diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+_2.24.8.bbappend b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+_2.24.8.bbappend
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+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN}_virtclass-native = ""
+EXTRA_OECONF_virtclass-native += "--disable-introspection"