diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-builder/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-builder/template
index 6480c2e11d..568d23be55 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-builder/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-builder/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.40.2
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 build_helper=qemu
-configure_args="-Dwith_webkit=true -Dwith_sysprof=true -Dhelp=true"
+configure_args="-Dwith_webkit=true -Dwith_sysprof=true -Dhelp=true -Dnetwork_tests=false"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config appstream-glib desktop-file-utils flex gobject-introspection
  gspell-devel llvm mm-common vala python3-Sphinx python3-sphinx_rtd_theme gettext"
 makedepends="cairo-devel clang devhelp-devel enchant2-devel flatpak-devel
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ makedepends="cairo-devel clang devhelp-devel enchant2-devel flatpak-devel
  libxml2-devel template-glib-devel vala-devel vte3-devel webkit2gtk-devel
  python3-gobject-devel sysprof-devel glade3-devel libportal-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils flatpak-builder python3-lxml devhelp python3-gobject"
+checkdepends="xvfb-run"
 short_desc="IDE for GNOME"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Builder"
-changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-builder/raw/gnome-builder-3-36/NEWS"
+changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-builder/raw/gnome-builder-3-40/NEWS"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=b2844cfde821311939fb6ed3b18a49cd331413aea720393091583ab6a99e719a
 patch_args="-Np1"
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 		;;
 esac
 
-pre_configure() {
-	# this test needs X
-	vsed -i "s/test('test-text-iter'/#&/" src/tests/meson.build
+do_check() {
+	xvfb-run ninja -C build test
 }