diff --git a/internal/gir-files/GLib-2.0-addenda.gir b/internal/gir-files/GLib-2.0-addenda.gir
index 9a717802..b072dafc 100644
--- a/internal/gir-files/GLib-2.0-addenda.gir
+++ b/internal/gir-files/GLib-2.0-addenda.gir
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
   <c:include name="glib-unix.h"/>
 
   <namespace>
-    <!-- a little obscure, and not worth the effort to support -->
-    <alias blacklist="true" name="Type"/>
-
     <!-- avoid a name clash with the function file_test (go name FileTest) -->
     <bitfield name="FileTest" goname="GFileTest"/>
 
diff --git a/lib/glib/alias.go b/lib/glib/alias.go
index f3721ea9..f3e84e8a 100644
--- a/lib/glib/alias.go
+++ b/lib/glib/alias.go
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ type Time int32
 // TimeSpan is a representation of the C alias GTimeSpan.
 type TimeSpan int64
 
-// Blacklisted : GType
+// Type is a representation of the C alias GType.
+type Type uint64