diff --git a/gio/meson.build b/gio/meson.build
index 39d2f4d15..59c2b0fc0 100644
--- a/gio/meson.build
+++ b/gio/meson.build
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ local_sources = files(
 
 platform_deps = []
 internal_deps = []
-appinfo_sources = []
 contenttype_sources = []
 portal_sources = []
 unix_sources = []
@@ -394,7 +393,7 @@ if host_system != 'windows'
   if glib_have_cocoa
     settings_sources += files('gnextstepsettingsbackend.m')
     contenttype_sources += files('gosxcontenttype.m')
-    appinfo_sources += files('gosxappinfo.m')
+    unix_sources += files('gosxappinfo.m')
     framework_dep = dependency('appleframeworks', modules : ['Foundation', 'CoreFoundation', 'AppKit'])
     platform_deps += [framework_dep]
     if glib_have_os_x_9_or_later
@@ -403,7 +402,7 @@ if host_system != 'windows'
     application_headers += files('gosxappinfo.h')
   else
     contenttype_sources += files('gcontenttype.c')
-    appinfo_sources += files('gdesktopappinfo.c')
+    unix_sources += files('gdesktopappinfo.c')
     gio_unix_include_headers += files('gdesktopappinfo.h')
     launch_desktop_sources = files('gio-launch-desktop.c')
 
@@ -433,7 +432,7 @@ if host_system != 'windows'
     )
   endif
 else
-  appinfo_sources += files('gwin32appinfo.c')
+  win32_sources += files('gwin32appinfo.c')
   contenttype_sources += files('gcontenttype-win32.c')
   platform_deps += [cc.find_library('shlwapi'),
                     cc.find_library('dnsapi'),
@@ -613,7 +612,6 @@ if glib_build_shared
   gio_sources += files ('../glib/gtrace.c')
 endif
 
-gio_sources += appinfo_sources
 gio_sources += contenttype_sources
 gio_sources += gdbus_daemon_sources
 gio_sources += unix_sources
diff --git a/girepository/introspection/meson.build b/girepository/introspection/meson.build
index 126993659..dc5495296 100644
--- a/girepository/introspection/meson.build
+++ b/girepository/introspection/meson.build
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ gio_gir_sources = [
   gio_base_sources,
   application_sources,
   gdbus_sources,
-  appinfo_sources,
   contenttype_sources,
   unix_sources,
   win32_sources,