diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gjs/gjs_1.70.0.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gjs/gjs_1.70.0.bb
index 92f14e0846..f6878d1f22 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gjs/gjs_1.70.0.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gjs/gjs_1.70.0.bb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SRC_URI += " \
 
 # gobject-introspection is mandatory and cannot be configured
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "gobject-introspection-data"
-UNKNOWN_CONFIGURE_WHITELIST:append = " introspection"
+GIR_MESON_OPTION = ""
 
 EXTRA_OEMESON = " \
     -Dinstalled_tests=false \