diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/libgweather/libgweather_40.0.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/libgweather/libgweather_40.0.bb
index 1d9daac1f0..49493b17b2 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/libgweather/libgweather_40.0.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/libgweather/libgweather_40.0.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "ca4e8f2a4baaa9fc6d75d8856adb57056ef1cd6e55c775ba87
 
 # 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"