diff --git a/src/sage/misc/inline_fortran.py b/src/sage/misc/inline_fortran.py
index ccd4b1da87c..e245249af20 100644
--- a/src/sage/misc/inline_fortran.py
+++ b/src/sage/misc/inline_fortran.py
@@ -162,9 +162,7 @@ def eval(self, x, globals=None, locals=None):
 
             # What follows are the arguments to f2py itself (appended later
             # just for logical separation)
-            cmd += ['-c', '-m', name, fortran_file, '--quiet',
-                    '--f77exec=sage-inline-fortran',
-                    '--f90exec=sage-inline-fortran'] + s_lib_path + s_lib
+            cmd += ['-c', '-m', name, fortran_file, '--quiet', '--backend', 'meson'] + s_lib_path + s_lib
 
             try:
                 out = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)