diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-desktop/gnome-desktop_44.1.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-desktop/gnome-desktop_44.1.bb
index 994dfabf3c..629fe929a1 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-desktop/gnome-desktop_44.1.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-desktop/gnome-desktop_44.1.bb
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ DEPENDS += " \
     gdk-pixbuf \
     glib-2.0 \
     gsettings-desktop-schemas \
-    gtk+3 \
-    gtk4 \
     iso-codes \
     libseccomp \
     libxkbcommon \
@@ -34,6 +32,10 @@ DEPENDS:remove:riscv32 = "libseccomp"
 GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = "gtk_doc"
 EXTRA_OEMESON = "-Ddesktop_docs=false"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "gtk4 legacy"
+PACKAGECONFIG[gtk4] = "-Dbuild_gtk4=true,-Dbuild_gtk4=false,gtk4"
+PACKAGECONFIG[legacy] = "-Dlegacy_library=true,-Dlegacy_library=false,gtk+3"
+
 PACKAGES =+ "libgnome-desktop"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "libgnome-desktop"
 FILES:libgnome-desktop = " \