diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gedit/gedit_40.1.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gedit/gedit_40.1.bb
index 035f5d1a83..5a9c499764 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gedit/gedit_40.1.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gedit/gedit_40.1.bb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "55e394a82cb65678b1ab49526cf5bd43f00d8fba21476a4849
 
 # gobject-introspection is mandatory and cannot be configured
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "gobject-introspection-data"
-UNKNOWN_CONFIGURE_WHITELIST:append = " introspection"
+GIR_MESON_OPTION = ""
 
 GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = "gtk_doc"