diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gedit/gedit_40.1.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gedit/gedit_40.1.bb
index 035f5d1..df8ab62 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gedit/gedit_40.1.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gedit/gedit_40.1.bb
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
+SRC_URI += " file://0001-Remove-incorrect-args-for-i18n.merge_file.patch"
 SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "55e394a82cb65678b1ab49526cf5bd43f00d8fba21476a4849051a8e137d3691"
 
 # 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"