diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
index aef3a05392..469e202175 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-oe-gnome ="\
     gtk+ \
     gtkmm3 \
     gtkmm \
-    libpeas \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "gobject-introspection-data", "libpeas", "", d)} \
     pyxdg \
     vte9 \
     gnome-theme-adwaita \