diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/gobject-introspection-data.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/gobject-introspection-data.bbclass
index 2ef6846..d90cdb4 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/gobject-introspection-data.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/gobject-introspection-data.bbclass
@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@
 # so that qemu use can be avoided when necessary.
 GI_DATA_ENABLED ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'gobject-introspection-data', \
                       bb.utils.contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', 'qemu-usermode', 'True', 'False', d), 'False', d)}"
+
+do_compile:prepend() {
+    # This prevents g-ir-scanner from writing cache data to $HOME
+    export GI_SCANNER_DISABLE_CACHE=1
+}