE67b3Y3GP+3vQEDA7i6Se6sxEuneaTpUg=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix
index d66376b64996c..a75af25224a03 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gst-rtsp-server";
-  version = "1.18.4";
+  version = "1.18.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "153c78klvzlmi86d0gmdf7w9crv11rkd4y82b14a0wdr83gbhsx4";
+    sha256 = "sha256-BNY79IgWxvQcc/beD5EqfO8KqznEQWKnvOzhkj38nR8=";
   };
 
   outputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
index 049e8a99f095a..7c4b21f7c8330 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gst-plugins-ugly";
-  version = "1.18.4";
+  version = "1.18.5";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0g6i4db1883q3j0l2gdv46fcqwiiaw63n6mhvsfcms1i1p7g1391";
+    sha256 = "sha256-3zKAPpj4qZeTc/osp+BeYvl3sQl1dtOoBhnZ9cafZtk=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
index 19e65c5a75eba..5de9a247a5275 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gstreamer-vaapi";
-  version = "1.18.4";
+  version = "1.18.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1sia4l88z7kkxm2z9j20l43rqkrnsa47xccski10s5gkhsprinwj";
+    sha256 = "sha256-SkYPuVVZ9BRE6ySGStLZ43kitu6pQVEDEDGfw+C6cns=";
   };
 
   outputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix
index d87c9a700e681..2b6dfc8fb52c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 , gettext
 , graphene
 , gi-docgen
-, meson_0_60
+, meson
 , ninja
 , python3
 , makeWrapper
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gettext
     gobject-introspection
     makeWrapper
-    meson_0_60
+    meson
     ninja
     pkg-config
     python3
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libadwaita/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libadwaita/default.nix
index 1d2d152f8b429..5248c7403b305 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libadwaita/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libadwaita/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 , gi-docgen
 , gtk-doc
 , libxml2
-, meson_0_60
+, meson
 , ninja
 , pkg-config
 , sassc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gi-docgen
     gtk-doc
     libxml2 # for xmllint
-    meson_0_60
+    meson
     ninja
     pkg-config
     sassc
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnice/default.nix
index 87f2d73271253..42fb795d38ed7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnice/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 , gupnp-igd
 , gst_all_1
 , gnutls
+, graphviz
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gtk-doc
     docbook_xsl
     docbook_xml_dtd_412
+    graphviz
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/0.15.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/0.15.nix
index 93ecf0bd3ab3b..b9d1246a841de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/0.15.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/0.15.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, meson_0_60, ninja, pkg-config, wayland-scanner
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, meson, ninja, pkg-config, wayland-scanner
 , libGL, wayland, wayland-protocols, libinput, libxkbcommon, pixman
 , xcbutilwm, libX11, libcap, xcbutilimage, xcbutilerrors, mesa
 , libpng, ffmpeg, xcbutilrenderutil, seatd, vulkan-loader, glslang
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ pkg-config ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson_0_60 ninja pkg-config wayland-scanner ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config wayland-scanner ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     libGL wayland wayland-protocols libinput libxkbcommon pixman
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/boost-Do-not-add-system-paths-on-nix.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/boost-Do-not-add-system-paths-on-nix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b9020b3d5402..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/boost-Do-not-add-system-paths-on-nix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-From 536108b10271f2f42d41c7d9ddb4ce2ea1851f4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Niklas=20Hamb=C3=BCchen?= <mail@nh2.me>
-Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 19:27:08 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] boost: Do not add system paths on nix
-
----
- mesonbuild/dependencies/boost.py | 17 +----------------
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/boost.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/boost.py
-index 907c0c275..ecaf11b18 100644
---- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/boost.py
-+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/boost.py
-@@ -643,22 +643,7 @@ class BoostDependency(ExternalDependency):
-             roots += [x for x in candidates if x.name.lower().startswith('boost') and x.is_dir()]
-         else:
-             tmp = []  # type: T.List[Path]
--
--            # Homebrew
--            brew_boost = Path('/usr/local/Cellar/boost')
--            if brew_boost.is_dir():
--                tmp += [x for x in brew_boost.iterdir()]
--
--            # Add some default system paths
--            tmp += [Path('/opt/local')]
--            tmp += [Path('/usr/local/opt/boost')]
--            tmp += [Path('/usr/local')]
--            tmp += [Path('/usr')]
--
--            # Cleanup paths
--            tmp = [x for x in tmp if x.is_dir()]
--            tmp = [x.resolve() for x in tmp]
--            roots += tmp
-+            # Do not add any non-explicit paths on nix
- 
-         return roots
- 
--- 
-2.25.4
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fd93e8f86b15..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, python3
-, writeTextDir
-, substituteAll
-, fetchpatch
-, installShellFiles
-}:
-
-python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  pname = "meson";
-  version = "0.57.1";
-
-  src = python3.pkgs.fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "19n8alcpzv6npgp27iqljkmvdmr7s2c7zm8y997j1nlvpa1cgqbj";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Upstream insists on not allowing bindir and other dir options
-    # outside of prefix for some reason:
-    # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/2561
-    # We remove the check so multiple outputs can work sanely.
-    ./allow-dirs-outside-of-prefix.patch
-
-    # Meson is currently inspecting fewer variables than autoconf does, which
-    # makes it harder for us to use setup hooks, etc.  Taken from
-    # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/6827
-    ./more-env-vars.patch
-
-    # Unlike libtool, vanilla Meson does not pass any information
-    # about the path library will be installed to to g-ir-scanner,
-    # breaking the GIR when path other than ${!outputLib}/lib is used.
-    # We patch Meson to add a --fallback-library-path argument with
-    # library install_dir to g-ir-scanner.
-    ./gir-fallback-path.patch
-
-    # In common distributions, RPATH is only needed for internal libraries so
-    # meson removes everything else. With Nix, the locations of libraries
-    # are not as predictable, therefore we need to keep them in the RPATH.
-    # At the moment we are keeping the paths starting with /nix/store.
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/31222#issuecomment-365811634
-    (substituteAll {
-      src = ./fix-rpath.patch;
-      inherit (builtins) storeDir;
-    })
-
-    # When Meson removes build_rpath from DT_RUNPATH entry, it just writes
-    # the shorter NUL-terminated new rpath over the old one to reduce
-    # the risk of potentially breaking the ELF files.
-    # But this can cause much bigger problem for Nix as it can produce
-    # cut-in-half-by-\0 store path references.
-    # Let’s just clear the whole rpath and hope for the best.
-    ./clear-old-rpath.patch
-
-    # Patch out default boost search paths to avoid impure builds on
-    # unsandboxed non-NixOS builds, see:
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/86131#issuecomment-711051774
-    ./boost-Do-not-add-system-paths-on-nix.patch
-  ];
-
-  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
-
-  # 0.45 update enabled tests but they are failing
-  doCheck = false;
-  # checkInputs = [ ninja pkg-config ];
-  # checkPhase = "python ./run_project_tests.py";
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    pushd $out/bin
-    # undo shell wrapper as meson tools are called with python
-    for i in *; do
-      mv ".$i-wrapped" "$i"
-    done
-    popd
-
-    # Do not propagate Python
-    rm $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    installShellCompletion --zsh data/shell-completions/zsh/_meson
-    installShellCompletion --bash data/shell-completions/bash/meson
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://mesonbuild.com";
-    description = "SCons-like build system that use python as a front-end language and Ninja as a building backend";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jtojnar mbe ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/gir-fallback-path.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/gir-fallback-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c924bacf73f5..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/gir-fallback-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- a/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
-+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
-@@ -807,6 +807,13 @@ class GnomeModule(ExtensionModule):
-         if fatal_warnings:
-             scan_command.append('--warn-error')
- 
-+        if len(set([girtarget.get_custom_install_dir()[0] for girtarget in girtargets])) > 1:
-+            raise MesonException('generate_gir tries to build multiple libraries with different install_dir at once: {}'.format(','.join([str(girtarget) for girtarget in girtargets])))
-+
-+        fallback_libpath = girtargets[0].get_custom_install_dir()[0]
-+        if fallback_libpath is not None and isinstance(fallback_libpath, str) and len(fallback_libpath) > 0 and fallback_libpath[0] == "/":
-+            scan_command += ['--fallback-library-path=' + fallback_libpath]
-+
-         scan_target = self._make_gir_target(state, girfile, scan_command, depends, kwargs)
- 
-         typelib_output = '%s-%s.typelib' % (ns, nsversion)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/more-env-vars.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/more-env-vars.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b2606e2d694a..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/more-env-vars.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/mesonbuild/environment.py b/mesonbuild/environment.py
-index 756dd8193..a5cc6ef8b 100644
---- a/mesonbuild/environment.py
-+++ b/mesonbuild/environment.py
-@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def _get_env_var(for_machine: MachineChoice, is_cross: bool, var_name: str) -> T
-         # compiling we fall back on the unprefixed host version. This
-         # allows native builds to never need to worry about the 'BUILD_*'
-         # ones.
--        ([var_name + '_FOR_BUILD'] if is_cross else [var_name]),
-+        [var_name + '_FOR_BUILD'] + ([] if is_cross else [var_name]),
-         # Always just the unprefixed host verions
-         [var_name]
-     )[for_machine]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/allow-dirs-outside-of-prefix.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/allow-dirs-outside-of-prefix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4eb292a2e529e..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/allow-dirs-outside-of-prefix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
---- a/mesonbuild/coredata.py
-+++ b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
-@@ -506,7 +506,6 @@ class CoreData:
-             return value
-         if option.name.endswith('dir') and value.is_absolute() and \
-            option not in BULITIN_DIR_NOPREFIX_OPTIONS:
--            # Value must be a subdir of the prefix
-             # commonpath will always return a path in the native format, so we
-             # must use pathlib.PurePath to do the same conversion before
-             # comparing.
-@@ -518,7 +517,7 @@ class CoreData:
-             try:
-                 value = value.relative_to(prefix)
-             except ValueError:
--                raise MesonException(msg.format(option, value, prefix))
-+                pass
-             if '..' in str(value):
-                 raise MesonException(msg.format(option, value, prefix))
-         return value.as_posix()
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/clear-old-rpath.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/clear-old-rpath.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f1e3c76e8b53b..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/clear-old-rpath.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/depfixer.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/depfixer.py
-index 4176b9a03..faaabf616 100644
---- a/mesonbuild/scripts/depfixer.py
-+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/depfixer.py
-@@ -336,6 +336,15 @@ class Elf(DataSizes):
-         if not new_rpath:
-             self.remove_rpath_entry(entrynum)
-         else:
-+            # Clear old rpath to avoid stale references,
-+            # not heeding the warning above about de-duplication
-+            # since it does not seem to cause issues for us
-+            # and not doing so trips up Nix’s reference checker.
-+            # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/46020
-+            # and https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/95163
-+            self.bf.seek(rp_off)
-+            self.bf.write(b'\0'*len(old_rpath))
-+
-             self.bf.seek(rp_off)
-             self.bf.write(new_rpath)
-             self.bf.write(b'\0')
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/fix-rpath.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/fix-rpath.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d34b6c4c43457..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/fix-rpath.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
---- a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
-+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
-@@ -456,6 +456,21 @@ class Backend:
-                 args.extend(self.environment.coredata.get_external_link_args(target.for_machine, lang))
-             except Exception:
-                 pass
-+
-+        nix_ldflags = os.environ.get('NIX_LDFLAGS', '').split()
-+        next_is_path = False
-+        # Try to add rpaths set by user or ld-wrapper so that they are not removed.
-+        # Based on https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/69711a2f5ffe8cda208163be5258266172ff527f/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh#L148-L177
-+        for flag in nix_ldflags:
-+            if flag == '-rpath' or flag == '-L':
-+                next_is_path = True
-+            elif next_is_path or flag.startswith('-L/'):
-+                if flag.startswith('-L/'):
-+                    flag = flag[2:]
-+                if flag.startswith('@storeDir@'):
-+                    dirs.add(flag)
-+                next_is_path = False
-+
-         # Match rpath formats:
-         # -Wl,-rpath=
-         # -Wl,-rpath,
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/setup-hook.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d946fcffd522..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/setup-hook.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-mesonConfigurePhase() {
-    runHook preConfigure
-
-    if [ -z "${dontAddPrefix-}" ]; then
-        mesonFlags="--prefix=$prefix $mesonFlags"
-    fi
-
-    # See multiple-outputs.sh and meson’s coredata.py
-    mesonFlags="\
-        --libdir=${!outputLib}/lib --libexecdir=${!outputLib}/libexec \
-        --bindir=${!outputBin}/bin --sbindir=${!outputBin}/sbin \
-        --includedir=${!outputInclude}/include \
-        --mandir=${!outputMan}/share/man --infodir=${!outputInfo}/share/info \
-        --localedir=${!outputLib}/share/locale \
-        -Dauto_features=${mesonAutoFeatures:-enabled} \
-        -Dwrap_mode=${mesonWrapMode:-nodownload} \
-        $mesonFlags"
-
-    mesonFlags="${crossMesonFlags+$crossMesonFlags }--buildtype=${mesonBuildType:-plain} $mesonFlags"
-
-    echo "meson flags: $mesonFlags ${mesonFlagsArray[@]}"
-
-    meson build $mesonFlags "${mesonFlagsArray[@]}"
-    cd build
-
-    if ! [[ -v enableParallelBuilding ]]; then
-        enableParallelBuilding=1
-        echo "meson: enabled parallel building"
-    fi
-
-    runHook postConfigure
-}
-
-if [ -z "${dontUseMesonConfigure-}" -a -z "${configurePhase-}" ]; then
-    setOutputFlags=
-    configurePhase=mesonConfigurePhase
-fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/allow-dirs-outside-of-prefix.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/allow-dirs-outside-of-prefix.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/allow-dirs-outside-of-prefix.patch
rename to pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/allow-dirs-outside-of-prefix.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/boost-Do-not-add-system-paths-on-nix.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/boost-Do-not-add-system-paths-on-nix.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/boost-Do-not-add-system-paths-on-nix.patch
rename to pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/boost-Do-not-add-system-paths-on-nix.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/clear-old-rpath.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/clear-old-rpath.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/clear-old-rpath.patch
rename to pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/clear-old-rpath.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/fix-rpath.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/fix-rpath.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/fix-rpath.patch
rename to pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/fix-rpath.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/gir-fallback-path.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/gir-fallback-path.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/gir-fallback-path.patch
rename to pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/gir-fallback-path.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/more-env-vars.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/more-env-vars.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60/more-env-vars.patch
rename to pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/more-env-vars.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/setup-hook.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57/setup-hook.sh
rename to pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/setup-hook.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
index e22b8f877bf68..813c255c5362a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-Dnetworkd=${lib.boolToString withNetworkd}"
     "-Doomd=${lib.boolToString withOomd}"
     "-Dpolkit=${lib.boolToString withPolkit}"
-    "-Dcryptsetup=${lib.boolToString withCryptsetup}"
+    "-Dlibcryptsetup=${lib.boolToString withCryptsetup}"
     "-Dportabled=${lib.boolToString withPortabled}"
     "-Dhwdb=${lib.boolToString withHwdb}"
     "-Dremote=${lib.boolToString withRemote}"
@@ -453,7 +453,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-Dsysvinit-path="
     "-Dsysvrcnd-path="
 
-    "-Dkill-path=${coreutils}/bin/kill"
     "-Dkmod-path=${kmod}/bin/kmod"
     "-Dsulogin-path=${util-linux}/bin/sulogin"
     "-Dmount-path=${util-linux}/bin/mount"
@@ -471,7 +470,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ] ++ lib.optionals withEfi [
     "-Defi-libdir=${toString gnu-efi}/lib"
     "-Defi-includedir=${toString gnu-efi}/include/efi"
-    "-Defi-ldsdir=${toString gnu-efi}/lib"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (withShellCompletions == false) [
     "-Dbashcompletiondir=no"
     "-Dzshcompletiondir=no"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 33e692ec43c19..d0399f42a1f2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3383,9 +3383,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   merriweather-sans = callPackage ../data/fonts/merriweather-sans { };
 
-  # TODO: call a sprintable to deprecate Meson 0.57 as soon as possible
-  meson = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.57 { };
-  meson_0_60 = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/meson/0.60 { };
+  meson = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/meson { };
 
   meson-tools = callPackage ../misc/meson-tools { };