diff --git a/include/glib-compat.h b/include/glib-compat.h
index dc14d3ec0d..3113a7d2af 100644
--- a/include/glib-compat.h
+++ b/include/glib-compat.h
@@ -145,16 +145,6 @@ qemu_g_test_slow(void)
 #define g_test_thorough() qemu_g_test_slow()
 #define g_test_quick() (!qemu_g_test_slow())
 
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,62,0)
-static inline gchar *
-g_date_time_format_iso8601_compat(GDateTime *datetime)
-{
-    return g_date_time_format_iso8601(datetime);
-}
-
-#define g_date_time_format_iso8601 g_date_time_format_iso8601_compat
-#endif
-
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 
 #endif
diff --git a/util/error-report.c b/util/error-report.c
index d9d3ac30cf..4ec7b30bcb 100644
--- a/util/error-report.c
+++ b/util/error-report.c
@@ -183,9 +183,13 @@ static void print_loc(void)
 static char *
 real_time_iso8601(void)
 {
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 62, 0)
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,62,0)
     g_autoptr(GDateTime) dt = g_date_time_new_from_unix_utc(g_get_real_time());
+    /* ignore deprecation warning, since GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED is 2.56 */
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
     return g_date_time_format_iso8601(dt);
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 #else
     GTimeVal tv;
     g_get_current_time(&tv);