diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9543cd8abadd8536a8494b08971cb80e59fcf044..d292cd35e792da3706c1ae7476f487ec68e4b135 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ build:scout:
             meson \
                 --prefix="$(pwd)/_build/relocatable-install" \
                 -Dpython=python3.5 \
-                -Drelocatable=true \
                 _build
             ninja -C _build
             ninja -C _build install
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87ae78d92c3c8640107bb0e6f2d3a9d45cd17242..4e0febbe9ddd0adf782da9a9c4607318df43da65 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ and bubblewrap in your build environment. For example, you could do the
 build in a SteamRT 1 'scout' SDK Docker image that has those packages
 already. Then you can do:
 
-    meson --prefix=$(pwd)/_build/relocatable-install -Drelocatable=true _build
+    meson --prefix=$(pwd)/_build/relocatable-install _build
     ninja -C _build
     rm -fr $(pwd)/_build/relocatable-install
     meson test -v -C _build             # optional
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e64ec6454ee85ac1e2be6aca6c3ac151a8f76100..02d71b653505de67a459fe9a75c429828e318a4c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -152,15 +152,6 @@ configure_file(
   configuration : conf_data,
 )
 
-if get_option('relocatable')
-  rpath_kwargs = {
-    'build_rpath' : '${ORIGIN}/../' + get_option('libdir'),
-    'install_rpath' : '${ORIGIN}/../' + get_option('libdir'),
-  }
-else
-  rpath_kwargs = {}
-endif
-
 executable(
   'pressure-vessel-wrap',
   sources : [
@@ -184,7 +175,8 @@ executable(
   ],
   install : true,
   install_dir : get_option('bindir'),
-  kwargs : rpath_kwargs,
+  build_rpath : '${ORIGIN}/../' + get_option('libdir'),
+  install_rpath : '${ORIGIN}/../' + get_option('libdir'),
 )
 
 # vim:set sw=2 sts=2 et:
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index a440f5c055b1208529d6c7b7a3a3de7bb34394c6..cba6f7c5966dc07179c8f2539b11f54b7193bb11 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 option('python', type : 'string', value : 'python3')
-option('relocatable', type : 'boolean', value : false)
 option('version', type : 'string', value : 'auto')