diff --git a/atk/Atk.metadata b/atk/Atk.metadata
index 978fbcd20..b01be8585 100644
--- a/atk/Atk.metadata
+++ b/atk/Atk.metadata
@@ -39,4 +39,8 @@
   <attr path="/api/namespace/interface[@cname='AtkText']/*[@name='GetDefaultAttributes']/return-type" name="element_type">AtkAttribute*</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/interface[@cname='AtkEditableText']/*[@name='GetRunAttributes']/return-type" name="element_type">AtkAttribute*</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/interface[@cname='AtkEditableText']/*[@name='GetDefaultAttributes']/return-type" name="element_type">AtkAttribute*</attr>
+
+  <!-- below is a workaround for an ABI break in recent ATK: https://git.gnome.org/browse/atk/commit/?id=b1f70e81ef1d7287dcb2cafa9a115ff5752ece55 -->
+  <remove-node path="/api/namespace/interface//field[@cname='pad1' or @cname='pad2' or @cname='pad3' or @cname='pad4']" />
+
 </metadata>