diff --git a/Formula/gobject-introspection.rb b/Formula/gobject-introspection.rb
index 1c4f7a076a..7bce1fe374 100644
--- a/Formula/gobject-introspection.rb
+++ b/Formula/gobject-introspection.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ class GobjectIntrospection < Formula
   depends_on "glib"
   depends_on "cairo"
   depends_on "libffi"
-  depends_on "python" # never switch back to system python!
+  # never switch back to system python!
+  # https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/11464#discussion_r107407934
+  depends_on "python"
 
   resource "tutorial" do
     url "https://gist.github.com/7a0023656ccfe309337a.git",