diff --git a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/build b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/build
index 98d8e24a..4fb1961c 100755
--- a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/build
+++ b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/build
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ build_harfbuzz() (
         --prefix=/usr \
         -Dpkg_config_path="$1/usr/lib/pkgconfig" \
         -Ddefault_library=both \
-        -Dglib=enabled \
+        -Dglib=disabled \
         -Dfreetype=enabled \
+        -Dgobject=disabled \
         -Dcairo=disabled \
         -Dicu=disabled \
         -Dbenchmark=disabled \
diff --git a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/depends b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/depends
index 7a62b6a7..210115cb 100644
--- a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/depends
+++ b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/depends
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 bzip2
 expat
-glib
 libdrm
 libpng
 mesa