diff --git a/src/nmcli/meson.build b/src/nmcli/meson.build
index fab7329ea0..a122e2af3a 100644
--- a/src/nmcli/meson.build
+++ b/src/nmcli/meson.build
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 
 if enable_nmcli
 
-# The file is called "nmcli-completion" but should be installed with
-# name "nmcli". Currently it gets renamed by "tools/meson-post-install.sh",
-# but if we depend on meson 0.46.0, we could use "rename" option.
 install_data(
   'nmcli-completion',
   install_dir: join_paths(nm_datadir, 'bash-completion', 'completions'),
+  rename: 'nmcli',
 )
 
 executable(
diff --git a/tools/meson-post-install.sh b/tools/meson-post-install.sh
index 897a8c5c76..88e30ccfc1 100755
--- a/tools/meson-post-install.sh
+++ b/tools/meson-post-install.sh
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ install_systemdunitdir="${11}"
 
 [ -n "$DESTDIR" ] && DESTDIR="${DESTDIR%%/}/"
 
-if [ -f "${DESTDIR}${nm_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/nmcli-completion" ]; then
-    mv "${DESTDIR}${nm_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/nmcli-completion" \
-       "${DESTDIR}${nm_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/nmcli"
-fi
-
 if [ -x "${DESTDIR}${nm_bindir}/nmtui" ]; then
     for alias in nmtui-connect nmtui-edit nmtui-hostname; do
         ln -sf nmtui "${DESTDIR}${nm_bindir}/$alias"