diff -Nuar a/installed-tests/js/meson.build b/installed-tests/js/meson.build
--- a/installed-tests/js/meson.build	2023-03-19 00:04:55.000000000 +0300
+++ b/installed-tests/js/meson.build	2023-03-19 11:23:33.538726462 +0300
@@ -203,9 +203,13 @@
 # during build should be run using dbus-run-session
 
 dbus_tests = ['GDBus']
-if have_gtk4 and not get_option('skip_gtk_tests')
-    # FIXME: find out why GTK4 tries to acquire a message bus
-    dbus_tests += 'Gtk4'
+if not get_option('skip_gtk_tests')
+    have_gtk4 = dependency('gtk4', required: false).found()
+
+    if have_gtk4 
+        # FIXME: find out why GTK4 tries to acquire a message bus
+        dbus_tests += 'Gtk4'
+    endif
 endif
 
 bus_config = files('../../test/test-bus.conf')
diff -Nuar a/meson.build b/meson.build
--- a/meson.build	2023-03-19 00:04:55.000000000 +0300
+++ b/meson.build	2023-03-19 11:20:02.940359304 +0300
@@ -679,10 +679,6 @@
 
 ### Tests and test setups ######################################################
 
-if not get_option('skip_gtk_tests')
-    have_gtk4 = dependency('gtk4', required: false).found()
-endif
-
 subdir('installed-tests')
 
 # Note: The test program in test/ needs to be ported