diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dts/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dts/meson.build
index c4868a4..6b34cb7 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dts/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dts/meson.build
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if not dca_dep.found()
 endif
 
 no_warn_c_args = []
-if cc.get_id() != 'msvc'
+if cc.get_argument_syntax() != 'msvc'
   # autotools didn't use the libdca pkg-config cflags, and they
   # can point to a non-existing location (/usr/include/dca)
   no_warn_c_args = ['-Wno-missing-include-dirs']
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
index 6707dce..b8c6018 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ endif
 cdata = configuration_data()
 cdata.set('ENABLE_NLS', 1)
 
-if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
+if cc.get_argument_syntax() == 'msvc'
   msvc_args = [
       # Ignore several spurious warnings for things gstreamer does very commonly
       # If a warning is completely useless and spammy, use '/wdXXXX' to suppress it
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/asio/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/asio/meson.build
index c61ad4e..b30793c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/asio/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/asio/meson.build
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ endif
 
 # FIXME: non-msvc is not tested, and unlikely supported yet because of
 # tool-chain issue
-if cxx.get_id() != 'msvc'
+if cxx.get_argument_syntax() != 'msvc'
   if asio_option.enabled()
     error('asio plugin can only be built with MSVC')
   else
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/meson.build
index ff557be..d5bf0db 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/meson.build
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ endif
 
 # MinGW 32bits compiler seems to be complaining about redundant-decls
 # when ComPtr is in use. Let's just disable the warning
-if cc.get_id() != 'msvc'
+if cc.get_argument_syntax() != 'msvc'
   extra_mingw_args = cc.get_supported_arguments([
     '-Wno-redundant-decls',
   ])
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/mediafoundation/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/mediafoundation/meson.build
index 6b9a059..40713ce 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/mediafoundation/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/mediafoundation/meson.build
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if host_system != 'windows' or mf_option.disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
 
-if cc.get_id() != 'msvc'
+if cc.get_argument_syntax() != 'msvc'
   if mf_option.enabled()
     error('mediafoundation plugin can only be built with MSVC')
   endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/msdk/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/msdk/meson.build
index 51bf953..e30e138 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/msdk/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/msdk/meson.build
@@ -175,12 +175,12 @@ if use_onevpl and have_mfx_ver205
 endif
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-  if cc.get_id() != 'msvc' and msdk_option.enabled()
+  if cc.get_argument_syntax() != 'msvc' and msdk_option.enabled()
     error('msdk plugin can only be built with MSVC')
   endif
   legacy_stdio_dep = cc.find_library('legacy_stdio_definitions', required: get_option('msdk'))
   msdk_deps = declare_dependency(dependencies: [gstd3d11_dep, legacy_stdio_dep])
-  msdk_deps_found = gstd3d11_dep.found() and legacy_stdio_dep.found() and cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
+  msdk_deps_found = d3d11_dep.found() and legacy_stdio_dep.found() and cc.get_argument_syntax() == 'msvc'
 else
   libdl_dep = cc.find_library('dl', required: get_option('msdk'))
   libgudev_dep = dependency('gudev-1.0', required: get_option('msdk'), allow_fallback: true)