diff --git a/kiwixbuild/dependencies.py b/kiwixbuild/dependencies.py
index 4c6a27d..b1a1f05 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/dependencies.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/dependencies.py
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class Zimwriterfs(Dependency):
 
     @property
     def dependencies(self):
-        base_dependencies = ['libzim', 'zlib', 'lzma', 'xapian-core', 'gumbo']
+        base_dependencies = ['libzim', 'zlib', 'xapian-core', 'gumbo']
         if self.buildEnv.platform_info.build != 'native':
             return base_dependencies + ["icu4c_cross-compile", "libmagic_cross-compile"]
         else:
@@ -337,12 +337,14 @@ class Zimwriterfs(Dependency):
         git_dir = "zimwriterfs"
         release_git_ref = "1.1"
 
-        def _post_prepare_script(self, context):
-            context.try_skip(self.git_path)
-            command = "./autogen.sh"
-            self.buildEnv.run_command(command, self.git_path, context)
+    class Builder(MesonBuilder):
+        @property
+        def configure_option(self):
+            base_option = "-Dmagic-install-prefix={buildEnv.install_dir}"
+            if self.buildEnv.platform_info.static:
+                base_option += " -Dstatic-linkage=true"
+            return base_option
 
-    Builder = MakeBuilder
 
 
 class Kiwixlib(Dependency):