diff --git a/libhandy/.signature b/libhandy/.signature
index e79437b05..65e4f84d9 100644
--- a/libhandy/.signature
+++ b/libhandy/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF30eEa/rFwBG8pSwUP+s83jpDNTbVtYZFA7hXJJ7ypDStC5ggD9t3L5lk6sriHtvl2numKTSi19josCdx/zR+BgI=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 1c753b2ee17ce68202fed907d35951d9f1e4ff36de897a147969cbc5b4362c3b
+RWSagIOpLGJF36YWJ9BHPR5UCg55beRPiKI6QwQfR2c4W/hfyyf6UbF1mMh/sA4JKPS4U08qzS6nHZqDx/gc1JoKQBaV21ejKwM=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 56031c8eec7863ae59e10f4551631f0bb1c435d48d692759ad034f27fff220f1
 SHA256 (.footprint) = f02ec7820e1c85b34d4484b6d464b02ea88e498853c3bf9fc6c13e46908abd92
 SHA256 (libhandy-v0.0.13.tar.bz2) = efeb1a5d019e25a6c6b15fd274974d3db7965362ac30e6d798245946935cacfa
diff --git a/libhandy/Pkgfile b/libhandy/Pkgfile
index 6346fc959..77e2d2200 100644
--- a/libhandy/Pkgfile
+++ b/libhandy/Pkgfile
@@ -9,11 +9,17 @@ release=1
 source=(https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhandy/-/archive/v$version/$name-v$version.tar.bz2)
 
 build() {
-  meson $name-v$version build \
+  # don't build nls files
+  rm -r $name-v$version/po
+  sed -e '143d' -i $name-v$version/meson.build
+
+  meson setup $name-v$version build \
     --prefix=/usr \
+    --buildtype=plain \
+    -Db_ndebug=true \
     -Dgtk_doc=false \
     -Dexamples=false \
     -Dtests=false
-  ninja -C build
+  meson compile -C build
   DESTDIR=$PKG meson install -C build
 }