--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@
 glib_conf.set('HAVE_DCGETTEXT', 1)
 glib_conf.set('HAVE_GETTEXT', 1)
 
-glib_conf.set_quoted('GLIB_LOCALE_DIR', join_paths(glib_datadir, 'locale'))
+glib_conf.set_quoted('GLIB_LOCALE_DIR', '/usr/local/share/locale')
 
 # libmount is only used by gio, but we need to fetch the libs to generate the
 # pkg-config file below
--- a/glib/libcharset/meson.build
+++ b/glib/libcharset/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 charset_lib = static_library('charset', 'localcharset.c',
   include_directories : configinc,
   pic : true,
-  c_args : [ '-DGLIB_CHARSETALIAS_DIR="@0@"'.format(glib_charsetaliasdir) ] + glib_hidden_visibility_args)
+  c_args : [ '-DGLIB_CHARSETALIAS_DIR="/usr/local/share/locale"' ] + glib_hidden_visibility_args)