diff --git a/src/harfbuzz-config.cmake.in b/src/harfbuzz-config.cmake.in
index 304410d9b..0de082c2a 100644
--- a/src/harfbuzz-config.cmake.in
+++ b/src/harfbuzz-config.cmake.in
@@ -1,29 +1,5 @@
-# Set these variables so that the `${prefix}/lib` expands to something we can
-# remove.
-set(_harfbuzz_remove_string "REMOVE_ME")
-set(exec_prefix "${_harfbuzz_remove_string}")
-set(prefix "${_harfbuzz_remove_string}")
-
-# Compute the installation prefix by stripping components from our current
-# location.
-get_filename_component(_harfbuzz_prefix "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}" DIRECTORY)
-get_filename_component(_harfbuzz_prefix "${_harfbuzz_prefix}" DIRECTORY)
 set(_harfbuzz_libdir "@libdir@")
-string(REPLACE "${_harfbuzz_remove_string}/" "" _harfbuzz_libdir "${_harfbuzz_libdir}")
-set(_harfbuzz_libdir_iter "${_harfbuzz_libdir}")
-while (_harfbuzz_libdir_iter)
-  set(_harfbuzz_libdir_prev_iter "${_harfbuzz_libdir_iter}")
-  get_filename_component(_harfbuzz_libdir_iter "${_harfbuzz_libdir_iter}" DIRECTORY)
-  if (_harfbuzz_libdir_prev_iter STREQUAL _harfbuzz_libdir_iter)
-    break()
-  endif ()
-  get_filename_component(_harfbuzz_prefix "${_harfbuzz_prefix}" DIRECTORY)
-endwhile ()
-unset(_harfbuzz_libdir_iter)
-
-# Get the include subdir.
 set(_harfbuzz_includedir "@includedir@")
-string(REPLACE "${_harfbuzz_remove_string}/" "" _harfbuzz_includedir "${_harfbuzz_includedir}")
 
 # Extract version information from libtool.
 set(_harfbuzz_version_info "@HB_LIBTOOL_VERSION_INFO@")
@@ -48,29 +24,29 @@ endif ()
 # Add the libraries.
 add_library(harfbuzz::harfbuzz SHARED IMPORTED)
 set_target_properties(harfbuzz::harfbuzz PROPERTIES
-  INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${_harfbuzz_prefix}/${_harfbuzz_includedir}/harfbuzz"
-  IMPORTED_LOCATION "${_harfbuzz_prefix}/${_harfbuzz_libdir}/libharfbuzz${_harfbuzz_lib_suffix}")
+  INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${_harfbuzz_includedir}/harfbuzz"
+  IMPORTED_LOCATION "${_harfbuzz_libdir}/libharfbuzz${_harfbuzz_lib_suffix}")
 
 add_library(harfbuzz::icu SHARED IMPORTED)
 set_target_properties(harfbuzz::icu PROPERTIES
-  INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${_harfbuzz_prefix}/${_harfbuzz_includedir}/harfbuzz"
+  INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${_harfbuzz_includedir}/harfbuzz"
   INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "harfbuzz::harfbuzz"
-  IMPORTED_LOCATION "${_harfbuzz_prefix}/${_harfbuzz_libdir}/libharfbuzz-icu${_harfbuzz_lib_suffix}")
+  IMPORTED_LOCATION "${_harfbuzz_libdir}/libharfbuzz-icu${_harfbuzz_lib_suffix}")
 
 add_library(harfbuzz::subset SHARED IMPORTED)
 set_target_properties(harfbuzz::subset PROPERTIES
-  INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${_harfbuzz_prefix}/${_harfbuzz_includedir}/harfbuzz"
+  INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${_harfbuzz_includedir}/harfbuzz"
   INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "harfbuzz::harfbuzz"
-  IMPORTED_LOCATION "${_harfbuzz_prefix}/${_harfbuzz_libdir}/libharfbuzz-subset${_harfbuzz_lib_suffix}")
+  IMPORTED_LOCATION "${_harfbuzz_libdir}/libharfbuzz-subset${_harfbuzz_lib_suffix}")
 
 # Only add the gobject library if it was built.
 set(_harfbuzz_have_gobject "@have_gobject@")
 if (_harfbuzz_have_gobject)
   add_library(harfbuzz::gobject SHARED IMPORTED)
   set_target_properties(harfbuzz::gobject PROPERTIES
-    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${_harfbuzz_prefix}/${_harfbuzz_includedir}/harfbuzz"
+    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${_harfbuzz_includedir}/harfbuzz"
     INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "harfbuzz::harfbuzz"
-    IMPORTED_LOCATION "${_harfbuzz_prefix}/${_harfbuzz_libdir}/libharfbuzz-gobject${_harfbuzz_lib_suffix}")
+    IMPORTED_LOCATION "${_harfbuzz_libdir}/libharfbuzz-gobject${_harfbuzz_lib_suffix}")
 endif ()
 
 # Clean out variables we used in our scope.
@@ -80,7 +56,3 @@ unset(_harfbuzz_revision)
 unset(_harfbuzz_age)
 unset(_harfbuzz_includedir)
 unset(_harfbuzz_libdir)
-unset(_harfbuzz_prefix)
-unset(exec_prefix)
-unset(prefix)
-unset(_harfbuzz_remove_string)
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index ba3470fff..d53e77b5f 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -657,8 +657,8 @@ endif
 have_gobject = conf.get('HAVE_GOBJECT', 0) == 1
 
 cmake_config = configuration_data()
-cmake_config.set('libdir', '${prefix}/@0@'.format(get_option('libdir')))
-cmake_config.set('includedir', '${prefix}/@0@'.format(get_option('includedir')))
+cmake_config.set('libdir', get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir'))
+cmake_config.set('includedir', get_option('prefix') / get_option('includedir'))
 cmake_config.set('HB_LIBTOOL_VERSION_INFO', hb_libtool_version_info)
 cmake_config.set('have_gobject', '@0@'.format(have_gobject))
 configure_file(input: 'harfbuzz-config.cmake.in',