diff -u --recursive vips-8.10.2-vanilla/configure.ac vips-8.10.2/configure.ac
--- vips-8.10.2-vanilla/configure.ac	2020-10-12 11:43:59.000000000 -0500
+++ vips-8.10.2/configure.ac	2020-11-19 12:17:39.393295442 -0600
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@
 AC_SUBST(LIBRARY_REVISION)
 AC_SUBST(LIBRARY_AGE)
 
-# init introspection support
-GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK([1.30.0])
-
 # remove the '(disabled, use --enable-introspection to enable)'
 # suffix from the found_introspection variable
 if test "x$found_introspection" != x"yes"; then
diff -u --recursive vips-8.10.2-vanilla/libvips/Makefile.am vips-8.10.2/libvips/Makefile.am
--- vips-8.10.2-vanilla/libvips/Makefile.am	2020-09-14 10:38:03.000000000 -0500
+++ vips-8.10.2/libvips/Makefile.am	2020-11-19 12:18:08.473384766 -0600
@@ -67,56 +67,3 @@
 	echo "#define VIPS_SONAME \"$$dlname\"" >> soname.h && \
 	cp soname.h $(DESTDIR)$(pkgincludedir) && \
 	rm soname.h
-
--include $(INTROSPECTION_MAKEFILE)
-INTROSPECTION_GIRS =
-INTROSPECTION_SCANNER_ARGS = --add-include-path=$(srcdir)
-INTROSPECTION_COMPILER_ARGS = --includedir=$(srcdir)
-
-if HAVE_INTROSPECTION
-
-AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-	      -I${top_srcdir}/libvips/include \
-	      @VIPS_CFLAGS@ \
-	      @VIPS_INCLUDES@ \
-	      @INTROSPECTION_CFLAGS@ 
-AM_LDFLAGS = \
-	     @INTROSPECTION_LIBS@ \
-	     @LDFLAGS@ 
-LDADD = @INTROSPECTION_LIBS@ @VIPS_CFLAGS@ libvips.la @VIPS_LIBS@ 
-
-noinst_PROGRAMS = \
-	introspect$(EXEEXT)
-introspect_SOURCES = \
-	introspect.c
-
-# we can't get the _SOURCES lists from the subdirs directly, we get passed it
-# by configure instead
-introspection_sources = @vips_introspection_sources@
-
-# we make the vips8 API
-Vips-8.0.gir: introspect$(EXEEXT)
-Vips_8_0_gir_INCLUDES = GObject-2.0
-Vips_8_0_gir_CFLAGS = $(INCLUDES) -I${top_srcdir}/libvips/include
-Vips_8_0_gir_LIBS = libvips.la
-Vips_8_0_gir_FILES = $(introspection_sources)
-INTROSPECTION_GIRS += Vips-8.0.gir
-
-# don't use
-#   --warn-all --verbose
-# too annoying
-Vips_8_0_gir_SCANNERFLAGS = \
-	--program=./introspect$(EXEEXT) \
-	--identifier-prefix=Vips \
-	--identifier-prefix=vips \
-	--symbol-prefix=vips \
-	--c-include=vips/vips.h
-
-girdir = $(datadir)/gir-1.0
-gir_DATA = $(INTROSPECTION_GIRS)
-
-typelibdir = $(libdir)/girepository-1.0
-typelib_DATA = $(INTROSPECTION_GIRS:.gir=.typelib)
-
-CLEANFILES += $(gir_DATA) $(typelib_DATA)
-endif