diff --git a/src/lib/clapper-gtk/meson.build b/src/lib/clapper-gtk/meson.build
index f2dacb82..026422dc 100644
--- a/src/lib/clapper-gtk/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/clapper-gtk/meson.build
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ if build_gir
       clappergtk_enums,
     ],
     extra_args: [
-      gir_init_section,
       '--quiet',
       '--warn-all',
       '-DCLAPPER_GTK_COMPILATION',
diff --git a/src/lib/meson.build b/src/lib/meson.build
index 70569fb3..604a4ead 100644
--- a/src/lib/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ vapigen = find_program('vapigen', required: get_option('vapi'))
 build_vapi = (vapigen.found() and not get_option('vapi').disabled())
 
 gir_init_section = '--add-init-section=extern void gst_init(gint*,gchar**);' + \
-  'g_setenv("GST_REGISTRY_1.0", "@0@", TRUE);'.format(meson.current_build_dir() + '/gir_empty_registry.reg') + \
+  'g_setenv("GST_REGISTRY_DISABLE", "yes", TRUE);' + \
+  'g_setenv("GST_REGISTRY_1_0", "@0@", TRUE);'.format(meson.current_build_dir() + '/gir_empty_registry.reg') + \
   'g_setenv("GST_PLUGIN_PATH_1_0", "", TRUE);' + \
   'g_setenv("GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0", "", TRUE);' + \
   'gst_init(NULL,NULL);'