diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2871b77d8cb6710205b4f8fb21620bcb346e159c..37d5f855f876eac01d1e78ddabd9e1c0097aabd0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ project('commonmark', ['vala', 'c'],
 
 PROJECT_NAME = meson.project_name()
 PROJECT_VERSION = meson.project_version()
-VERSIONED_PROJECT_NAME = PROJECT_NAME + '-' + PROJECT_VERSION
 CAMEL_CASE_NAME = 'Commonmark'
 VERSIONED_CAMEL_CASE_NAME = CAMEL_CASE_NAME + '-'+  PROJECT_VERSION
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 vapidir = join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'vala', 'vapi')
 GIR_NAME= VERSIONED_CAMEL_CASE_NAME + '.gir'
 TYPELIB_NAME= VERSIONED_CAMEL_CASE_NAME + '.typelib'
-VAPI_NAME = VERSIONED_PROJECT_NAME + '.vapi'
+VAPI_NAME = PROJECT_NAME + '.vapi'
 
 conf = configuration_data()
 conf.set('prefix', get_option('prefix'))
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ configure_file(input : 'data/commonmark.pc.in',
     install_dir : join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'pkgconfig'))
 
 configure_file(input : 'data/commonmark.deps.in',
-    output : 'commonmark-@0@.deps'.format(PROJECT_VERSION),
+    output : 'commonmark.deps'.format(PROJECT_VERSION),
     configuration : conf,
     install : true,
     install_dir : vapidir)
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ LT_REVISION='2'
 LT_AGE='0'
 LT_VERSION='2'
 libcommonmark = library(
-  VERSIONED_PROJECT_NAME,
+  PROJECT_NAME,
   libcommonmark_sources + configvapi,
   version : LT_VERSION,
   soversion : LT_VERSION + '.' + LT_AGE + '.' + LT_REVISION,