diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
index 3b7f23a9a7..938a2f400d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ if gstgl_dep.found()
 endif
 
 libm = cc.find_library('m', required : false)
-gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req)
+gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req, default_options: {'sysprof': 'disabled'})
 gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0')
 # gio-unix-2.0 is used by sys/bluez
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build
index f4f2e36eb4..8f023a0858 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ core_conf.set('HAVE_LIBDRM', libdrm_dep.found())
 # X11 checks are for sys/ and tests/
 x11_dep = dependency('x11', required : get_option('x11'))
 # GIO is used by the GIO plugin, and by the TCP, SDP, and RTSP plugins
-gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req)
+gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req, default_options: {'sysprof': 'disabled'})
 giounix_dep = dependency('', required: false)
 if host_system != 'windows'
   giounix_dep = dependency('gio-unix-2.0')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson.build
index 2eab470803..61b3992d8e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson.build
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ endif
 zlib_dep = dependency('zlib')
 cdata.set('HAVE_ZLIB', true)
 
-gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req)
+gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req, default_options: {'sysprof': 'disabled'})
 gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0')
 
 gst_plugins_good_args = ['-DHAVE_CONFIG_H']
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson.build
index 1a5c080220..820cd0e67b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson.build
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ else
   cdata.set('DISABLE_ORC', 1)
 endif
 
-gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0', version: glib_req)
+gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0', version: glib_req, default_options: {'sysprof': 'disabled'})
 
 if gmodule_dep.version().version_compare('< 2.67.4')
   cdata.set('g_memdup2(ptr,sz)', '(G_LIKELY(((guint64)(sz)) < G_MAXUINT)) ? g_memdup(ptr,sz) : (g_abort(),NULL)')
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/meson.build
index 369d8ed0b5..b64f0ab355 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/meson.build
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ glib_req = '>= 2.64.0'
 
 # Find dependencies
 glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0', version: glib_req,
-  fallback: ['glib', 'libglib_dep'])
+    default_options: {'sysprof': 'disabled'})
 gobject_dep = dependency('gobject-2.0')
 gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0')
 if host_system == 'windows'