--- gio/giomodule.c
+++ gio/giomodule.c
@@ -1270,9 +1270,6 @@ _g_io_modules_ensure_loaded (void)
 #if defined(HAVE_INOTIFY_INIT1)
       g_type_ensure (g_inotify_file_monitor_get_type ());
 #endif
-#if defined(HAVE_KQUEUE)
-      g_type_ensure (g_kqueue_file_monitor_get_type ());
-#endif
 #if defined(HAVE_FEN)
       g_type_ensure (g_fen_file_monitor_get_type ());
 #endif
--- gio/meson.build
+++ gio/meson.build
@@ -758,11 +758,11 @@ if glib_conf.has('HAVE_SYS_INOTIFY_H') and have_func_inotify_init1
 endif
 
 # kevent
-if have_func_kqueue and have_func_kevent
-  subdir('kqueue')
-  internal_deps += [ kqueue_lib ]
-  internal_objects += [kqueue_lib.extract_all_objects()]
-endif
+#if have_func_kqueue and have_func_kevent
+#  subdir('kqueue')
+#  internal_deps += [ kqueue_lib ]
+#  internal_objects += [kqueue_lib.extract_all_objects()]
+#endif
 
 if host_system == 'windows'
   subdir('win32')