diff --git a/.github/workflows/abicheck.yml b/.github/workflows/abicheck.yml
index 6149f050..d1387b82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/abicheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/abicheck.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: abicheck
 env:
   build_options: -Dbuildtype=debug -Denable-true-color=yes -Dwith-proxy=yes -Dc_args=-DPERL_EUPXS_ALWAYS_EXPORT
   prefix: /usr/local
-  apt_build_deps: ninja-build libutf8proc-dev libperl-dev libotr5-dev
+  apt_build_deps: ninja-build libutf8proc-dev libperl-dev libotr5-dev libglib2.0-dev
   get_pip_build_deps: pip3 install 'setuptools<66'; pip3 install wheel; pip3 install 'meson<0.59.0'
   getabidef_def: getabidef() { awk '$1=="#define" && $2=="IRSSI_ABI_VERSION" { print $3 }' "$1"/include/irssi/src/common.h; }
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index c771504e..646b58d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 name: Check Irssi
 env:
-  apt_build_deps: libutf8proc-dev libperl-dev libotr5-dev
-  apt_build_deps_meson: ninja-build
+  apt_build_deps: ninja-build libutf8proc-dev libperl-dev libotr5-dev libglib2.0-dev
   get_pip_build_deps_meson: pip3 install setuptools${setuptools_ver}; pip3 install wheel; pip3 install meson${meson_ver}
   build_options_meson: -Dwith-proxy=yes -Dwith-bot=yes -Dwith-perl=yes -Dwith-otr=yes
   prefix: ~/irssi-build
@@ -35,20 +34,16 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-latest]
-        builder: [meson]
         compiler: [clang, gcc]
         flags: [regular]
         setuptools_ver: [<66]
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-20.04
-            builder: meson
             meson_ver: ==0.53.2
             setuptools_ver: <51
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            builder: meson
             meson_ver: <0.63.0
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            builder: meson
             flags: meson-latest FAILURE-OK
     steps:
       - name: fetch dist
@@ -61,8 +56,8 @@ jobs:
           meson_ver: ${{ matrix.meson_ver }}
           setuptools_ver: ${{ matrix.setuptools_ver }}
         run: |
-          sudo apt update && sudo apt install $apt_build_deps $apt_build_deps_${{ matrix.builder }}
-          eval "$get_pip_build_deps_${{ matrix.builder }}"
+          sudo apt update && sudo apt install $apt_build_deps
+          eval "$get_pip_build_deps_meson"
           curl -SLf https://github.com/irssi-import/actions-irssi/raw/master/check-irssi/render.pl -o ~/render.pl && chmod +x ~/render.pl
       - name: unpack archive
         run: tar xaf artifact/irssi-*.tar.gz
@@ -73,14 +68,12 @@ jobs:
           meson Build $build_options_meson --prefix=${prefix/\~/~}
           ninja -C Build
           ninja -C Build install
-        if: ${{ matrix.builder == 'meson' }}
       - name: run tests with Meson
         run: |
           # ninja test
           cd irssi-*/
           ninja -C Build test
           find -name testlog.txt -exec sed -i -e '/Inherited environment:.* GITHUB/d' {} + -exec cat {} +
-        if: ${{ matrix.builder == 'meson' }}
       - name: run launch test
         env:
           TERM: xterm
@@ -125,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
           meson_ver: ${{ matrix.meson_ver }}
           setuptools_ver: ${{ matrix.setuptools_ver }}
         run: |
-          sudo apt update && sudo apt install $apt_build_deps $apt_build_deps_meson
+          sudo apt update && sudo apt install $apt_build_deps
           eval "$get_pip_build_deps_meson"
           curl -SLf https://github.com/irssi-import/actions-irssi/raw/master/check-irssi/render.pl -o ~/render.pl && chmod +x ~/render.pl
       - name: build and install with meson