diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
index f5fed1e1604..96629b25197 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, glib, flex, bison, pkgconfig, libffi, python, cairo }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, glib, flex, bison, pkgconfig, libffi, python }:
 
 let
   baseName = "gobject-introspection";
-  v = "0.6.10";
+  v = "0.10.2";
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${baseName}-${v}";
 
-  buildInputs = [ flex bison glib pkgconfig python cairo ];
+  buildInputs = [ flex bison glib pkgconfig python ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libffi ];
-  configureFlags = "--enable-gcov";
+
+  # Tests depend on cairo, which is undesirable (it pulls in lots of
+  # other dependencies).
+  configureFlags = "--disable-tests";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${baseName}/0.6/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0jwd7bybgvg6dwhg64da8k9yjrs37y5p153gaaapz5j59ld53g9n";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${baseName}/0.10/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "18di6v39hibb6j39vs0a5icaafihfryh8250kz7x1q1313pvm62v";
   };
 
+  postInstall = "rm -rf $out/share/gtk-doc";
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     maintainers = [ maintainers.urkud ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;