diff --git a/general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml b/general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml
index 69cd10afe4..a1398c62ee 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
     <para role="recommended">
       <xref linkend="glib2"/> (required for Pango),
-      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
       <xref linkend="icu"/> and
       <xref linkend="freetype2"/>
       (after <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/> is installed, reinstall
@@ -86,6 +85,7 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional">
       <xref linkend="cairo"/>,
+      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
       <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>, and
       <xref linkend="graphite2"/>
     </para>