diff --git a/extra/meson/PKGBUILD b/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
index 1ce018c13..0083f80e6 100644
--- a/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #  - remove checkdepend on dmd
 
 pkgname=meson
-pkgver=0.46.1
+pkgver=0.47.0
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='High productivity build system'
 url='http://mesonbuild.com/'
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ arch=('any')
 license=('Apache')
 depends=('python' 'ninja')
 makedepends=('python-setuptools')
-checkdepends=('gcc-objc' 'vala' 'rust' 'gcc-fortran' 'mono' 'boost' 'qt4' 'qt5-base' 'git'
-              'cython' 'gtkmm3' 'gtest' 'gmock' 'protobuf' 'wxgtk' 'python-gobject' 'gobject-introspection'
+checkdepends=('gcc-objc' 'vala' 'rust' 'gcc-fortran' 'mono' 'boost' 'qt4' 'qt5-base' 'git' 'cython'
+              'gtkmm3' 'gtest' 'gmock' 'protobuf' 'wxgtk' 'python-gobject' 'gobject-introspection'
               'itstool' 'gtk3' 'java-environment=8' 'gtk-doc' 'llvm' 'clang' 'sdl2' 'graphviz'
-              'doxygen' 'vulkan-validation-layers' 'openmpi' 'openssh' 'mercurial' 'gtk-sharp-2'
-              'qt5-tools' 'libwmf' 'valgrind')
+              'doxygen' 'vulkan-validation-layers' 'openssh' 'mercurial' 'gtk-sharp-2' 'qt5-tools'
+              'libwmf' 'valgrind')
 source=(https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/${pkgver}/meson-${pkgver}.tar.gz{,.asc}
         arch-meson)
-sha512sums=('cd5e2933755e2708bfa8e48cd1ec57c06cb567cb92897308e31a0bb9785dc6e11d29460bb71aa141b90d01150a1cb900e56a40f8bb95f6057fb388b0ea180d93'
+sha512sums=('844047ad184f60395c4b6dc61b8fb0f321722d19a8647b48cb3f05fda9ba57516bdcc2244d5bc9de74f2834d092235553faccde6172edaeb3c2d14ff633bc513'
             'SKIP'
-            'b9f86ded46ad7fc4c4cbd997bd2210e363f02189377d9159cae4a52d0bd8bb9e02de1680bc76f63ecd923922f9cbdba40efbe09231dc24fc1d445ed97c2f5132')
+            '4cdacd6a7d2bdaacde176fd7f90f8a06ae403db7e63498518c637b13bdc344dca595fb8b9f41f978f450cd43ffef8a4013c0e74f669d13ba6881d38068ea1c0d')
 validpgpkeys=('95181F4EED14FDF4E41B518D3BF4693BFEEB9428') # Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com>
 
 prepare() {
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ build() {
 check() (
   cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
 
-  # --as-needed breaks openmpi linking
-  LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS/,--as-needed/}"
-
   # set for debug output
   #export MESON_PRINT_TEST_OUTPUT=1
 
diff --git a/extra/meson/arch-meson b/extra/meson/arch-meson
index 17bca752c..f6ef6bee6 100644
--- a/extra/meson/arch-meson
+++ b/extra/meson/arch-meson
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ exec meson setup \
   --localstatedir  /var \
   --sharedstatedir /var/lib \
   --buildtype      release \
+  --auto-features  enabled \
   --wrap-mode      nofallback \
-  "$@" \
-  -D               b_lto=false
+  -D               b_lto=false \
+  "$@"