diff --git a/meta/classes/gnomebase.bbclass b/meta/classes/gnomebase.bbclass
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+def gnome_verdir(v):
+    return oe.utils.trim_version(v, 2)
+
+GNOME_COMPRESS_TYPE ?= "xz"
+SECTION ?= "x11/gnome"
+GNOMEBN ?= "${BPN}"
+SRC_URI = "${GNOME_MIRROR}/${GNOMEBN}/${@gnome_verdir("${PV}")}/${GNOMEBN}-${PV}.tar.${GNOME_COMPRESS_TYPE};name=archive"
+
+DEPENDS += "gnome-common-native"
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/application-registry  \
+                ${datadir}/mime-info \
+                ${datadir}/mime/packages \
+                ${datadir}/mime/application \
+                ${datadir}/gnome-2.0 \
+                ${datadir}/polkit* \
+                ${datadir}/GConf \
+                ${datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas \
+"
+
+FILES_${PN}-doc += "${datadir}/devhelp"
+
+inherit autotools pkgconfig
+
+do_install_append() {
+	rm -rf ${D}${localstatedir}/lib/scrollkeeper/*
+	rm -rf ${D}${localstatedir}/scrollkeeper/*
+	rm -f ${D}${datadir}/applications/*.cache
+}
+
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-introspection"
+
+UNKNOWN_CONFIGURE_WHITELIST += "--disable-introspection"