diff --git a/gnu/packages/datastructures.scm b/gnu/packages/datastructures.scm
index 577e7b1430..07cd2aa872 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/datastructures.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/datastructures.scm
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
   #:use-module (gnu packages boost)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages build-tools)   ;for meson-0.55
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
@@ -73,9 +72,7 @@ and heaps.")
         (base32 "1pk6wmi28pa8srb4szybrwfn71jldb61c5vgxsiayxcyg1ya4qqh"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
-     `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
-       ("automake" ,automake)
-       ("libtool" ,libtool)))
+     (list autoconf automake libtool))
     (home-page "https://github.com/s-yata/marisa-trie")
     (synopsis "Trie data structure C++ library")
     (description "@acronym{MARISA, Matching Algorithm with Recursively
@@ -140,17 +137,17 @@ in between these sequences may be different in both content and length.")
 (define-public liburcu
   (package
     (name "liburcu")
-    (version "0.13.0")
+    (version "0.13.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://www.lttng.org/files/urcu/"
                                   "userspace-rcu-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "085s437nig6bdiv9im4k4qwqbrbnc4qw9flqi16jlb493az0vcnb"))))
+                "10rh6v9j13622cjlzx31cfpghjy0kqkvn6pb42whwwcg5cyz64rj"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
-     `(("perl" ,perl)))                 ; for tests
+     (list perl))                 ; for tests
     (home-page "https://liburcu.org/")
     (synopsis "User-space RCU data synchronisation library")
     (description "liburcu is a user-space @dfn{Read-Copy-Update} (RCU) data
@@ -175,7 +172,7 @@ queues, stacks, and doubly-linked lists.")
         (base32 "0k80bjbb6ss5wpmfmfji6xbyjm990hg9kcshwwnhdnh73vxkcd1m"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
-     `(("perl" ,perl)))
+     (list perl))
     (arguments
      `(#:make-flags
        (list "CC=gcc")
@@ -270,7 +267,7 @@ to the structure and choosing one or more fields to act as the key.")
                           out ,version)))
               #t))))))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("libdivsufsort" ,libdivsufsort)))
+     (list libdivsufsort))
     (home-page "https://github.com/simongog/sdsl-lite")
     (synopsis "Succinct data structure library")
     (description "The Succinct Data Structure Library (SDSL) is a powerful and
@@ -296,8 +293,6 @@ equivalent succinct data structure are (most of the time) identical.")
                (base32
                 "061mkg6hc9x89zya3bw18ymxlzd8fbhjipxpva8x01lh2vp1d4f0"))))
     (build-system meson-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:meson ,meson-0.55))
     (synopsis "Typed link list for C")
     (description
      "@code{tllist} is a @dfn{typed linked list} C header file only library
@@ -349,7 +344,7 @@ bytes of memory space, where n is the length of the string.")
                 "1li70vwsksva9c4yly90hjafgqfixi1g6d52qq9p6r60vqc4pkjj"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (native-inputs
-     `(("boost" ,boost)))  ; needed for tests
+     (list boost))  ; needed for tests
     (arguments
      `(#:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases