diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gcab/gcab_1.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gcab/gcab_1.6.bb
index 49c64f0ba6..4278fc9453 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gcab/gcab_1.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gcab/gcab_1.6.bb
@@ -22,6 +22,3 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[nls] = "-Dnls=true,-Dnls=false"
 PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "-Dtests=true -Dinstalled_tests=true,-Dtests=false -Dinstalled_tests=false"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
-
-# meson embeds absolute paths to generated files on purpose
-INSANE_SKIP:gcab-src += "buildpaths"