diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gthumb/gthumb_3.12.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gthumb/gthumb_3.12.2.bb
index 92152ac..ecf8f6a 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gthumb/gthumb_3.12.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gthumb/gthumb_3.12.2.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 LICENSE="GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=59530bdf33659b29e73d4adb9f9f6552"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "polkit gobject-introspection-data"
 
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@
     libsecret \
 "
 
+GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "autotools"
 inherit features_check gnomebase gnome-help gsettings itstool mime-xdg
 
 SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "97f8afe522535216541ebbf1e3b546d12a6beb38a8f0eb85f26e676934aad425"