diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 74830154a35ceeacd1038c2cfa75adab57c97aba..7e28c2a812c4cb6abe2fa9facbdb72af29b6b1f2 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ option('builtin_loaders',
 option('gtk_doc',
        description: 'Whether to generate the API reference',
        type: 'boolean',
-       value: false,
-       yield: true)
+       value: false)
 option('docs',
        description: 'Whether to generate the whole documentation (see: gtk_doc and man options) [Deprecated]',
        type: 'boolean',