diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/run-test.sh b/.gitlab-ci/run-test.sh
index 01f3b8bd1..e96f57e60 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/run-test.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/run-test.sh
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ fi
 if check_run_clean tarball+meson; then
     BUILD_TYPE=meson CC=gcc WITH_DOCS=1 CONFIGURE_ONLY=1 contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
     pushd ./build
-        # dist with meson
-        meson dist
+        # dist with meson/ninja
+        ninja dist
 
         # build with autotools
         DISTSRC="./distsrc-$RANDOM"
diff --git a/tools/meson-dist-data.sh b/tools/meson-dist-data.sh
index 15ba120a6..da1e5e66d 100755
--- a/tools/meson-dist-data.sh
+++ b/tools/meson-dist-data.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ fi
 
 ensure_var_path "MESON_DIST_ROOT"
 ensure_var_path "MESON_BUILD_ROOT"
-ensure_var_path "MESON_SOURCE_ROOT"
 
 ninja -C "$MESON_BUILD_ROOT" all libnm-doc NetworkManager-doc