diff --git a/configure b/configure
index df412c4b62..3bb5de40d6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -537,8 +537,6 @@ QEMU_CFLAGS="-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fwrapv $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-Wundef -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-prototypes $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE $QEMU_CFLAGS"
-QEMU_INCLUDES="-iquote . -iquote ${source_path} -iquote ${source_path}/accel/tcg -iquote ${source_path}/include"
-QEMU_INCLUDES="$QEMU_INCLUDES -iquote ${source_path}/disas/libvixl"
 
 # Flags that are needed during configure but later taken care of by Meson
 CONFIGURE_CFLAGS="-std=gnu99 -Wall"
@@ -796,7 +794,6 @@ Linux)
   audio_possible_drivers="oss alsa sdl pa"
   linux="yes"
   linux_user="yes"
-  QEMU_INCLUDES="-isystem ${source_path}/linux-headers -Ilinux-headers $QEMU_INCLUDES"
 ;;
 esac
 
@@ -6776,22 +6773,6 @@ if test "$secret_keyring" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_SECRET_KEYRING=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
-if test "$tcg_interpreter" = "yes"; then
-  QEMU_INCLUDES="-iquote ${source_path}/tcg/tci $QEMU_INCLUDES"
-elif test "$ARCH" = "sparc64" ; then
-  QEMU_INCLUDES="-iquote ${source_path}/tcg/sparc $QEMU_INCLUDES"
-elif test "$ARCH" = "s390x" ; then
-  QEMU_INCLUDES="-iquote ${source_path}/tcg/s390 $QEMU_INCLUDES"
-elif test "$ARCH" = "x86_64" || test "$ARCH" = "x32" ; then
-  QEMU_INCLUDES="-iquote ${source_path}/tcg/i386 $QEMU_INCLUDES"
-elif test "$ARCH" = "ppc64" ; then
-  QEMU_INCLUDES="-iquote ${source_path}/tcg/ppc $QEMU_INCLUDES"
-elif test "$ARCH" = "riscv32" || test "$ARCH" = "riscv64" ; then
-  QEMU_INCLUDES="-I${source_path}/tcg/riscv $QEMU_INCLUDES"
-else
-  QEMU_INCLUDES="-iquote ${source_path}/tcg/${ARCH} $QEMU_INCLUDES"
-fi
-
 echo "ROMS=$roms" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "MAKE=$make" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "PYTHON=$python" >> $config_host_mak
@@ -6818,7 +6799,6 @@ echo "WINDRES=$windres" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "CFLAGS_NOPIE=$CFLAGS_NOPIE" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_CFLAGS=$QEMU_CFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_CXXFLAGS=$QEMU_CXXFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "QEMU_INCLUDES=$QEMU_INCLUDES" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "GLIB_CFLAGS=$glib_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "GLIB_LIBS=$glib_libs" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_LDFLAGS=$QEMU_LDFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1a4a482492..88f757eac9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -93,9 +93,35 @@ add_project_arguments(config_host['QEMU_CXXFLAGS'].split(),
                       native: false, language: 'cpp')
 add_project_link_arguments(config_host['QEMU_LDFLAGS'].split(),
                            native: false, language: ['c', 'cpp', 'objc'])
-add_project_arguments(config_host['QEMU_INCLUDES'].split(),
-                      language: ['c', 'cpp', 'objc'])
 
+if targetos == 'linux'
+  add_project_arguments('-isystem', meson.current_source_dir() / 'linux-headers',
+                        '-isystem', 'linux-headers',
+                        language: ['c', 'cpp'])
+endif
+
+if 'CONFIG_TCG_INTERPRETER' in config_host
+  tcg_arch = 'tci'
+elif config_host['ARCH'] == 'sparc64'
+  tcg_arch = 'sparc'
+elif config_host['ARCH'] == 's390x'
+  tcg_arch = 's390'
+elif config_host['ARCH'] in ['x86_64', 'x32']
+  tcg_arch = 'i386'
+elif config_host['ARCH'] == 'ppc64'
+  tcg_arch = 'ppc'
+elif config_host['ARCH'] in ['riscv32', 'riscv64']
+  tcg_arch = 'riscv'
+else
+  tcg_arch = config_host['ARCH']
+endif
+add_project_arguments('-iquote', meson.current_source_dir() / 'tcg' / tcg_arch,
+                      '-iquote', '.',
+                      '-iquote', meson.current_source_dir(),
+                      '-iquote', meson.current_source_dir() / 'accel/tcg',
+                      '-iquote', meson.current_source_dir() / 'include',
+                      '-iquote', meson.current_source_dir() / 'disas/libvixl',
+                      language: ['c', 'cpp', 'objc'])
 
 link_language = meson.get_external_property('link_language', 'cpp')
 if link_language == 'cpp'