diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ca7de4f55f..89cdcfc1bf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3440,11 +3440,7 @@ fi
 ##########################################
 # glib support probe
 
-if test "$mingw32" = yes; then
-    glib_req_ver=2.30
-else
-    glib_req_ver=2.22
-fi
+glib_req_ver=2.40
 glib_modules=gthread-2.0
 if test "$modules" = yes; then
     glib_modules="$glib_modules gmodule-export-2.0"
diff --git a/crypto/hash-glib.c b/crypto/hash-glib.c
index a5871cc72f..a0096c7c47 100644
--- a/crypto/hash-glib.c
+++ b/crypto/hash-glib.c
@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@ static int qcrypto_hash_alg_map[QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG__MAX] = {
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA224] = -1,
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA256] = G_CHECKSUM_SHA256,
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA384] = -1,
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 36, 0)
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA512] = G_CHECKSUM_SHA512,
-#else
-    [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA512] = -1,
-#endif
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_RIPEMD160] = -1,
 };
 
diff --git a/crypto/hmac-glib.c b/crypto/hmac-glib.c
index a6c1730291..7df627329d 100644
--- a/crypto/hmac-glib.c
+++ b/crypto/hmac-glib.c
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 #include "crypto/hmac.h"
 #include "hmacpriv.h"
 
-/* Support for HMAC Algos has been added in GLib 2.30 */
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 30, 0)
-
 static int qcrypto_hmac_alg_map[QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG__MAX] = {
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_MD5] = G_CHECKSUM_MD5,
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA1] = G_CHECKSUM_SHA1,
@@ -126,39 +123,6 @@ qcrypto_glib_hmac_bytesv(QCryptoHmac *hmac,
     return 0;
 }
 
-#else
-
-bool qcrypto_hmac_supports(QCryptoHashAlgorithm alg)
-{
-    return false;
-}
-
-void *qcrypto_hmac_ctx_new(QCryptoHashAlgorithm alg,
-                           const uint8_t *key, size_t nkey,
-                           Error **errp)
-{
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static void
-qcrypto_glib_hmac_ctx_free(QCryptoHmac *hmac)
-{
-    return;
-}
-
-static int
-qcrypto_glib_hmac_bytesv(QCryptoHmac *hmac,
-                         const struct iovec *iov,
-                         size_t niov,
-                         uint8_t **result,
-                         size_t *resultlen,
-                         Error **errp)
-{
-    return -1;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 QCryptoHmacDriver qcrypto_hmac_lib_driver = {
     .hmac_bytesv = qcrypto_glib_hmac_bytesv,
     .hmac_free = qcrypto_glib_hmac_ctx_free,
diff --git a/include/glib-compat.h b/include/glib-compat.h
index c49cf87196..fdf95a255d 100644
--- a/include/glib-compat.h
+++ b/include/glib-compat.h
@@ -16,28 +16,73 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_GLIB_COMPAT_H
 #define QEMU_GLIB_COMPAT_H
 
+/* Ask for warnings for anything that was marked deprecated in
+ * the defined version, or before. It is a candidate for rewrite.
+ */
+#define GLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED GLIB_VERSION_2_40
+
+/* Ask for warnings if code tries to use function that did not
+ * exist in the defined version. These risk breaking builds
+ */
+#define GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED GLIB_VERSION_2_40
+
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+
 #include <glib.h>
 
-/* GLIB version compatibility flags */
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 26, 0)
-#define G_TIME_SPAN_SECOND              (G_GINT64_CONSTANT(1000000))
-#endif
+/*
+ * Note that because of the GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED constant above, allowing
+ * use of functions from newer GLib via this compat header needs a little
+ * trickery to prevent warnings being emitted.
+ *
+ * Consider a function from newer glib-X.Y that we want to use
+ *
+ *    int g_foo(const char *wibble)
+ *
+ * We must define a static inline function with the same signature that does
+ * what we need, but with a "_qemu" suffix e.g.
+ *
+ * static inline void g_foo_qemu(const char *wibble)
+ * {
+ *     #if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(X, Y, 0)
+ *        g_foo(wibble)
+ *     #else
+ *        g_something_equivalent_in_older_glib(wibble);
+ *     #endif
+ * }
+ *
+ * The #pragma at the top of this file turns off -Wdeprecated-declarations,
+ * ensuring this wrapper function impl doesn't trigger the compiler warning
+ * about using too new glib APIs. Finally we can do
+ *
+ *   #define g_foo(a) g_foo_qemu(a)
+ *
+ * So now the code elsewhere in QEMU, which *does* have the
+ * -Wdeprecated-declarations warning active, can call g_foo(...) as normal,
+ * without generating warnings.
+ */
 
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 28, 0)
-static inline gint64 qemu_g_get_monotonic_time(void)
+static inline gboolean g_strv_contains_qemu(const gchar *const *strv,
+                                            const gchar *str)
 {
-    /* g_get_monotonic_time() is best-effort so we can use the wall clock as a
-     * fallback.
-     */
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 44, 0)
+    return g_strv_contains(strv, str);
+#else
+    g_return_val_if_fail(strv != NULL, FALSE);
+    g_return_val_if_fail(str != NULL, FALSE);
 
-    GTimeVal time;
-    g_get_current_time(&time);
+    for (; *strv != NULL; strv++) {
+        if (g_str_equal(str, *strv)) {
+            return TRUE;
+        }
+    }
 
-    return time.tv_sec * G_TIME_SPAN_SECOND + time.tv_usec;
-}
-/* work around distro backports of this interface */
-#define g_get_monotonic_time() qemu_g_get_monotonic_time()
+    return FALSE;
 #endif
+}
+#define g_strv_contains(a, b) g_strv_contains_qemu(a, b)
+
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 50, 0)
 /*
@@ -48,228 +93,6 @@ static inline gint64 qemu_g_get_monotonic_time(void)
 gint g_poll_fixed(GPollFD *fds, guint nfds, gint timeout);
 #endif
 
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 30, 0)
-/* Not a 100% compatible implementation, but good enough for most
- * cases. Placeholders are only supported at the end of the
- * template. */
-static inline gchar *qemu_g_dir_make_tmp(gchar const *tmpl, GError **error)
-{
-    gchar *path = g_build_filename(g_get_tmp_dir(), tmpl ?: ".XXXXXX", NULL);
-
-    if (mkdtemp(path) != NULL) {
-        return path;
-    }
-    /* Error occurred, clean up. */
-    g_set_error(error, G_FILE_ERROR, g_file_error_from_errno(errno),
-                "mkdtemp() failed");
-    g_free(path);
-    return NULL;
-}
-#define g_dir_make_tmp(tmpl, error) qemu_g_dir_make_tmp(tmpl, error)
-#endif /* glib 2.30 */
-
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 31, 0)
-/* before glib-2.31, GMutex and GCond was dynamic-only (there was a separate
- * GStaticMutex, but it didn't work with condition variables).
- *
- * Our implementation uses GOnce to fake a static implementation that does
- * not require separate initialization.
- * We need to rename the types to avoid passing our CompatGMutex/CompatGCond
- * by mistake to a function that expects GMutex/GCond.  However, for ease
- * of use we keep the GLib function names.  GLib uses macros for the
- * implementation, we use inline functions instead and undefine the macros.
- */
-
-typedef struct CompatGMutex {
-    GOnce once;
-} CompatGMutex;
-
-typedef struct CompatGCond {
-    GOnce once;
-} CompatGCond;
-
-static inline gpointer do_g_mutex_new(gpointer unused)
-{
-    return (gpointer) g_mutex_new();
-}
-
-static inline void g_mutex_init(CompatGMutex *mutex)
-{
-    mutex->once = (GOnce) G_ONCE_INIT;
-}
-
-static inline void g_mutex_clear(CompatGMutex *mutex)
-{
-    g_assert(mutex->once.status != G_ONCE_STATUS_PROGRESS);
-    if (mutex->once.retval) {
-        g_mutex_free((GMutex *) mutex->once.retval);
-    }
-    mutex->once = (GOnce) G_ONCE_INIT;
-}
-
-static inline void (g_mutex_lock)(CompatGMutex *mutex)
-{
-    g_once(&mutex->once, do_g_mutex_new, NULL);
-    g_mutex_lock((GMutex *) mutex->once.retval);
-}
-#undef g_mutex_lock
-
-static inline gboolean (g_mutex_trylock)(CompatGMutex *mutex)
-{
-    g_once(&mutex->once, do_g_mutex_new, NULL);
-    return g_mutex_trylock((GMutex *) mutex->once.retval);
-}
-#undef g_mutex_trylock
-
-
-static inline void (g_mutex_unlock)(CompatGMutex *mutex)
-{
-    g_mutex_unlock((GMutex *) mutex->once.retval);
-}
-#undef g_mutex_unlock
-
-static inline gpointer do_g_cond_new(gpointer unused)
-{
-    return (gpointer) g_cond_new();
-}
-
-static inline void g_cond_init(CompatGCond *cond)
-{
-    cond->once = (GOnce) G_ONCE_INIT;
-}
-
-static inline void g_cond_clear(CompatGCond *cond)
-{
-    g_assert(cond->once.status != G_ONCE_STATUS_PROGRESS);
-    if (cond->once.retval) {
-        g_cond_free((GCond *) cond->once.retval);
-    }
-    cond->once = (GOnce) G_ONCE_INIT;
-}
-
-static inline void (g_cond_wait)(CompatGCond *cond, CompatGMutex *mutex)
-{
-    g_assert(mutex->once.status != G_ONCE_STATUS_PROGRESS);
-    g_once(&cond->once, do_g_cond_new, NULL);
-    g_cond_wait((GCond *) cond->once.retval, (GMutex *) mutex->once.retval);
-}
-#undef g_cond_wait
-
-static inline void (g_cond_broadcast)(CompatGCond *cond)
-{
-    g_once(&cond->once, do_g_cond_new, NULL);
-    g_cond_broadcast((GCond *) cond->once.retval);
-}
-#undef g_cond_broadcast
-
-static inline void (g_cond_signal)(CompatGCond *cond)
-{
-    g_once(&cond->once, do_g_cond_new, NULL);
-    g_cond_signal((GCond *) cond->once.retval);
-}
-#undef g_cond_signal
-
-static inline gboolean (g_cond_timed_wait)(CompatGCond *cond,
-                                           CompatGMutex *mutex,
-                                           GTimeVal *time)
-{
-    g_assert(mutex->once.status != G_ONCE_STATUS_PROGRESS);
-    g_once(&cond->once, do_g_cond_new, NULL);
-    return g_cond_timed_wait((GCond *) cond->once.retval,
-                             (GMutex *) mutex->once.retval, time);
-}
-#undef g_cond_timed_wait
-
-/* This is not a macro, because it didn't exist until 2.32.  */
-static inline gboolean g_cond_wait_until(CompatGCond *cond, CompatGMutex *mutex,
-                                         gint64 end_time)
-{
-    GTimeVal time;
-
-    /* Convert from monotonic to CLOCK_REALTIME.  */
-    end_time -= g_get_monotonic_time();
-    g_get_current_time(&time);
-    end_time += time.tv_sec * G_TIME_SPAN_SECOND + time.tv_usec;
-
-    time.tv_sec = end_time / G_TIME_SPAN_SECOND;
-    time.tv_usec = end_time % G_TIME_SPAN_SECOND;
-    return g_cond_timed_wait(cond, mutex, &time);
-}
-
-/* before 2.31 there was no g_thread_new() */
-static inline GThread *g_thread_new(const char *name,
-                                    GThreadFunc func, gpointer data)
-{
-    GThread *thread = g_thread_create(func, data, TRUE, NULL);
-    if (!thread) {
-        g_error("creating thread");
-    }
-    return thread;
-}
-#else
-#define CompatGMutex GMutex
-#define CompatGCond GCond
-#endif /* glib 2.31 */
-
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 32, 0)
-/* Beware, function returns gboolean since 2.39.2, see GLib commit 9101915 */
-static inline void g_hash_table_add(GHashTable *hash_table, gpointer key)
-{
-    g_hash_table_replace(hash_table, key, key);
-}
-
-static inline gboolean g_hash_table_contains(GHashTable *hash_table,
-                                             gpointer key)
-{
-    return g_hash_table_lookup_extended(hash_table, key, NULL, NULL);
-}
-#define G_SOURCE_CONTINUE TRUE
-#define G_SOURCE_REMOVE FALSE
-#endif
-
-#ifndef g_assert_true
-#define g_assert_true(expr)                                                    \
-    do {                                                                       \
-        if (G_LIKELY(expr)) {                                                  \
-        } else {                                                               \
-            g_assertion_message(G_LOG_DOMAIN, __FILE__, __LINE__, G_STRFUNC,   \
-                                "'" #expr "' should be TRUE");                 \
-        }                                                                      \
-    } while (0)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef g_assert_false
-#define g_assert_false(expr)                                                   \
-    do {                                                                       \
-        if (G_LIKELY(!(expr))) {                                               \
-        } else {                                                               \
-            g_assertion_message(G_LOG_DOMAIN, __FILE__, __LINE__, G_STRFUNC,   \
-                                "'" #expr "' should be FALSE");                \
-        }                                                                      \
-    } while (0)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef g_assert_null
-#define g_assert_null(expr)                                                    \
-    do {                                                                       \
-        if (G_LIKELY((expr) == NULL)) {                                        \
-        } else {                                                               \
-            g_assertion_message(G_LOG_DOMAIN, __FILE__, __LINE__, G_STRFUNC,   \
-                                "'" #expr "' should be NULL");                 \
-        }                                                                      \
-    } while (0)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef g_assert_nonnull
-#define g_assert_nonnull(expr)                                                 \
-    do {                                                                       \
-        if (G_LIKELY((expr) != NULL)) {                                        \
-        } else {                                                               \
-            g_assertion_message(G_LOG_DOMAIN, __FILE__, __LINE__, G_STRFUNC,   \
-                                "'" #expr "' should not be NULL");             \
-        }                                                                      \
-    } while (0)
-#endif
 
 #ifndef g_assert_cmpmem
 #define g_assert_cmpmem(m1, l1, m2, l2)                                        \
@@ -288,80 +111,6 @@ static inline gboolean g_hash_table_contains(GHashTable *hash_table,
     } while (0)
 #endif
 
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 28, 0)
-static inline void g_list_free_full(GList *list, GDestroyNotify free_func)
-{
-    GList *l;
-
-    for (l = list; l; l = l->next) {
-        free_func(l->data);
-    }
-
-    g_list_free(list);
-}
-
-static inline void g_slist_free_full(GSList *list, GDestroyNotify free_func)
-{
-    GSList *l;
-
-    for (l = list; l; l = l->next) {
-        free_func(l->data);
-    }
-
-    g_slist_free(list);
-}
-#endif
-
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 26, 0)
-static inline void g_source_set_name(GSource *source, const char *name)
-{
-    /* This is just a debugging aid, so leaving it a no-op */
-}
-static inline void g_source_set_name_by_id(guint tag, const char *name)
-{
-    /* This is just a debugging aid, so leaving it a no-op */
-}
-#endif
-
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 36, 0)
-/* Always fail.  This will not include error_report output in the test log,
- * sending it instead to stderr.
- */
-#define g_test_initialized() (0)
-#endif
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 38, 0)
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_GLIB_SUBPROCESS_TESTS
-#error schizophrenic detection of glib subprocess testing
-#endif
-#define g_test_subprocess() (0)
-#endif
-
-
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 34, 0)
-static inline void
-g_test_add_data_func_full(const char *path,
-                          gpointer data,
-                          gpointer fn,
-                          gpointer data_free_func)
-{
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 26, 0)
-    /* back-compat casts, remove this once we can require new-enough glib */
-    g_test_add_vtable(path, 0, data, NULL,
-                      (GTestFixtureFunc)fn, (GTestFixtureFunc) data_free_func);
-#else
-    /* back-compat casts, remove this once we can require new-enough glib */
-    g_test_add_vtable(path, 0, data, NULL,
-                      (void (*)(void)) fn, (void (*)(void)) data_free_func);
-#endif
-}
-#endif
-
-/* Small compat shim from glib 2.32 */
-#ifndef G_SOURCE_CONTINUE
-#define G_SOURCE_CONTINUE TRUE
-#endif
-#ifndef G_SOURCE_REMOVE
-#define G_SOURCE_REMOVE FALSE
-#endif
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/qemu/iova-tree.h b/include/qemu/iova-tree.h
index b061932097..b66cf93c4b 100644
--- a/include/qemu/iova-tree.h
+++ b/include/qemu/iova-tree.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
  * for the thread safety issue.
  */
 
-#include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "exec/hwaddr.h"
 
diff --git a/qga/commands.c b/qga/commands.c
index cce3010f0f..0c7d1385c2 100644
--- a/qga/commands.c
+++ b/qga/commands.c
@@ -414,10 +414,8 @@ GuestExec *qmp_guest_exec(const char *path,
     argv = guest_exec_get_args(&arglist, true);
     envp = has_env ? guest_exec_get_args(env, false) : NULL;
 
-    flags = G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH | G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD;
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 33, 2)
-    flags |= G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH_FROM_ENVP;
-#endif
+    flags = G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH | G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD |
+        G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH_FROM_ENVP;
     if (!has_output) {
         flags |= G_SPAWN_STDOUT_TO_DEV_NULL | G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL;
     }
@@ -514,7 +512,6 @@ GuestHostName *qmp_guest_get_host_name(Error **err)
 
 GuestTimezone *qmp_guest_get_timezone(Error **errp)
 {
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 28, 0)
     GuestTimezone *info = NULL;
     GTimeZone *tz = NULL;
     gint64 now = 0;
@@ -544,8 +541,4 @@ GuestTimezone *qmp_guest_get_timezone(Error **errp)
 error:
     g_free(info);
     return NULL;
-#else
-    error_setg(errp, QERR_UNSUPPORTED);
-    return NULL;
-#endif
 }
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos6.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos6.docker
deleted file mode 100644
index ad24319582..0000000000
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos6.docker
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-FROM centos:6
-RUN yum install -y epel-release centos-release-xen
-ENV PACKAGES \
-    bison \
-    bzip2-devel \
-    ccache \
-    csnappy-devel \
-    flex \
-    g++ \
-    gcc \
-    gettext \
-    git \
-    glib2-devel \
-    libepoxy-devel \
-    libfdt-devel \
-    librdmacm-devel \
-    lzo-devel \
-    make \
-    mesa-libEGL-devel \
-    mesa-libgbm-devel \
-    pixman-devel \
-    SDL-devel \
-    spice-glib-devel \
-    spice-server-devel \
-    tar \
-    vte-devel \
-    xen-devel \
-    zlib-devel
-RUN yum install -y $PACKAGES
-RUN rpm -q $PACKAGES | sort > /packages.txt
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/min-glib.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/min-glib.docker
deleted file mode 100644
index f2eed97d35..0000000000
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/min-glib.docker
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-FROM centos:6
-RUN yum install -y \
-    tar gettext git make gcc g++ \
-    zlib-devel SDL-devel pixman-devel \
-    epel-release
-RUN yum install -y libfdt-devel ccache
-RUN yum downgrade -y http://vault.centos.org/6.0/os/x86_64/Packages/glib2-2.22.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
-RUN yum install -y http://vault.centos.org/6.0/os/x86_64/Packages/glib2-devel-2.22.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
diff --git a/tests/ivshmem-test.c b/tests/ivshmem-test.c
index 8af16ee79a..9b407a3e42 100644
--- a/tests/ivshmem-test.c
+++ b/tests/ivshmem-test.c
@@ -504,12 +504,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
     gchar dir[] = "/tmp/ivshmem-test.XXXXXX";
 
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 31, 0)
-    if (!g_thread_supported()) {
-        g_thread_init(NULL);
-    }
-#endif
-
     g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
 
     qtest_add_abrt_handler(abrt_handler, NULL);
diff --git a/tests/test-qga.c b/tests/test-qga.c
index 18e63cb533..30c9643257 100644
--- a/tests/test-qga.c
+++ b/tests/test-qga.c
@@ -744,12 +744,10 @@ static void test_qga_config(gconstpointer data)
 
     strv = g_key_file_get_string_list(kf, "general", "blacklist", &n, &error);
     g_assert_cmpint(n, ==, 2);
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 44, 0)
     g_assert_true(g_strv_contains((const char * const *)strv,
                                   "guest-ping"));
     g_assert_true(g_strv_contains((const char * const *)strv,
                                   "guest-get-time"));
-#endif
     g_assert_no_error(error);
     g_strfreev(strv);
 
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-event.c b/tests/test-qmp-event.c
index 3a7c227a1d..8677094ad1 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-event.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-event.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ typedef struct QDictCmpData {
 } QDictCmpData;
 
 TestEventData *test_event_data;
-static CompatGMutex test_event_lock;
+static GMutex test_event_lock;
 
 /* Only compares bool, int, string */
 static
@@ -242,12 +242,6 @@ static void test_event_d(TestEventData *data,
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 31, 0)
-    if (!g_thread_supported()) {
-       g_thread_init(NULL);
-    }
-#endif
-
     qmp_event_set_func_emit(event_test_emit);
 
     g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
diff --git a/tests/tpm-emu.h b/tests/tpm-emu.h
index ef4bfa8800..08f902485e 100644
--- a/tests/tpm-emu.h
+++ b/tests/tpm-emu.h
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ struct tpm_hdr {
 } QEMU_PACKED;
 
 typedef struct TestState {
-    CompatGMutex data_mutex;
-    CompatGCond data_cond;
+    GMutex data_mutex;
+    GCond data_cond;
     SocketAddress *addr;
     QIOChannel *tpm_ioc;
     GThread *emu_tpm_thread;
diff --git a/tests/vhost-user-test.c b/tests/vhost-user-test.c
index bbc8091286..8ff2106d32 100644
--- a/tests/vhost-user-test.c
+++ b/tests/vhost-user-test.c
@@ -32,14 +32,6 @@
 #include <linux/virtio_net.h>
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
 
-/* GLIB version compatibility flags */
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 26, 0)
-#define G_TIME_SPAN_SECOND              (G_GINT64_CONSTANT(1000000))
-#endif
-
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 28, 0)
-#define HAVE_MONOTONIC_TIME
-#endif
 
 #define QEMU_CMD_MEM    " -m %d -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=%dM," \
                         "mem-path=%s,share=on -numa node,memdev=mem"
@@ -150,8 +142,8 @@ typedef struct TestServer {
     int fds_num;
     int fds[VHOST_MEMORY_MAX_NREGIONS];
     VhostUserMemory memory;
-    CompatGMutex data_mutex;
-    CompatGCond data_cond;
+    GMutex data_mutex;
+    GCond data_cond;
     int log_fd;
     uint64_t rings;
     bool test_fail;
@@ -642,21 +634,7 @@ test_migrate_source_check(GSource *source)
     return FALSE;
 }
 
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,36,0)
-/* this callback is unnecessary with glib >2.36, the default
- * prepare for the source does the same */
-static gboolean
-test_migrate_source_prepare(GSource *source, gint *timeout)
-{
-    *timeout = -1;
-    return FALSE;
-}
-#endif
-
 GSourceFuncs test_migrate_source_funcs = {
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,36,0)
-    .prepare = test_migrate_source_prepare,
-#endif
     .check = test_migrate_source_check,
 };
 
diff --git a/trace/simple.c b/trace/simple.c
index e82018d923..701dec639c 100644
--- a/trace/simple.c
+++ b/trace/simple.c
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
  * Trace records are written out by a dedicated thread.  The thread waits for
  * records to become available, writes them out, and then waits again.
  */
-static CompatGMutex trace_lock;
-static CompatGCond trace_available_cond;
-static CompatGCond trace_empty_cond;
+static GMutex trace_lock;
+static GCond trace_available_cond;
+static GCond trace_empty_cond;
 
 static bool trace_available;
 static bool trace_writeout_enabled;
diff --git a/util/iova-tree.c b/util/iova-tree.c
index 2d9cebfc89..7990692cbd 100644
--- a/util/iova-tree.c
+++ b/util/iova-tree.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
  */
 
-#include <glib.h>
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/iova-tree.h"
 
 struct IOVATree {
diff --git a/util/osdep.c b/util/osdep.c
index ea51d500b6..1c8d1e2ee0 100644
--- a/util/osdep.c
+++ b/util/osdep.c
@@ -504,20 +504,6 @@ int socket_init(void)
     return 0;
 }
 
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 31, 0)
-/* Ensure that glib is running in multi-threaded mode
- * Old versions of glib require explicit initialization.  Failure to do
- * this results in the single-threaded code paths being taken inside
- * glib.  For example, the g_slice allocator will not be thread-safe
- * and cause crashes.
- */
-static void __attribute__((constructor)) thread_init(void)
-{
-    if (!g_thread_supported()) {
-       g_thread_init(NULL);
-    }
-}
-#endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_IOVEC
 /* helper function for iov_send_recv() */