diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pango/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pango/package.py
index e8bbb2cd16..2005a0f185 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pango/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pango/package.py
@@ -16,12 +16,8 @@ class Pango(AutotoolsPackage):
     list_url = "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/pango/"
     list_depth = 1
 
-    version('1.48.0', sha256='391f26f3341c2d7053e0fb26a956bd42360dadd825efe7088b1e9340a65e74e6')
-    version('1.47.0', sha256='730db8652fc43188e03218c3374db9d152351f51fc7011b9acae6d0a6c92c367')
-    version('1.46.0', sha256='9a81572ebb946187fbdd69d5ffc57e2f7a1f768cd8d2fd89dbb03fb9002a99b5')
-    version('1.45.0', sha256='381347c6f7696e64d5a7e29c93867c804ae556092b45778310b368066e089015')
-    version('1.44.0', sha256='004fffebb2ab4f89b375f4720c54b285d569526969ba791dfa20757a7f2f1d1b')
-    version('1.43.0', sha256='d2c0c253a5328a0eccb00cdd66ce2c8713fabd2c9836000b6e22a8b06ba3ddd2')
+    # These are the last pango versions which can be built using autotools,
+    # Using Meson instead has some hurdles ahead, see PR #25472
     version('1.42.0', sha256='9924d88a3dcedff753f0763814a1605307c5c9c931413b8b47ea7267d1b19446')
     version('1.41.0', sha256='1f76ef95953dc58ee5d6a53e5f1cb6db913f3e0eb489713ee9266695cae580ba')
     version('1.40.3', sha256='abba8b5ce728520c3a0f1535eab19eac3c14aeef7faa5aded90017ceac2711d3')