diff --git a/generate_version.py b/generate_version.py
index 46e9f52bfc5de..06e38ce0fd978 100644
--- a/generate_version.py
+++ b/generate_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # Note: This file has to live next to setup.py or versioneer will not work
 import argparse
 import os
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 09a1494135af4..e0e533ffade97 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,19 +2,17 @@
 project(
     'pandas',
     'c', 'cpp', 'cython',
-    version: run_command(['python', 'generate_version.py', '--print'], check: true).stdout().strip(),
+    version: run_command(['generate_version.py', '--print'], check: true).stdout().strip(),
     license: 'BSD-3',
     meson_version: '>=1.0.1',
     default_options: [
         'buildtype=release',
-        # TODO: Reactivate werror, some warnings on Windows
-        #'werror=true',
         'c_std=c99'
     ]
 )
 
 fs = import('fs')
-py = import('python').find_installation()
+py = import('python').find_installation(pure: false)
 tempita = files('generate_pxi.py')
 versioneer = files('generate_version.py')
 
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ add_project_arguments('-DNPY_TARGET_VERSION=NPY_1_21_API_VERSION', language : 'c
 
 
 if fs.exists('_version_meson.py')
-    py.install_sources('_version_meson.py', pure: false, subdir: 'pandas')
+    py.install_sources('_version_meson.py', subdir: 'pandas')
 else
     custom_target('write_version_file',
         output: '_version_meson.py',
@@ -40,11 +38,15 @@ else
         build_by_default: true,
         build_always_stale: true,
         install: true,
-        install_dir: py.get_install_dir(pure: false) / 'pandas'
+        install_dir: py.get_install_dir() / 'pandas'
     )
     meson.add_dist_script(py, versioneer, '-o', '_version_meson.py')
 endif
 
 # Needed by pandas.test() when it looks for the pytest ini options
-py.install_sources('pyproject.toml', pure: false, subdir: 'pandas')
+py.install_sources(
+    'pyproject.toml',
+    subdir: 'pandas'
+)
+
 subdir('pandas')
diff --git a/pandas/_libs/meson.build b/pandas/_libs/meson.build
index f302c649bc7bd..1126eca4bde9e 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/meson.build
+++ b/pandas/_libs/meson.build
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ foreach ext_name, ext_dict : libs_sources
     )
 endforeach
 
-py.install_sources('__init__.py',
-                    pure: false,
-                    subdir: 'pandas/_libs')
+py.install_sources(
+    '__init__.py',
+    subdir: 'pandas/_libs'
+)
 
 subdir('window')
diff --git a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/meson.build b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/meson.build
index 14d2eef46da20..167695b84514c 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/meson.build
+++ b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/meson.build
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ foreach ext_name, ext_dict : tslibs_sources
     )
 endforeach
 
-py.install_sources('__init__.py',
-                    pure: false,
-                    subdir: 'pandas/_libs/tslibs')
+py.install_sources(
+    '__init__.py',
+    subdir: 'pandas/_libs/tslibs'
+)
diff --git a/pandas/meson.build b/pandas/meson.build
index 1dc9955aa4ff6..f02258c98d46a 100644
--- a/pandas/meson.build
+++ b/pandas/meson.build
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ subdirs_list = [
     'util'
 ]
 foreach subdir: subdirs_list
-    install_subdir(subdir, install_dir: py.get_install_dir(pure: false) / 'pandas')
+    install_subdir(subdir, install_dir: py.get_install_dir() / 'pandas')
 endforeach
+
 top_level_py_list = [
     '__init__.py',
     '_typing.py',
@@ -49,8 +50,4 @@ top_level_py_list = [
     'conftest.py',
     'testing.py'
 ]
-foreach file: top_level_py_list
-    py.install_sources(file,
-                       pure: false,
-                       subdir: 'pandas')
-endforeach
+py.install_sources(top_level_py_list, subdir: 'pandas')