diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9acb2054..a944a2a6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1362,7 +1362,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "geo-uri",
  "gettext-rs",
  "glycin",
- "gst-plugin-gtk4",
  "gstreamer",
  "gstreamer-app",
  "gstreamer-base",
@@ -1608,31 +1607,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-deps 7.0.3",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "gdk4-win32"
-version = "0.9.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e54beb3e19bff7ccc05153e043bf0eea9cf76c07a3387fb0151bfa0fbfce9df0"
-dependencies = [
- "gdk4",
- "gdk4-win32-sys",
- "gio",
- "glib",
- "libc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "gdk4-win32-sys"
-version = "0.9.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d554341f26b2f6191aaf2ecb4d0089f3696a40cadb2dba75dad03e48a6dc0eb9"
-dependencies = [
- "gdk4-sys",
- "glib-sys",
- "libc",
- "system-deps 7.0.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.14.7"
@@ -1933,34 +1907,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-deps 7.0.3",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "gst-plugin-gtk4"
-version = "0.13.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2cadbc46e0e79cc43b290df59262a17088ca0c6c3a4fbede5c179bf5b6994f42"
-dependencies = [
- "async-channel",
- "gdk4-win32",
- "gst-plugin-version-helper",
- "gstreamer",
- "gstreamer-base",
- "gstreamer-gl",
- "gstreamer-video",
- "gtk4",
- "once_cell",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "gst-plugin-version-helper"
-version = "0.8.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4e5e874f1660252fd2ec81c602066df3633b3a6fcbe2b196f7f93c27cf069b2a"
-dependencies = [
- "chrono",
- "toml_edit",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "gstreamer"
 version = "0.23.4"
@@ -2071,36 +2017,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-deps 7.0.3",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "gstreamer-gl"
-version = "0.23.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f56e25e3a848295df790f3628792cc82464a744d0b3ac5c202a6f73e1cedfcaf"
-dependencies = [
- "glib",
- "gstreamer",
- "gstreamer-base",
- "gstreamer-gl-sys",
- "gstreamer-video",
- "libc",
- "once_cell",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "gstreamer-gl-sys"
-version = "0.23.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "497ad4193008c519f0516299281480e77a2c3c7d7f13e5dadca82d406170790a"
-dependencies = [
- "glib-sys",
- "gobject-sys",
- "gstreamer-base-sys",
- "gstreamer-sys",
- "gstreamer-video-sys",
- "libc",
- "system-deps 7.0.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "gstreamer-pbutils"
 version = "0.23.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a70def55..de2ba9c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ glycin = { version = "2.0.1", default-features = false, features = ["tokio", "gd
 gst = { version = "0.23", package = "gstreamer" }
 gst_app = { version = "0.23", package = "gstreamer-app" }
 gst_base = { version = "0.23", package = "gstreamer-base" }
-gst_gtk = { version = "0.13", package = "gst-plugin-gtk4" }
 gst_pbutils = { version = "0.23", package = "gstreamer-pbutils" }
 gst_play = { version = "0.23", package = "gstreamer-play" }
 gst_video = { version = "0.23", package = "gstreamer-video" }
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 47924977..78fe6f91 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ dependency(
 )
 
 # Please keep these dependencies sorted.
+dependency('gstgtk4', version: '>= 0.13.0')
 dependency('gstreamer-1.0', version: '>= 1.20')
 dependency('gstreamer-app-1.0', version: '>= 1.20')
 dependency('gstreamer-base-1.0', version: '>= 1.20')
diff --git a/src/components/media/video_player_renderer.rs b/src/components/media/video_player_renderer.rs
index 2c722b1b..46485697 100644
--- a/src/components/media/video_player_renderer.rs
+++ b/src/components/media/video_player_renderer.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mod imp {
     #[properties(wrapper_type = super::VideoPlayerRenderer)]
     pub struct VideoPlayerRenderer {
         /// The sink to use to display the video.
-        sink: OnceCell<gst_gtk::PaintableSink>,
+        sink: OnceCell<gst::Element>,
         /// The [`gdk::Paintable`] where the video is rendered.
         #[property(get = Self::paintable)]
         paintable: PhantomData<gdk::Paintable>,
@@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ mod imp {
 
     impl VideoPlayerRenderer {
         /// The sink to use to display the video.
-        fn sink(&self) -> &gst_gtk::PaintableSink {
-            self.sink.get_or_init(|| gst_gtk::PaintableSink::new(None))
+        fn sink(&self) -> &gst::Element {
+            self.sink.get_or_init(|| {
+                gst::ElementFactory::make("gtk4paintablesink")
+                    .build()
+                    .expect("gst-plugin-gtk4 should be available")
+            })
         }
 
         /// The [`gdk::Paintable`] where the video is rendered.
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1eab42dd..b87af242 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ fn main() {
 
     gtk::init().expect("Could not start GTK4");
     gst::init().expect("Could not initialize gst");
-    gst_gtk::plugin_register_static().expect("Could not initialize gstreamer gtk plugins");
 
     let res = gio::Resource::load(RESOURCES_FILE).expect("Could not load gresource file");
     gio::resources_register(&res);