diff --git a/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am b/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am
index f80f4a0632..6a4af4aad3 100644
--- a/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am
+++ b/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am
@@ -1,32 +1,5 @@
 # vim: filetype=automake
 
-if WITH_LIBVIRTD
-
-if WITH_POLKIT
-polkitdir = $(datadir)/polkit-1
-polkitactionsdir = $(polkitdir)/actions
-polkitrulesdir = $(polkitdir)/rules.d
-
-install-polkit:
-	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(polkitactionsdir)
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/remote/libvirtd.policy \
-		$(DESTDIR)$(polkitactionsdir)/org.libvirt.unix.policy
-	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(polkitrulesdir)
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/remote/libvirtd.rules \
-		$(DESTDIR)$(polkitrulesdir)/50-libvirt.rules
-
-uninstall-polkit:
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(polkitactionsdir)/org.libvirt.unix.policy
-	rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(polkitactionsdir) || :
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(polkitrulesdir)/50-libvirt.rules
-	rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(polkitrulesdir) || :
-
-INSTALL_DATA_LOCAL += install-polkit
-UNINSTALL_LOCAL += uninstall-polkit
-endif WITH_POLKIT
-
-endif WITH_LIBVIRTD
-
 # This is needed for clients too, so can't wrap in
 # the WITH_LIBVIRTD conditional
 if WITH_SASL
diff --git a/src/remote/meson.build b/src/remote/meson.build
index 2aedad1881..4eb1efe903 100644
--- a/src/remote/meson.build
+++ b/src/remote/meson.build
@@ -246,6 +246,20 @@ if conf.has('WITH_REMOTE')
         rename: [ '60-libvirtd.conf' ],
       )
     endif
+
+    if conf.has('WITH_POLKIT')
+      polkitdir = datadir / 'polkit-1'
+      install_data(
+        'libvirtd.policy',
+        install_dir: polkitdir / 'actions',
+        rename: [ 'org.libvirt.unix.policy' ],
+      )
+      install_data(
+        'libvirtd.rules',
+        install_dir: polkitdir / 'rules.d',
+        rename: [ '50-libvirt.rules' ],
+      )
+    endif
   endif
 endif