diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index de057c4512..a47315dc06 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	scripts/gst-uninstalled \
 	$(shell find "$(top_srcdir)" -type f -name meson.build ! -path "$(top_srcdir)/gstreamer-*" ) \
 	gst/gstenumtypes.c.template gst/gstenumtypes.h.template \
-	libs/gst/controller/controller_mkenum.py \
 	meson_options.txt \
 	gst/parse/gen_lex.py.in gst/parse/gen_grammar.py.in \
 	$(win32)
diff --git a/libs/gst/controller/controller_mkenum.py b/libs/gst/controller/controller_mkenum.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 01d8478a37..0000000000
--- a/libs/gst/controller/controller_mkenum.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-# This is in its own file rather than inside meson.build
-# because a) mixing the two is ugly and b) trying to
-# make special characters such as \n go through all
-# backends is a fool's errand.
-
-import sys, os, shutil, subprocess
-
-h_array = ['--fhead',
-           "#ifndef __GST_CONTROLLER_ENUM_TYPES_H__\n#define __GST_CONTROLLER_ENUM_TYPES_H__\n\n#include <glib-object.h>\n#include <gst/gstconfig.h>\n#include <gst/controller/controller-prelude.h>\n\nG_BEGIN_DECLS\n",
-           '--fprod',
-           "\n/* enumerations from \"@filename@\" */\n",
-           '--vhead',
-           'GST_CONTROLLER_API\nGType @enum_name@_get_type (void);\n#define GST_TYPE_@ENUMSHORT@ (@enum_name@_get_type())\n',
-           '--ftail',
-           'G_END_DECLS\n\n#endif /* __GST_CONTROLLER_ENUM_TYPES_H__ */',
-           ]
-
-c_array = ['--fhead',
-           "#include \"controller-enumtypes.h\"\n\n#include \"controller.h\" \n#include \"gstinterpolationcontrolsource.h\" \n#include \"gstlfocontrolsource.h\"",
-           '--fprod',
-           "\n/* enumerations from \"@filename@\" */",
-           '--vhead',
-           "GType\n@enum_name@_get_type (void)\n{\n  static volatile gsize g_define_type_id__volatile = 0;\n  if (g_once_init_enter (&g_define_type_id__volatile)) {\n    static const G@Type@Value values[] = {",
-           '--vprod',
-           "      { @VALUENAME@, \"@VALUENAME@\", \"@valuenick@\" },",
-           '--vtail',
-           "      { 0, NULL, NULL }\n    };\n    GType g_define_type_id = g_@type@_register_static (\"@EnumName@\", values);\n    g_once_init_leave (&g_define_type_id__volatile, g_define_type_id);\n  }\n  return g_define_type_id__volatile;\n}\n",
-           ]
-
-cmd = []
-argn = 1
-# Find the full command needed to run glib-mkenums
-# On UNIX-like, this is just the full path to glib-mkenums
-# On Windows, this is the full path to interpreter + full path to glib-mkenums
-for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
-    cmd.append(arg)
-    argn += 1
-    if arg.endswith('glib-mkenums'):
-        break
-ofilename = sys.argv[argn]
-headers = sys.argv[argn + 1:]
-
-if ofilename.endswith('.h'):
-    arg_array = h_array
-else:
-    arg_array = c_array
-
-cmd_array = cmd + arg_array + headers
-pc = subprocess.Popen(cmd_array, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-(stdo, _) = pc.communicate()
-if pc.returncode != 0:
-    sys.exit(pc.returncode)
-open(ofilename, 'wb').write(stdo)
diff --git a/libs/gst/controller/meson.build b/libs/gst/controller/meson.build
index d3c1425da4..f16669f1e6 100644
--- a/libs/gst/controller/meson.build
+++ b/libs/gst/controller/meson.build
@@ -26,19 +26,14 @@ gst_controller_headers = controller_mkenum_headers + [
 ]
 install_headers(gst_controller_headers, subdir : 'gstreamer-1.0/gst/controller/')
 
-mkenums = find_program('controller_mkenum.py')
-gstcontroller_h = custom_target('gstcontrollerenum_h',
-  output : 'controller-enumtypes.h',
-  input : controller_mkenum_headers,
-  install : true,
-  install_dir : 'include/gstreamer-1.0/gst/controller/',
-  command : [mkenums, glib_mkenums, '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@'])
-
-gstcontroller_c = custom_target('gstcontrollerenum_c',
-  output : 'controller-enumtypes.c',
-  input : controller_mkenum_headers,
-  depends : [gstcontroller_h],
-  command : [mkenums, glib_mkenums, '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@'])
+controller_enums = gnome.mkenums_simple('controller-enumtypes',
+  sources : controller_mkenum_headers,
+  header_prefix : '#include <gst/controller/controller-prelude.h>',
+  decorator : 'GST_CONTROLLER_API',
+  install_header : true,
+  install_dir : 'include/gstreamer-1.0/gst/controller/')
+gstcontroller_c = controller_enums[0]
+gstcontroller_h = controller_enums[1]
 
 if libtype != 'shared'
   gst_controller_static = static_library('gstcontroller-@0@'.format(apiversion),
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5855f3d185..515252e658 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -417,9 +417,6 @@ gir_init_section = [ '--add-init-section=extern void gst_init(gint*,gchar**);' +
     'g_setenv("GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0", "", TRUE);' + \
     'gst_init(NULL,NULL);' ]
 
-# Used by the *_mkenum.py helper scripts
-glib_mkenums = find_program('glib-mkenums')
-
 gst_c_args = ['-DHAVE_CONFIG_H']
 if libtype == 'static'
   gst_c_args += ['-DGST_STATIC_COMPILATION']