diff --git a/examples/meson.build b/examples/meson.build
index ae007bc404..2a8e632e45 100644
--- a/examples/meson.build
+++ b/examples/meson.build
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ foreach ex : examples
   example_name = ex == 'builder' ? 'builder_example' : ex
   executable(example_name, '@0@.c'.format(ex),
              c_args: [
-               '-DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED',
-               '-DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED',
                '-DGTK_SRCDIR="@0@"'.format(meson.current_source_dir()),
              ] + common_cflags,
              dependencies: libgtk_dep)