diff --git a/cogl/cogl/meson.build b/cogl/cogl/meson.build
index eef229840..b09b15d93 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/meson.build
+++ b/cogl/cogl/meson.build
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ if have_introspection
     namespace: 'Cogl',
     includes: [
       libmutter_mtk_gir[0],
-      'cairo-1.0',
       'GL-1.0',
       'GObject-2.0',
       'Graphene-1.0', 
diff --git a/mtk/mtk/meson.build b/mtk/mtk/meson.build
index 374e82335..d63d7c196 100644
--- a/mtk/mtk/meson.build
+++ b/mtk/mtk/meson.build
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ if have_introspection
     export_packages: [libmutter_mtk_name],
     includes: [
       'GObject-2.0',
-      'cairo-1.0',
       'Graphene-1.0',
     ],
     extra_args: mtk_introspection_args + ['--c-include=mtk/mtk.h'],