diff --git a/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.yml b/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.yml
index 53fc799acc..41a85b90f2 100644
--- a/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.yml
+++ b/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.yml
@@ -5006,8 +5006,8 @@ Builds:
     subdir: application/app
     sudo:
       - apt-get update
-      - apt-get install -y ant automake autopoint bison cmake flex g++ gettext help2man
-        libltdl-dev libtool-bin make meson nasm ninja-build pkg-config protobuf-compiler
+      - apt-get install -y ant automake autopoint bison bzip2 cmake flex g++ gettext
+        help2man libltdl-dev libtool-bin make meson nasm ninja-build pkg-config protobuf-compiler
         ragel wget
     gradle:
       - yes
@@ -5034,9 +5034,6 @@ Builds:
       - cp share/vlc.appdata.xml.in.in share/vlc.appdata.xml
       - git apply ../libvlcjni/libvlc/patches/vlc3/*.patch
       - find -name *.mak -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/tar xv/tar x/' {} +
-      - sed -i -e '/MESON_VERSION/s/0.55.1/0.56.2/' extras/tools/packages.mak
-      - echo -e '3b6cc5cae31d756b251ecde3483d3710bceff50cfd03ef6cf6f939d9e599998e61fcb03a2ee09d6a6f9bfa2198f43e7f20447359de3bff1055febcf03e82e514  meson-0.56.2.tar.gz'
-        >> extras/tools/SHA512SUMS
       - cd ../medialibrary/medialibrary/libvlcpp
       - git apply ../../../buildsystem/patches/libvlcpp/*.patch
     build:
@@ -5052,8 +5049,8 @@ Builds:
     subdir: application/app
     sudo:
       - apt-get update
-      - apt-get install -y ant automake autopoint bison cmake flex g++ gettext help2man
-        libltdl-dev libtool-bin make meson nasm ninja-build pkg-config protobuf-compiler
+      - apt-get install -y ant automake autopoint bison bzip2 cmake flex g++ gettext
+        help2man libltdl-dev libtool-bin make meson nasm ninja-build pkg-config protobuf-compiler
         ragel wget
     gradle:
       - yes
@@ -5080,9 +5077,6 @@ Builds:
       - cp share/vlc.appdata.xml.in.in share/vlc.appdata.xml
       - git apply ../libvlcjni/libvlc/patches/vlc3/*.patch
       - find -name *.mak -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/tar xv/tar x/' {} +
-      - sed -i -e '/MESON_VERSION/s/0.55.1/0.56.2/' extras/tools/packages.mak
-      - echo -e '3b6cc5cae31d756b251ecde3483d3710bceff50cfd03ef6cf6f939d9e599998e61fcb03a2ee09d6a6f9bfa2198f43e7f20447359de3bff1055febcf03e82e514  meson-0.56.2.tar.gz'
-        >> extras/tools/SHA512SUMS
       - cd ../medialibrary/medialibrary/libvlcpp
       - git apply ../../../buildsystem/patches/libvlcpp/*.patch
     build:
@@ -5098,8 +5092,8 @@ Builds:
     subdir: application/app
     sudo:
       - apt-get update
-      - apt-get install -y ant automake autopoint bison cmake flex g++ gettext help2man
-        libltdl-dev libtool-bin make meson nasm ninja-build pkg-config protobuf-compiler
+      - apt-get install -y ant automake autopoint bison bzip2 cmake flex g++ gettext
+        help2man libltdl-dev libtool-bin make meson nasm ninja-build pkg-config protobuf-compiler
         ragel wget
     gradle:
       - yes
@@ -5126,9 +5120,6 @@ Builds:
       - cp share/vlc.appdata.xml.in.in share/vlc.appdata.xml
       - git apply ../libvlcjni/libvlc/patches/vlc3/*.patch
       - find -name *.mak -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/tar xv/tar x/' {} +
-      - sed -i -e '/MESON_VERSION/s/0.55.1/0.56.2/' extras/tools/packages.mak
-      - echo -e '3b6cc5cae31d756b251ecde3483d3710bceff50cfd03ef6cf6f939d9e599998e61fcb03a2ee09d6a6f9bfa2198f43e7f20447359de3bff1055febcf03e82e514  meson-0.56.2.tar.gz'
-        >> extras/tools/SHA512SUMS
       - cd ../medialibrary/medialibrary/libvlcpp
       - git apply ../../../buildsystem/patches/libvlcpp/*.patch
     build:
@@ -5144,8 +5135,8 @@ Builds:
     subdir: application/app
     sudo:
       - apt-get update
-      - apt-get install -y ant automake autopoint bison cmake flex g++ gettext help2man
-        libltdl-dev libtool-bin make meson nasm ninja-build pkg-config protobuf-compiler
+      - apt-get install -y ant automake autopoint bison bzip2 cmake flex g++ gettext
+        help2man libltdl-dev libtool-bin make meson nasm ninja-build pkg-config protobuf-compiler
         ragel wget
     gradle:
       - yes
@@ -5172,9 +5163,6 @@ Builds:
       - cp share/vlc.appdata.xml.in.in share/vlc.appdata.xml
       - git apply ../libvlcjni/libvlc/patches/vlc3/*.patch
       - find -name *.mak -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/tar xv/tar x/' {} +
-      - sed -i -e '/MESON_VERSION/s/0.55.1/0.56.2/' extras/tools/packages.mak
-      - echo -e '3b6cc5cae31d756b251ecde3483d3710bceff50cfd03ef6cf6f939d9e599998e61fcb03a2ee09d6a6f9bfa2198f43e7f20447359de3bff1055febcf03e82e514  meson-0.56.2.tar.gz'
-        >> extras/tools/SHA512SUMS
       - cd ../medialibrary/medialibrary/libvlcpp
       - git apply ../../../buildsystem/patches/libvlcpp/*.patch
     build: