diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/gnomebase.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/gnomebase.bbclass
index 5e72f549a3..a12e9f31a9 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/gnomebase.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/gnomebase.bbclass
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/application-registry  \
 
 FILES:${PN}-doc += "${datadir}/devhelp"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS ??= "autotools"
+GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS ??= "meson"
 inherit ${GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS} pkgconfig
 
 do_install:append() {
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glib-networking/glib-networking_2.76.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/glib-networking/glib-networking_2.76.1.bb
index 3687123141..0f8822e160 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/glib-networking/glib-networking_2.76.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glib-networking/glib-networking_2.76.1.bb
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[libproxy] = "-Dlibproxy=enabled,-Dlibproxy=disabled,libproxy"
 PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "-Dinstalled_tests=true,-Dinstalled_tests=false"
 PACKAGECONFIG[gnomeproxy] = "-Dgnome_proxy=enabled,-Dgnome_proxy=disabled,gsettings-desktop-schemas"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 inherit gnomebase gettext upstream-version-is-even gio-module-cache ptest-gnome
 
 SRC_URI += "file://run-ptest"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.11.5.bb b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.11.5.bb
index fc82912df2..319833f053 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.11.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.11.5.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://Copyright;md5=2044417e2e5006b65a8b9067b683fcf1 \
 
 DEPENDS = "zlib virtual/libiconv"
 
+GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "autotools"
 inherit gnomebase
 
 SRC_URI += "http://www.w3.org/XML/Test/xmlts20130923.tar;subdir=${BP};name=testtar \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.46.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.46.0.bb
index 28129fd66a..73a393051a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.46.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.46.0.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=a916467b91076e631dd8edb7424769c7"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 GIR_MESON_OPTION = ""
 
 inherit gnomebase setuptools3-base gobject-introspection upstream-version-is-even
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_44.6.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_44.6.bb
index d8dd3d6dae..577eb43a80 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_44.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_44.6.bb
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ DEPENDS = " \
           desktop-file-utils-native \
           "
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 inherit gnomebase gsettings features_check gettext mime-xdg gtk-icon-cache
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11 opengl"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.1.0.bb
index 239d9806cc..399f327e04 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.1.0.bb
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += "ac_cv_path_GPG='gpg2'"
 
 CFLAGS += "-D_GNU_SOURCE"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = "gtk_doc"
 inherit gnomebase gtk-icon-cache gi-docgen features_check vala gobject-introspection gettext mime mime-xdg
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/adwaita-icon-theme_45.0.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/adwaita-icon-theme_45.0.bb
index 4dbcced5c3..0bd98288f6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/adwaita-icon-theme_45.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/adwaita-icon-theme_45.0.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=c84cac88e46fc07647ea07e6c24eeb7c \
                     file://COPYING_CCBYSA3;md5=96143d33de3a79321b1006c4e8ed07e7 \
                     file://COPYING_LGPL;md5=e6a600fd5e1d9cbde2d983680233ad02"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 inherit gnomebase allarch gtk-icon-cache
 
 SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "2442bfb06f4e6cc95bf6e2682fdff98fa5eddc688751b9d6215c623cb4e42ff1"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.6.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.6.bb
index 4930aeb9f0..1e29bd9bb0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.6.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=55ca817ccb7d5b5b66355690e9abc605"
 
 DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 glib-2.0-native dbus dbus-glib libxml2 intltool-native"
 
+GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "autotools"
 inherit gnomebase gtk-doc gettext gobject-introspection gio-module-cache
 
 SRC_URI = "${GNOME_MIRROR}/GConf/${@gnome_verdir("${PV}")}/GConf-${PV}.tar.xz;name=archive \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gsettings-desktop-schemas/gsettings-desktop-schemas_44.0.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/gsettings-desktop-schemas/gsettings-desktop-schemas_44.0.bb
index 8e30d5e524..5ccc1a7dd4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gsettings-desktop-schemas/gsettings-desktop-schemas_44.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gsettings-desktop-schemas/gsettings-desktop-schemas_44.0.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c"
 
 DEPENDS = "glib-2.0"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 
 inherit gnomebase gsettings gobject-introspection gettext
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk-doc/gtk-doc_1.33.2.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk-doc/gtk-doc_1.33.2.bb
index 150eca9274..2e8ab1c771 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk-doc/gtk-doc_1.33.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk-doc/gtk-doc_1.33.2.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://www.gtk.org/docs/"
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
 
+GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "autotools"
 inherit gnomebase
 
 # Configure the scripts correctly (and build their dependencies) only if they are actually
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/json-glib/json-glib_1.6.6.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/json-glib/json-glib_1.6.6.bb
index 9c34fb7f40..a9a71953c3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/json-glib/json-glib_1.6.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/json-glib/json-glib_1.6.6.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=7fbc338309ac38fefcd64b04bb903e34"
 
 DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 glib-2.0-native"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 inherit gnomebase lib_package gobject-introspection gi-docgen gettext ptest-gnome manpages upstream-version-is-even
 GIR_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG = 'enabled'
 GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG = 'disabled'
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/libadwaita/libadwaita_1.4.0.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/libadwaita/libadwaita_1.4.0.bb
index d8aa2cd697..cc05756805 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/libadwaita/libadwaita_1.4.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/libadwaita/libadwaita_1.4.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libadwaita"
 LICENSE="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 
 DEPENDS = " \
     gtk4 \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/libdazzle/libdazzle_3.44.0.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/libdazzle/libdazzle_3.44.0.bb
index 49ebc818b0..9bca7e9dce 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/libdazzle/libdazzle_3.44.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/libdazzle/libdazzle_3.44.0.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libdazzle"
 BUGTRACKER = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libdazzle/issues"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8f0e2cd40e05189ec81232da84bd6e1a"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 inherit gnomebase upstream-version-is-even vala features_check gobject-introspection
 
 DEPENDS = "glib-2.0-native glib-2.0 gtk+3"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/libgudev/libgudev_238.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/libgudev/libgudev_238.bb
index c71e4bda74..5923544eca 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/libgudev/libgudev_238.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/libgudev/libgudev_238.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ RCONFLICTS:${PN} = "systemd (<= 220)"
 LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 inherit gnomebase gobject-introspection gtk-doc
 
 GIR_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG = 'enabled'
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/libnotify/libnotify_0.8.2.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/libnotify/libnotify_0.8.2.bb
index 6888c33d14..1ca7ef8714 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/libnotify/libnotify_0.8.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/libnotify/libnotify_0.8.2.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 glib-2.0-native gdk-pixbuf"
 PACKAGECONFIG ?= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "-Dtests=true,-Dtests=false,gtk+3"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 GIR_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG = "enabled"
 GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG = "disabled"
 inherit gnomebase gi-docgen features_check gobject-introspection
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/librsvg/librsvg_2.56.3.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/librsvg/librsvg_2.56.3.bb
index 4b9aaeecbe..c4f34f2e29 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/librsvg/librsvg_2.56.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/librsvg/librsvg_2.56.3.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SECTION = "x11/utils"
 DEPENDS = "cairo gdk-pixbuf glib-2.0 libxml2 pango python3-docutils-native"
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
 
+GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "autotools"
 inherit cargo_common gnomebase pixbufcache gobject-introspection rust vala gi-docgen cargo-update-recipe-crates
 
 require ${BPN}-crates.inc
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/libsecret/libsecret_0.21.1.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/libsecret/libsecret_0.21.1.bb
index 63102476cb..f762d7c343 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/libsecret/libsecret_0.21.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/libsecret/libsecret_0.21.1.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/GNOME/libsecret"
 BUGTRACKER = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsecret/issues"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=23c2a5e0106b99d75238986559bb5fc6"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 
 inherit gnomebase gi-docgen vala gobject-introspection manpages
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/graphene/graphene_1.10.8.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/graphene/graphene_1.10.8.bb
index 55d8a2d74e..e2e82b32aa 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/graphene/graphene_1.10.8.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/graphene/graphene_1.10.8.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://ebassi.github.io/graphene/"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=a7d871d9e23c450c421a85bb2819f648"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 
 inherit gnomebase gobject-introspection gtk-doc
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/pango/pango_1.51.0.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/pango/pango_1.51.0.bb
index 77a1901248..85a0270a3f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/pango/pango_1.51.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/pango/pango_1.51.0.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ LICENSE = "LGPL-2.0-or-later"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=3bf50002aefd002f49e7bb854063f7e7"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 
 inherit gnomebase gi-docgen ptest-gnome upstream-version-is-even gobject-introspection
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/vte/vte_0.72.2.bb b/meta/recipes-support/vte/vte_0.72.2.bb
index 4249b75ac0..44e71491f6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/vte/vte_0.72.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/vte/vte_0.72.2.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
 
 DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 glib-2.0-native gtk+3 libpcre2 libxml2-native gperf-native icu"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 GIR_MESON_OPTION = 'gir'
 GIDOCGEN_MESON_OPTION = "docs"
 
