diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3e4f9ea..5b82861 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ project(
     'caffeine-ng',
     version: run_command('./scripts/read_version.sh', check: true).stdout().strip(),
     meson_version: '>=0.63.0',
-    default_options: [
-      # The default can yield broken results.
-      'python.install_env=auto'
-    ]
 )
 
 dependency('pygobject-3.0')
@@ -82,7 +78,7 @@ configure_file(
 
 install_data(
   'share/applications/caffeine.desktop',
-  install_dir: '/etc/xdg/autostart',
+  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('sysconfdir'), 'xdg/autostart'),
 )
 
 install_data(