--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -522,7 +522,6 @@
     '-Wno-format-zero-length',
     # We explicitly require variadic macros
     '-Wno-variadic-macros',
-    '-Werror=format=2',
     '-Werror=init-self',
     '-Werror=missing-include-dirs',
     '-Werror=pointer-arith',
@@ -638,7 +637,6 @@
   'getresuid',
   'getvfsstat',
   'gmtime_r',
-  'hasmntopt',
   'inotify_init1',
   'issetugid',
   'kevent',
@@ -944,7 +942,7 @@
                int main (int argc, char ** argv) {
                  syscall (__NR_futex, NULL, FUTEX_WAKE, FUTEX_WAIT);
                  return 0;
-               }''', name : 'futex(2) system call')
+               }''', name : 'futex(2) system call') and host_system != 'android'
   glib_conf.set('HAVE_FUTEX', 1)
 endif
 if cc.compiles('''#include <linux/futex.h>
@@ -953,7 +951,7 @@
                int main (int argc, char ** argv) {
                  syscall (__NR_futex_time64, NULL, FUTEX_WAKE, FUTEX_WAIT);
                  return 0;
-               }''', name : 'futex(2) system call')
+               }''', name : 'futex(2) system call') and host_system != 'android'
   glib_conf.set('HAVE_FUTEX_TIME64', 1)
 endif
 
@@ -977,7 +975,7 @@
                  syscall (SYS_pidfd_open, 0, 0);
                  waitid (P_PIDFD, 0, &child_info, WEXITED | WNOHANG);
                  return 0;
-               }''', name : 'pidfd_open(2) system call')
+               }''', name : 'pidfd_open(2) system call') and host_system != 'android'
   glib_conf.set('HAVE_PIDFD', 1)
 endif
 
@@ -2137,7 +2135,7 @@
 libintl_deps = []
 libintl_prefix = '#include <libintl.h>'
 libintl = dependency('intl', required: false)
-if libintl.found() and libintl.type_name() != 'internal'
+if false
   # libintl supports different threading APIs, which may not
   # require additional flags, but it defaults to using pthreads if
   # found. Meson's "threads" dependency does not allow you to
@@ -2164,13 +2162,10 @@
   endif
 endif
 
-if libintl.found() and libintl.type_name() != 'internal'
+if false
   have_bind_textdomain_codeset = cc.has_function('bind_textdomain_codeset', dependencies: libintl_deps, prefix: libintl_prefix)
 else
-  # using proxy-libintl fallback
-  libintl = dependency('intl', allow_fallback: true)
-  assert(libintl.type_name() == 'internal')
-  libintl_deps = [libintl]
+  libintl_deps = []
   have_bind_textdomain_codeset = true  # proxy-libintl supports it
 endif
 
@@ -2551,11 +2546,7 @@
 
 # introspection
 gir_scanner = find_program('g-ir-scanner', required: get_option('introspection'))
-enable_gir = get_option('introspection').allowed() and gir_scanner.found() and meson.can_run_host_binaries()
-
-if get_option('introspection').enabled() and not meson.can_run_host_binaries()
-  error('Running binaries on the build host needs to be supported to build with -Dintrospection=enabled')
-endif
+enable_gir = get_option('introspection').allowed() and gir_scanner.found()
 
 gir_args = [
   '--quiet',