diff --git a/glib/gmacros.h b/glib/gmacros.h
index f8ce7141b..d8ab4fab0 100644
--- a/glib/gmacros.h
+++ b/glib/gmacros.h
@@ -144,10 +144,12 @@
 #define G_STRINGIFY(macro_or_string)	G_STRINGIFY_ARG (macro_or_string)
 #define	G_STRINGIFY_ARG(contents)	#contents
 
+#ifndef __GI_SCANNER__ /* The static assert macro really confuses the introspection parser */
 #define G_PASTE_ARGS(identifier1,identifier2) identifier1 ## identifier2
 #define G_PASTE(identifier1,identifier2)      G_PASTE_ARGS (identifier1, identifier2)
 #define G_STATIC_ASSERT(expr) typedef char G_PASTE (_GStaticAssertCompileTimeAssertion_, __LINE__)[(expr) ? 1 : -1]
 #define G_STATIC_ASSERT_EXPR(expr) ((void) sizeof (char[(expr) ? 1 : -1]))
+#endif
 
 /* Provide a string identifying the current code position */
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ < 3) && !defined(__cplusplus)