diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gtk3/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gtk3/recipe.toml
index 44958e1a0..7e2b13a0e 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gtk3/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gtk3/recipe.toml
@@ -48,5 +48,7 @@ script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
 CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -DM_SQRT2=1.41421356237309504880"
 cookbook_meson \
-    -Dintrospection=false
+    -Dexamples=false \
+    -Dintrospection=false \
+    -Dtests=false
 """