diff --git a/dconf.spec b/dconf.spec
index b4954ac..fba68eb 100644
--- a/dconf.spec
+++ b/dconf.spec
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ Requires:       dbus
 
 BuildRequires:  gtk2-devel
 BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
-BuildRequires:  vala-devel
+BuildRequires:  vala-devel >= 0.9.4
 BuildRequires:  libgee-devel
-BuildRequires:  gobject-introspection-devel
+# BuildRequires:  gobject-introspection-devel
 # Bootstrap requirements
 BuildRequires:  autoconf automake libtool
 BuildRequires:  gtk-doc
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ gio-querymodules-%{__isa_bits} %{_libdir}/gio/modules
 %{_includedir}/dconf
 %{_libdir}/libdconf.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/dconf.pc
-%{_libdir}/girepository-1.0/dconf-0.5.typelib
-%{_datadir}/gir-1.0/dconf-0.5.gir
+# temporarily disable introspection until we have a new-enough goi
+#%{_libdir}/girepository-1.0/dconf-0.5.typelib
+#%{_datadir}/gir-1.0/dconf-0.5.gir
 %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/dconf
 
 %files editor