diff --git a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.4-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.4-r1.ebuild
index 1d5745b495670..c694d0c539361 100644
--- a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/libffi-3.0.13-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	>=virtual/zlib-1.2.8-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	>=virtual/libintl-0-r2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	introspection? (
-		>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common-${INTROSPECTION_PV}
-	)
 	kernel_linux? ( >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.23[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	selinux? ( >=sys-libs/libselinux-2.2.2-r5[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	xattr? ( !elibc_glibc? ( >=sys-apps/attr-2.4.47-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] ) )
diff --git a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.4.ebuild b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.4.ebuild
index ffd13bd1f7409..8ea227730797c 100644
--- a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.4.ebuild
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/libffi-3.0.13-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	>=virtual/zlib-1.2.8-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	>=virtual/libintl-0-r2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	introspection? (
-		>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common-${INTROSPECTION_PV}
-	)
 	kernel_linux? ( >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.23[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	selinux? ( >=sys-libs/libselinux-2.2.2-r5[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	xattr? ( !elibc_glibc? ( >=sys-apps/attr-2.4.47-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] ) )
diff --git a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.86.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.86.1.ebuild
index 146e98bef7776..2a9a6741aaa47 100644
--- a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.86.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.86.1.ebuild
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/libffi-3.0.13-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	>=virtual/zlib-1.2.8-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	>=virtual/libintl-0-r2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	introspection? (
-		>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common-${INTROSPECTION_PV}
-	)
 	kernel_linux? ( >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.23[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	selinux? ( >=sys-libs/libselinux-2.2.2-r5[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	xattr? ( !elibc_glibc? ( >=sys-apps/attr-2.4.47-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] ) )
diff --git a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2.ebuild b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2.ebuild
index c34ff8ef0e2f4..777f591ec49ae 100644
--- a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 # virtual/pkgconfig needed at runtime, bug #505408
 RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common-${PV}
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.82.0:2[introspection]
 	dev-libs/libffi:=
 	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
diff --git a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.84.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.84.0-r1.ebuild
index 4240cd74f2d38..e9ccf99c50fd0 100644
--- a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.84.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.84.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 # virtual/pkgconfig needed at runtime, bug #505408
 RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common-${PV}
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.82.0:2[introspection]
 	dev-libs/libffi:=
 	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
diff --git a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.86.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.86.0.ebuild
index a1602a670a0f3..f5b5b06d5fd60 100644
--- a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.86.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.86.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 # virtual/pkgconfig needed at runtime, bug #505408
 RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common-${PV}
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.82.0:2[introspection]
 	dev-libs/libffi:=
 	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
diff --git a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-menus/cinnamon-menus-6.4.0.ebuild b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-menus/cinnamon-menus-6.4.0.ebuild
index 528d803511714..01075f75bb30b 100644
--- a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-menus/cinnamon-menus-6.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-menus/cinnamon-menus-6.4.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
-	dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	sys-devel/gettext
diff --git a/gui-libs/gtk/gtk-4.18.6-r1.ebuild b/gui-libs/gtk/gtk-4.18.6-r1.ebuild
index 5584a2496eb66..3e05b966ed5d3 100644
--- a/gui-libs/gtk/gtk-4.18.6-r1.ebuild
+++ b/gui-libs/gtk/gtk-4.18.6-r1.ebuild
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ PDEPEND="
 	>=x11-themes/adwaita-icon-theme-3.14
 "
 BDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common
 	introspection? (
 		${PYTHON_DEPS}
 		$(python_gen_any_dep '
diff --git a/gui-libs/gtk/gtk-4.20.3-r2.ebuild b/gui-libs/gtk/gtk-4.20.3-r2.ebuild
index 489339f84f4fb..32f3aa06673ca 100644
--- a/gui-libs/gtk/gtk-4.20.3-r2.ebuild
+++ b/gui-libs/gtk/gtk-4.20.3-r2.ebuild
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ PDEPEND="
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	>=dev-build/meson-1.5.0
-	dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common
 	introspection? (
 		${PYTHON_DEPS}
 		$(python_gen_any_dep '
diff --git a/media-libs/libmediaart/libmediaart-1.9.7.ebuild b/media-libs/libmediaart/libmediaart-1.9.7.ebuild
index 846104a92986a..83396a47b85fa 100644
--- a/media-libs/libmediaart/libmediaart-1.9.7.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libmediaart/libmediaart-1.9.7.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	gtk-doc? ( dev-util/gtk-doc )
 	vala? ( $(vala_depend) )
diff --git a/net-libs/gnome-online-accounts/gnome-online-accounts-3.54.6.ebuild b/net-libs/gnome-online-accounts/gnome-online-accounts-3.54.6.ebuild
index b49918f3bf24c..be16ef9017f19 100644
--- a/net-libs/gnome-online-accounts/gnome-online-accounts-3.54.6.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/gnome-online-accounts/gnome-online-accounts-3.54.6.ebuild
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 
-	dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common
 	gnome-base/gnome-common
 "
 BDEPEND="doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )"
diff --git a/net-libs/gnome-online-accounts/gnome-online-accounts-3.54.8.ebuild b/net-libs/gnome-online-accounts/gnome-online-accounts-3.54.8.ebuild
index f86992732a51a..ac8ea1be49f9a 100644
--- a/net-libs/gnome-online-accounts/gnome-online-accounts-3.54.8.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/gnome-online-accounts/gnome-online-accounts-3.54.8.ebuild
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 
-	dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common
 	gnome-base/gnome-common
 "
 BDEPEND="doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )"
diff --git a/net-libs/gnome-online-accounts/gnome-online-accounts-3.56.2.ebuild b/net-libs/gnome-online-accounts/gnome-online-accounts-3.56.2.ebuild
index fe667d3d20eee..f74e8a2f2e438 100644
--- a/net-libs/gnome-online-accounts/gnome-online-accounts-3.56.2.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/gnome-online-accounts/gnome-online-accounts-3.56.2.ebuild
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 
-	dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common
 	gnome-base/gnome-common
 "
 BDEPEND="doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )"
diff --git a/net-libs/msgraph/msgraph-0.2.3-r1.ebuild b/net-libs/msgraph/msgraph-0.2.3-r1.ebuild
index 0a27730e67c69..254965ffd7882 100644
--- a/net-libs/msgraph/msgraph-0.2.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/msgraph/msgraph-0.2.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	>=dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.80.5-r1
 	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
 	virtual/pkgconfig
-	dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	gtk-doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )
diff --git a/net-libs/msgraph/msgraph-0.3.3.ebuild b/net-libs/msgraph/msgraph-0.3.3.ebuild
index aa1de05c1ee36..0a9b98f9c1648 100644
--- a/net-libs/msgraph/msgraph-0.3.3.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/msgraph/msgraph-0.3.3.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	>=dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.80.5-r1
 	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
 	virtual/pkgconfig
-	dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	gtk-doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )
diff --git a/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-126-r2.ebuild b/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-126-r2.ebuild
index 0746d9cecf6c3..f1a092723b2a5 100644
--- a/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-126-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-126-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 	app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.1.2
 	app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.32
-	dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common
 	dev-libs/libxslt
 	dev-util/glib-utils
 	virtual/pkgconfig
diff --git a/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-9999.ebuild b/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-9999.ebuild
index a258cd7e71e97..d932aa3e7d59a 100644
--- a/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 	app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.1.2
 	app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.32
-	dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common
 	dev-libs/libxslt
 	dev-util/glib-utils
 	virtual/pkgconfig
diff --git a/x11-libs/gtk+/gtk+-3.24.51.ebuild b/x11-libs/gtk+/gtk+-3.24.51.ebuild
index 0eeaf32a288b1..8a744dfeab6c9 100644
--- a/x11-libs/gtk+/gtk+-3.24.51.ebuild
+++ b/x11-libs/gtk+/gtk+-3.24.51.ebuild
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ PDEPEND="
 BDEPEND="
 	app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.1.2
 	app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
-	dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common
 	dev-libs/libxslt
 	>=dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.80.5-r1
 	dev-util/glib-utils
diff --git a/x11-libs/libnotify/libnotify-0.8.6.ebuild b/x11-libs/libnotify/libnotify-0.8.6.ebuild
index cb8d6e1ef43c9..53f8f2412843b 100644
--- a/x11-libs/libnotify/libnotify-0.8.6.ebuild
+++ b/x11-libs/libnotify/libnotify-0.8.6.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common-1.32
 	dev-util/glib-utils
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	app-text/docbook-xsl-ns-stylesheets
diff --git a/x11-libs/libnotify/libnotify-0.8.7.ebuild b/x11-libs/libnotify/libnotify-0.8.7.ebuild
index 5d41697f7bdef..5e7325e7dc8e8 100644
--- a/x11-libs/libnotify/libnotify-0.8.7.ebuild
+++ b/x11-libs/libnotify/libnotify-0.8.7.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common-1.32
 	dev-util/glib-utils
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	app-text/docbook-xsl-ns-stylesheets