diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 66a2eb796..6a310376e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('mutter', 'c',
   version: '43.1',
-  meson_version: '>= 0.55.0',
+  meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
 
@@ -640,7 +640,10 @@ if have_documentation
   subdir('doc/reference')
 endif
 
-meson.add_install_script('meson/meson-postinstall.sh')
+gnome.post_install(
+  glib_compile_schemas: true,
+)
+
 meson.add_dist_script('meson/check-version.py', meson.project_version(), 'NEWS')
 
 summary('prefix', prefix, section: 'Directories')
diff --git a/meson/meson-postinstall.sh b/meson/meson-postinstall.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4500dcb01..000000000
--- a/meson/meson-postinstall.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Package managers set this so we don't need to run
-if [ -z "$DESTDIR" ]; then
-  echo Compiling GSettings schemas...
-  glib-compile-schemas ${MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/glib-2.0/schemas
-
-  echo Updating desktop database...
-  update-desktop-database -q ${MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/applications
-fi