diff --git a/srcpkgs/gedit/template b/srcpkgs/gedit/template
index e93ff890527..2f8b48a2199 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gedit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gedit/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ revision=2
 build_helper="gir"
 build_style=meson
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/gedit/plugins"
-configure_args="-Dplugins=true"
 hostmakedepends="itstool pkg-config glib-devel gdk-pixbuf perl gettext vala"
 makedepends="gsettings-desktop-schemas-devel gspell-devel gtksourceview4-devel
  libpeas-devel tepl-devel python3-gobject-devel"