diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 9c6e7a3b9f41f645d27c6fd039710cccfab40094..2ebc1b0508cd43d0fe8c00a343875f391b97e491 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ option(
 option(
   'introspection',
   type : 'boolean',
-  value : true,
+  value : false,
   description : 'enable GObject-Introspection',
 )