diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/tepl/tepl_6.00.0.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/tepl/tepl_6.00.0.bb
index 755cb964c3..0ac7e3693d 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/tepl/tepl_6.00.0.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/tepl/tepl_6.00.0.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "a86397a895dca9c0de7a5ccb063bda8f7ef691cccb950ce2cf
 
 # 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"