The backend does not require a mesonbuild module for every flavor. the `meson` command from the regular RPM package is sufficient. Index: meson_python-0.13.2/pyproject.toml =================================================================== --- meson_python-0.13.2.orig/pyproject.toml +++ meson_python-0.13.2/pyproject.toml @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ build-backend = 'mesonpy' backend-path = ['.'] requires = [ - 'meson >= 0.63.3', 'pyproject-metadata >= 0.7.1', 'tomli >= 1.0.0; python_version < "3.11"', 'setuptools >= 60.0; python_version >= "3.12"', @@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ classifiers = [ dependencies = [ 'colorama; os_name == "nt"', - 'meson >= 0.63.3', 'pyproject-metadata >= 0.7.1', 'tomli >= 1.0.0; python_version < "3.11"', 'setuptools >= 60.0; python_version >= "3.12"',