diff --git i/static/meson.build w/static/meson.build
index b650cabc..e69cff63 100644
--- i/static/meson.build
+++ w/static/meson.build
@@ -35,30 +35,8 @@ lib_resources = custom_target('resources',
     depends: preprocessed_resources
 )
 
-# This could be replaced with
-# ```
-# fs = import('fs')
-# i18n_resource_files = fs.read('i18n_resources_list.txt').strip().split('\n')
-# ```
-# once we move to meson >= 0.57.0
-
-if meson.version().version_compare('>=0.47.0')
-    i18n_resource_files = run_command(
-        find_program('python3'),
-        '-c',
-        'import sys; f=open(sys.argv[1]); print(f.read())',
-        files('i18n_resources_list.txt'),
-        check: true
-    ).stdout().strip().split('\n')
-else
-    i18n_resource_files = run_command(
-        find_program('python3'),
-        '-c',
-        'import sys; f=open(sys.argv[1]); print(f.read())',
-        files('i18n_resources_list.txt'),
-    ).stdout().strip().split('\n')
-endif
-
+fs = import('fs')
+i18n_resource_files = fs.read('i18n_resources_list.txt').strip().split('\n')
 
 i18n_resources = custom_target('i18n_resources',
     input: i18n_resource_files,
diff --git i/test/meson.build w/test/meson.build
index 5b81bce9..292ae28b 100644
--- i/test/meson.build
+++ w/test/meson.build
@@ -51,25 +51,9 @@ if gtest_dep.found() and not meson.is_cross_build()
       'welcome.html',
     ]
     foreach file : data_files
-        # configure_file(input : 'data/' + file,
-        #                output : file,
-        #                copy: true )
-        #
-        # Above (commented) command doesn't work with Meson versions below 0.47
-        # (in which the 'copy' keyword was first introduced). We want to keep
-        # compatibility with Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic (which has Meson version 0.45)
-        # until its EOL.
-        #
-        # Below is a python based workaround.
         configure_file(input : 'data/' + file,
                        output : file,
-                       command: [
-                         find_program('python3'),
-                          '-c',
-                          'import sys; import shutil; shutil.copy(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])',
-                          '@INPUT@',
-                          '@OUTPUT@'
-                       ])
+                       copy: true )
     endforeach
 
     foreach test_name : tests