diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a01e58d..59d4527 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -367,14 +367,14 @@ AC_SUBST(PERL_PATH)
 # option to specify python interpreter to use; this just sets $PYTHON, so that
 # we will fallback to reading $PYTHON if --with-python is not given, and
 # python.m4 will get the expected input
-AC_ARG_WITH(python,
-            AS_HELP_STRING([--with-python=PATH],
-                           [Path to Python interpreter; searches $PATH if only a program name is given; if not given, searches for a few standard names such as "python3" or "python2"]),
-            [PYTHON="$withval"], [])
-if test x"$PYTHON" = xyes; then
-  AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-python option requires a path or program argument])
-fi
-AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.5,,PYTHON="/usr/bin/env python2.5")
+# AC_ARG_WITH(python,
+#             AS_HELP_STRING([--with-python=PATH],
+#                            [Path to Python interpreter; searches $PATH if only a program name is given; if not given, searches for a few standard names such as "python3" or "python2"]),
+#             [PYTHON="$withval"], [])
+# if test x"$PYTHON" = xyes; then
+#   AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-python option requires a path or program argument])
+# fi
+# AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.5,,PYTHON="/usr/bin/env python2.5")
 
 
 dnl ***********************
@@ -3580,7 +3580,6 @@ gobject/glib-mkenums
 gobject/tests/Makefile
 gthread/Makefile
 gio/Makefile
-gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/Makefile
 gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/config.py
 gio/gnetworking.h
 gio/xdgmime/Makefile
diff --git a/docs/reference/gio/Makefile.am b/docs/reference/gio/Makefile.am
index 47fdd38..c7eb136 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gio/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/reference/gio/Makefile.am
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ man_MANS +=			\
 	glib-compile-resources.1	\
 	gsettings.1		\
 	gresource.1		\
-	gdbus.1			\
-	gdbus-codegen.1
+	gdbus.1
 
 XSLTPROC_FLAGS = \
         --nonet \
diff --git a/gio/Makefile.am b/gio/Makefile.am
index e993e2f..025ad94 100644
--- a/gio/Makefile.am
+++ b/gio/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include $(top_srcdir)/glib.mk
 
-SUBDIRS = gdbus-2.0/codegen
+SUBDIRS =
 
 if OS_UNIX
 SUBDIRS += xdgmime
diff --git a/gio/tests/Makefile.am b/gio/tests/Makefile.am
index 2c54e59..3cd3c5a 100644
--- a/gio/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/gio/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -437,10 +437,8 @@ gnotification_SOURCES                    = $(gdbus_sessionbus_sources) gnotifica
 
 BUILT_SOURCES += gdbus-test-codegen-generated.c gdbus-test-codegen-generated.h
 gdbus-test-codegen.o: gdbus-test-codegen-generated.h
-gdbus-test-codegen-generated.h: test-codegen.xml Makefile $(top_builddir)/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/gdbus-codegen
-	$(AM_V_GEN) UNINSTALLED_GLIB_SRCDIR=$(top_srcdir) \
-		UNINSTALLED_GLIB_BUILDDIR=$(top_builddir) \
-		$(PYTHON) $(top_builddir)/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/gdbus-codegen \
+gdbus-test-codegen-generated.h: test-codegen.xml Makefile
+	$(AM_V_GEN) gdbus-codegen \
 		--interface-prefix org.project. \
 		--generate-c-code gdbus-test-codegen-generated \
 		--c-generate-object-manager \
diff --git a/gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/Makefile.am b/gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/Makefile.am
index d6d1412..62ef706 100644
--- a/gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/Makefile.am
+++ b/gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/Makefile.am
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ GDBUS_GENERATED = \
 	gdbus-example-objectmanager-generated-org.gtk.GDBus.Example.ObjectManager.Cat.xml	\
 	$(NULL)
 
-$(GDBUS_GENERATED) : gdbus-example-objectmanager.xml Makefile $(top_builddir)/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/gdbus-codegen
-	$(AM_V_GEN) UNINSTALLED_GLIB_SRCDIR=$(top_srcdir) \
-		UNINSTALLED_GLIB_BUILDDIR=$(top_builddir) \
-		$(PYTHON) $(top_builddir)/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/gdbus-codegen \
+$(GDBUS_GENERATED) : gdbus-example-objectmanager.xml Makefile
+	$(AM_V_GEN) gdbus-codegen \
 		--interface-prefix org.gtk.GDBus.Example.ObjectManager. \
 		--c-namespace Example \
 		--c-generate-object-manager \