diff --git a/gio/meson.build b/gio/meson.build
index 30bdad06e..f06e54bf7 100644
--- a/gio/meson.build
+++ b/gio/meson.build
@@ -855,9 +855,8 @@ else
 endif
 
 libgio_dep = declare_dependency(link_with : libgio,
-  dependencies : [gioenumtypes_dep],
-  # We sadly need to export configinc here because everyone includes <gio/*.h>
-  include_directories : [configinc, glibinc, gobjectinc, gmoduleinc, gioinc])
+  dependencies : [libgmodule_dep, libgobject_dep, gioenumtypes_dep],
+  include_directories : [gioinc])
 
 if host_system == 'windows'
   # Hack till https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/2324 is fixed
diff --git a/gmodule/meson.build b/gmodule/meson.build
index 20c7e3835..433c0d6c0 100644
--- a/gmodule/meson.build
+++ b/gmodule/meson.build
@@ -140,4 +140,5 @@ pkg.generate(libraries : [libgmodule, export_dynamic_ldflags],
 )
 
 libgmodule_dep = declare_dependency(link_with : libgmodule,
-  include_directories : [configinc, gmoduleinc, glibinc])
+  include_directories : [gmoduleinc],
+  dependencies : [libglib_dep])
diff --git a/gobject/meson.build b/gobject/meson.build
index ad1f1e6ed..8d2fd0b54 100644
--- a/gobject/meson.build
+++ b/gobject/meson.build
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ pkg.generate(libraries : libgobject,
 )
 
 libgobject_dep = declare_dependency(link_with : libgobject,
-  include_directories : [configinc, glibinc, gobjectinc])
+  include_directories : [gobjectinc],
+  dependencies : [libglib_dep])
 
 python_tools = [
   'glib-genmarshal',