diff --git a/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template b/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
index 6f8bffd88d2..e3561a3b622 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'gobject-introspection'
 pkgname=gobject-introspection
 version=1.68.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=meson
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/${pkgname}/giscanner"
 hostmakedepends="flex pkg-config"
-makedepends="cairo-devel libffi-devel libglib-devel libxml2-devel
+# won't run tests with cairo to avoid cyclical deps
+makedepends="libffi-devel libglib-devel
  python3-devel python3-Mako python3-Markdown"
 depends="libgirepository-devel python3-Mako python3-Markdown"
 short_desc="Introspection system for GObject-based libraries"