diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am b/validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am
index c07dc4e4e6..04e4784e11 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am
@@ -99,13 +99,11 @@ GstValidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.gir: $(INTROSPECTION_SCANNER) libgstvalidate-@GST_
 		-I$(top_builddir) \
 		--add-include-path=`PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" $(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=girdir gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@` \
 		--add-include-path=`PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" $(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=girdir gstreamer-base-@GST_API_VERSION@` \
-		--add-include-path=`PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" $(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=girdir gstreamer-video-@GST_API_VERSION@` \
 		--add-include-path=`PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" $(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=girdir gstreamer-audio-@GST_API_VERSION@` \
 		--add-include-path=`PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" $(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=girdir gstreamer-pbutils-@GST_API_VERSION@` \
 		--add-include-path=`PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" $(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=girdir gstreamer-tag-@GST_API_VERSION@` \
 		--library=libgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.la \
 		--include=GLib-2.0 \
-		--include=GstVideo-@GST_API_VERSION@ \
 		--include=GstPbutils-@GST_API_VERSION@ \
 		--include=GObject-2.0 \
 		--include=GModule-2.0 \
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/meson.build b/validate/gst/validate/meson.build
index 2d7ab19dee..976922ba64 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/meson.build
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/meson.build
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ if build_gir
                         'GLib-2.0',
                         'Gio-2.0',
                         'GModule-2.0',
-                        'GstVideo-' + apiversion,
                         'Gst-' + apiversion,
                         'GstPbutils-' + apiversion],
             install : true,