diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index dd59bfd962b..e12e467298c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 dep_zlib = dependency('zlib', version : '>= 1.2.3',
-                      fallback : ['zlib', 'zlib_dep'],
+                      allow_fallback: true,
                       required : get_option('zlib'))
 if dep_zlib.found()
   pre_args += '-DHAVE_ZLIB'
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ with_expat = get_option('expat') \
 if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
   dep_expat = meson.get_compiler('c').find_library('expat', required : with_expat)
 else
-  dep_expat = dependency('expat', fallback : ['expat', 'expat_dep'],
+  dep_expat = dependency('expat', allow_fallback: true,
                          required : with_expat)
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/freedreno/meson.build b/src/freedreno/meson.build
index a5cdefbd01b..cae09c88edb 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/meson.build
+++ b/src/freedreno/meson.build
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ rnn_install_path = get_option('datadir') + '/freedreno/registers'
 rnn_path = rnn_src_path + ':' + get_option('prefix') + '/' + rnn_install_path
 
 dep_lua = dependency('lua54', 'lua53', 'lua52', 'lua', required: false,
-                     fallback : ['lua', 'lua_dep'], version: '>=5.2')
+                     allow_fallback: true, version: '>=5.2')
 
-dep_libarchive = dependency('libarchive', fallback : ['libarchive', 'libarchive_dep'], required: false)
-dep_libxml2 = dependency('libxml-2.0', fallback: ['libxml2', 'libxml2_dep'], required: false)
+dep_libarchive = dependency('libarchive', allow_fallback: true, required: false)
+dep_libxml2 = dependency('libxml-2.0', allow_fallback: true, required: false)
 prog_gzip = find_program('gzip', required: false)
 
 install_fd_decode_tools = dep_libxml2.found() and prog_gzip.found() and \