diff -Naur a/libsmartcols/meson.build b/libsmartcols/meson.build
--- a/libsmartcols/meson.build	2026-06-16 04:34:39.314348277 -0500
+++ b/libsmartcols/meson.build	2026-07-08 18:27:43.133267018 -0500
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 scols_bison = generator(
   bison,
   output : ['@BASENAME@.c', '@BASENAME@.h'],
-  arguments : ['@INPUT@', '--output=@OUTPUT0@', '--defines=@OUTPUT1@'])
+  arguments : ['-o@OUTPUT0@', '-H@OUTPUT1@', '@INPUT@'])
 scols_parser_c = scols_bison.process('src/filter-parser.y')
 
 scols_flex = generator(
diff -Naur a/libsmartcols/src/filter-parser.y b/libsmartcols/src/filter-parser.y
--- a/libsmartcols/src/filter-parser.y	2026-06-09 04:39:48.958828649 -0500
+++ b/libsmartcols/src/filter-parser.y	2026-07-08 18:25:46.288175609 -0500
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 %lex-param {void *scanner}
 %parse-param {void *scanner}{struct libscols_filter *fltr}
 
-%define parse.error verbose
+%error-verbose
 
 %code requires
 {
@@ -60,14 +60,6 @@
 
 %token T_INVALID_NUMBER
 
-%destructor {
-		/* This destruct is called on error. The root node will be deallocated
-		 * by scols_unref_filter().
-		 */
-		if (fltr->root != $$)
-			filter_unref_node($$);
-	} <param>
-
 %%
 
 %start filter;
diff -Naur a/meson.build b/meson.build
--- a/meson.build	2026-06-16 07:01:17.105953806 -0500
+++ b/meson.build	2026-07-08 18:27:39.359167044 -0500
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@
 have = get_option('use-tty-group')
 conf.set('USE_TTY_GROUP', have ? 1 : false)
 
-bison = find_program('bison')
+bison = find_program('bison', 'byacc', 'yacc')
 flex = find_program('flex')
 sed = find_program('sed')
 
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@
 bison_gen = generator(
   bison,
   output : ['@BASENAME@.tab.c', '@BASENAME@.tab.h'],
-  arguments : ['@INPUT@', '--defines=@OUTPUT1@', '--output=@OUTPUT0@'])
+  arguments : ['-H@OUTPUT1@', '-o@OUTPUT0@', '@INPUT@'])
 
 python_program = find_program('python3', 'python', native : true)