diff --git a/.github/workflows/meson.yml b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
index a26f2d8990..c738e7db48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/meson.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
@@ -20,52 +20,45 @@ on:
       - "NEWS"
       - "README.md"
 
-env:
-  APT_PACKAGES: |
-    autoconf \
-    automake \
-    meson \
-    ninja-build \
-    docbook-xsl \
-    libacl1-dev \
-    libavahi-client-dev \
-    libcrack2-dev \
-    libdb-dev \
-    libdbus-1-dev \
-    libdbus-glib-1-dev \
-    libevent-dev \
-    libgcrypt-dev \
-    libglib2.0-dev \
-    libkrb5-dev \
-    libldap2-dev \
-    libmysqlclient-dev \
-    libpam0g-dev \
-    libssl-dev \
-    libtalloc-dev \
-    libtool \
-    libtool-bin \
-    libtracker-sparql-3.0-dev \
-    libwrap0-dev \
-    systemtap-sdt-dev \
-    tcpd \
-    tracker \
-    xsltproc
-
 jobs:
   build-ubuntu:
-    if: false
     name: Ubuntu
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    container:
+      image: ubuntu:23.10
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends ${{ env.APT_PACKAGES }}
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends \
+            gcc \
+            meson \
+            ninja-build \
+            default-libmysqlclient-dev \
+            libacl1-dev \
+            libavahi-client-dev \
+            libcrack2-dev \
+            libdb-dev \
+            libdbus-1-dev \
+            libdbus-glib-1-dev \
+            libevent-dev \
+            libgcrypt-dev \
+            libglib2.0-dev \
+            libkrb5-dev \
+            libldap2-dev \
+            libltdl-dev \
+            libpam0g-dev \
+            libssl-dev \
+            libtalloc-dev \
+            libtracker-sparql-3.0-dev \
+            libwrap0-dev \
+            systemtap-sdt-dev \
+            tcpd \
+            tracker
       - name: Configure
         run: |
           meson setup build \
-            -Dwith-docbook=/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/docbook-xsl \
             -Dwith-tracker-pkgconfig-version=3.0 \
             -Dbuild-tests=true
       - name: Build
@@ -74,6 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cd build && meson test
 
   build-debian:
+    if: false
     name: Debian
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     container:
@@ -111,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure
         run: |
           meson setup build \
-            -Dwith-tracker-pkgconfig-version=2.0 \
+            -Dwith-tracker-pkgconfig-version=3.0 \
             -Dbuild-tests=true
       - name: Build
         run: ninja -C build
@@ -119,6 +113,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cd build && meson test
 
   build-fedora:
+    if: false
     name: Fedora
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     container:
@@ -158,6 +153,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cd build && meson test
 
   build-macos:
+    if: false
     name: macOS
     runs-on: macos-13
     env:
@@ -220,6 +216,7 @@ jobs:
              
 
   build-freebsd:
+    if: false
     name: "FreeBSD"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
@@ -255,6 +252,7 @@ jobs:
             cd build && meson test
 
   build-openbsd:
+    if: false
     name: "OpenBSD"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
@@ -289,6 +287,7 @@ jobs:
             cd build && meson test
 
   build-netbsd:
+    if: false
     name: "NetBSD"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
@@ -323,6 +322,7 @@ jobs:
             ninja -C build
 
   build-dflybsd:
+    if: false
     name: "DragonflyBSD"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions: