diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/template b/srcpkgs/glib/template
index d5909c92881..0576ef65fa0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'glib'
 pkgname=glib
 version=2.58.0
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dfam=false -Dman=true -Dselinux=false"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 libxslt docbook-xsl"
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ libglib-devel_package() {
 	}
 }
 glib-devel_package() {
-	depends="python3 perl libglib-devel>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="python3 libglib-devel>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	pycompile_dirs="/usr/share/glib-2.0"
-	python_version=3
+	pycompile_version="$py3_ver"
+	pycompile_dirs="usr/share/glib-2.0/codegen usr/share/glib-2.0/gdb"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/bin/glib-compile-resources
 		vmove usr/bin/glib-genmarshal