diff --git a/src/tests/clutter/accessibility/cally-examples-util.c b/src/tests/clutter/accessibility/cally-examples-util.c
index 7f98d6eb2..7442c782a 100644
--- a/src/tests/clutter/accessibility/cally-examples-util.c
+++ b/src/tests/clutter/accessibility/cally-examples-util.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+/* For `g_module_build_path` usage */
+#define GLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 
 #include <gmodule.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/src/tests/clutter/accessibility/meson.build b/src/tests/clutter/accessibility/meson.build
index 695c82ee4..a4f42ef80 100644
--- a/src/tests/clutter/accessibility/meson.build
+++ b/src/tests/clutter/accessibility/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ clutter_test_accessibility_common_sources = [
 
 clutter_test_accessibility_c_args = [
   '-DPREFIXDIR="@0@"'.format(libdir),
-  '-DGLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS',
   '-DGETTEXT_PACKAGE="@0@"'.format(meson.project_name()),
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/tests/clutter/interactive/meson.build b/src/tests/clutter/interactive/meson.build
index 02bcf7ff0..9eb5735f2 100644
--- a/src/tests/clutter/interactive/meson.build
+++ b/src/tests/clutter/interactive/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ clutter_tests_interactive_includepath = include_directories('.')
 clutter_tests_interactive_c_args = [
   '-DTESTS_DATADIR="@0@"'.format(clutter_tests_interactive_srcdir),
   '-DG_DISABLE_SINGLE_INCLUDES',
-  '-DGLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS',
   '-DCOGL_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS',
   '-DGETTEXT_PACKAGE="@0@"'.format(meson.project_name()),
 ]
diff --git a/src/tests/clutter/micro-bench/meson.build b/src/tests/clutter/micro-bench/meson.build
index 79929469e..65406a51c 100644
--- a/src/tests/clutter/micro-bench/meson.build
+++ b/src/tests/clutter/micro-bench/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 clutter_tests_micro_bench_c_args = [
   '-DG_DISABLE_SINGLE_INCLUDES',
-  '-DGLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS',
   '-DCOGL_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS',
   '-DGETTEXT_PACKAGE="@0@"'.format(meson.project_name()),
 ]
diff --git a/src/tests/clutter/performance/meson.build b/src/tests/clutter/performance/meson.build
index ec18cd893..02e61ce0d 100644
--- a/src/tests/clutter/performance/meson.build
+++ b/src/tests/clutter/performance/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 clutter_tests_performance_c_args = [
   '-DTESTS_DATA_DIR="@0@"'.format(clutter_tests_interactive_srcdir),
   '-DG_DISABLE_SINGLE_INCLUDES',
-  '-DGLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS',
   '-DCOGL_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS',
   '-DGETTEXT_PACKAGE="@0@"'.format(meson.project_name()),
 ]