diff --git a/gnome/at-spi2-atk/Portfile b/gnome/at-spi2-atk/Portfile
index 3bd15f8291f..4e8d054d0fe 100644
--- a/gnome/at-spi2-atk/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/at-spi2-atk/Portfile
@@ -6,25 +6,28 @@ PortGroup           meson 1.0
 name                at-spi2-atk
 # you probably want to keep this at the same version as at-spi2-core
 version             2.38.0
+revision            0
 
 checksums           rmd160  3209fef56d5aec59ff6167551bd12eb8259cf51e \
                     sha256  cfa008a5af822b36ae6287f18182c40c91dd699c55faa38605881ed175ca464f \
                     size    97464
 
+categories          gnome
 license             LGPL
-set branch          [join [lrange [split ${version} .] 0 1] .]
+maintainers         {mascguy @mascguy} openmaintainer
 description         Gnome Accesibility Technology Service
 long_description    'at-spi' is a part of the Gnome Accessibility Project.  It provides a \
                     Service Provider Interface for the Assistive Technologies available on \
                     the GNOME platform, and a library against which applications can be linked.
-maintainers         {mascguy @mascguy} openmaintainer
-categories          gnome
-platforms           darwin
 homepage            http://a11y.org/
-master_sites        gnome:sources/${name}/${branch}/
 
+set branch          [join [lrange [split ${version} .] 0 1] .]
+master_sites        gnome:sources/${name}/${branch}/
 use_xz              yes
 
+# Disable unexpected download of subprojects
+meson.wrap_mode     nodownload
+
 depends_build-append \
                     port:pkgconfig
 
diff --git a/gnome/at-spi2-core/Portfile b/gnome/at-spi2-core/Portfile
index d9b61ed0e6b..c13268ef00b 100644
--- a/gnome/at-spi2-core/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/at-spi2-core/Portfile
@@ -8,20 +8,22 @@ name                at-spi2-core
 # you probably want to keep this at the same version as at-spi2-atk
 version             2.44.1
 
+categories          gnome
 license             LGPL
-set branch          [join [lrange [split ${version} .] 0 1] .]
+maintainers         {mascguy @mascguy} openmaintainer
 description         Gnome Accesibility Technology Service
 long_description    'at-spi' is a part of the Gnome Accessibility Project.  It provides a \
                     Service Provider Interface for the Assistive Technologies available on \
                     the GNOME platform, and a library against which applications can be linked.
-maintainers         {mascguy @mascguy} openmaintainer
-categories          gnome
-platforms           darwin
 homepage            http://a11y.org/
-master_sites        gnome:sources/${name}/${branch}/
 
+set branch          [join [lrange [split ${version} .] 0 1] .]
+master_sites        gnome:sources/${name}/${branch}/
 use_xz              yes
 
+# Disable unexpected download of subprojects
+meson.wrap_mode     nodownload
+
 checksums           rmd160  86db943d67b2bbb1365b018b67f25a958c79597c \
                     sha256  4beb23270ba6cf7caf20b597354d75194d89afb69d2efcf15f4271688ba6f746 \
                     size    209780
diff --git a/gnome/desktop-file-utils/Portfile b/gnome/desktop-file-utils/Portfile
index f8df0a357cd..2aec55c12f0 100644
--- a/gnome/desktop-file-utils/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/desktop-file-utils/Portfile
@@ -6,20 +6,23 @@ PortGroup       meson 1.0
 name            desktop-file-utils
 version         0.28
 revision        0
-maintainers     nomaintainer
+
+installs_libs   no
+
 categories      gnome
 license         GPL-2+
-installs_libs   no
+maintainers     nomaintainer
 description     Command line utilities for working with desktop entries.
-
 long_description \
     ${description}
-
 homepage        https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils/
-master_sites    https://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/
 
+master_sites    https://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/
 use_xz          yes
 
+# Disable unexpected download of subprojects
+meson.wrap_mode     nodownload
+
 checksums       rmd160  2e5791b5b14c5b2fa54833f8819281fc37c9a701 \
                 sha256  4401d4e231d842c2de8242395a74a395ca468cd96f5f610d822df33594898a70 \
                 size    81620
diff --git a/gnome/gexiv2/Portfile b/gnome/gexiv2/Portfile
index 61c49eea058..3aa01ec667f 100644
--- a/gnome/gexiv2/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/gexiv2/Portfile
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ revision            0
 categories          gnome graphics
 license             GPL-2+
 maintainers         {devans @dbevans} {mascguy @mascguy} openmaintainer
-
 description         gexiv2 is a GObject-based wrapper around the exiv2 library.
 long_description    ${description} \
                     It makes the basic features of exiv2 available to GNOME applications. \
@@ -28,6 +27,9 @@ checksums           rmd160  1d0fbfd67d69a212d0e0aa057e9ba790c1055cb3 \
                     sha256  21e64d2c56e9b333d44fef3f2a4b25653d922c419acd972fa96fab695217e2c8 \
                     size    389976
 
+# Disable unexpected download of subprojects
+meson.wrap_mode     nodownload
+
 set py_major        3
 set py_minor_min    7
 set py_minor_max    12
diff --git a/gnome/gtkmm4/Portfile b/gnome/gtkmm4/Portfile
index 2f67d245891..be96ffe9001 100644
--- a/gnome/gtkmm4/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/gtkmm4/Portfile
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ checksums           rmd160  88254ec90b23de9db6bb4440d2367b6d4379fd75 \
                     sha256  9350a0444b744ca3dc69586ebd1b6707520922b6d9f4f232103ce603a271ecda \
                     size    16713784
 
+# Disable unexpected download of subprojects
+meson.wrap_mode     nodownload
+
 set py_ver          3.12
 set py_ver_nodot    [string map {. {}} ${py_ver}]
 set port_ver_major  [lindex [split ${version} .] 0]
diff --git a/gnome/gtksourceview4/Portfile b/gnome/gtksourceview4/Portfile
index 647c102bf92..514b04d8f23 100644
--- a/gnome/gtksourceview4/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/gtksourceview4/Portfile
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ revision            0
 categories          gnome
 license             LGPL-2.1+
 maintainers         {devans @dbevans} {mascguy @mascguy} openmaintainer
-
 description         GtkSourceView-4.0 is a source highlighting text widget for GTK+ 3
 long_description    GtkSourceView is a text widget that extends the standard \
                     GTK+ 3.x text widget GtkTextView. It improves GtkTextView \
@@ -28,6 +27,9 @@ master_sites        gnome:sources/${gname}/${branch}/
 distname            ${gname}-${version}
 use_xz              yes
 
+# Disable unexpected download of subprojects
+meson.wrap_mode     nodownload
+
 checksums           rmd160  de76fede1a2707052c24427da65fd76eef6d0873 \
                     sha256  7ec9d18fb283d1f84a3a3eff3b7a72b09a10c9c006597b3fbabbb5958420a87d \
                     size    1159636
diff --git a/gnome/libsoup-2.4/Portfile b/gnome/libsoup-2.4/Portfile
index 3cfba42ff03..01e087b086c 100644
--- a/gnome/libsoup-2.4/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/libsoup-2.4/Portfile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ version             2.74.3
 revision            0
 
 categories          gnome net
-platforms           darwin
 license             LGPL-2+
 maintainers         {mascguy @mascguy} {devans @dbevans} openmaintainer
 
@@ -28,6 +27,9 @@ use_xz              yes
 distname            ${my_name}-${version}
 dist_subdir         ${my_name}
 
+# Disable unexpected download of subprojects
+meson.wrap_mode     nodownload
+
 checksums           rmd160  51ff0fefd575dfbb65f9d303b7e2ccefa1703a1f \
                     sha256  e4b77c41cfc4c8c5a035fcdc320c7bc6cfb75ef7c5a034153df1413fa1d92f13 \
                     size    1504804