diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 34f5eb04d..bd884217d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GENERATED_SOURCES_OPTION)
 AC_SUBST(ASSEMBLYINFO)
 
 GTK_REQUIRED_VERSION=3.0.0
-GLIB_REQUIRED_VERSION=2.28.0
+GLIB_REQUIRED_VERSION=2.32.0
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_CFLAGS)
@@ -193,13 +193,6 @@ AC_SUBST(GIO_LIBS)
 CSFLAGS="$CSFLAGS $DEBUG_FLAGS $WIN64DEFINES"
 AC_SUBST(CSFLAGS)
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB_2_31,
-	glib-2.0 >= 2.31,
-	HAVE_GLIB_2_31_OR_HIGHER=yes, HAVE_GLIB_2_31_OR_HIGHER=no)
-if test "x$HAVE_GLIB_2_31_OR_HIGHER" = "xno" ; then
-	CSFLAGS="$CSFLAGS -define:ENABLE_GTHREAD_INIT"
-fi
-
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PANGO, pango)
 AC_SUBST(PANGO_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(PANGO_LIBS)
diff --git a/gio/gio-sharp.dll.config.in b/gio/gio-sharp.dll.config.in
index 6dc0e6865..291df9db8 100644
--- a/gio/gio-sharp.dll.config.in
+++ b/gio/gio-sharp.dll.config.in
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
   <dllmap dll="libgio-2.0-0.dll" target="libgio-2.0@LIB_PREFIX@.0@LIB_SUFFIX@"/>
   <dllmap dll="libglib-2.0-0.dll" target="libglib-2.0@LIB_PREFIX@.0@LIB_SUFFIX@"/>
   <dllmap dll="libgobject-2.0-0.dll" target="libgobject-2.0@LIB_PREFIX@.0@LIB_SUFFIX@"/>
-  <dllmap dll="libgthread-2.0-0.dll" target="libgthread-2.0@LIB_PREFIX@.0@LIB_SUFFIX@"/>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/glib/GType.cs b/glib/GType.cs
index 5dfd312e6..7f63e2bae 100644
--- a/glib/GType.cs
+++ b/glib/GType.cs
@@ -110,9 +110,6 @@ namespace GLib {
 
 		static GType ()
 		{
-			if (!GLib.Thread.Supported)
-				GLib.Thread.Init ();
-
 			g_type_init ();
 
 			Register (GType.Char, typeof (sbyte));
diff --git a/glib/Thread.cs b/glib/Thread.cs
index bded5eaa2..e51eb6b98 100644
--- a/glib/Thread.cs
+++ b/glib/Thread.cs
@@ -27,28 +27,8 @@ namespace GLib
 	public class Thread
 	{
 		private Thread () {}
-		
-#if ENABLE_GTHREAD_INIT
-		const string GThreadNativeLib = "libgthread-2.0-0.dll";
 
-		[DllImport (GThreadNativeLib, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
-		static extern void g_thread_init (IntPtr i);
-
-		public static void Init ()
-		{
-			g_thread_init (IntPtr.Zero);
-		}
-
-		[DllImport (GThreadNativeLib, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
-		static extern bool g_thread_get_initialized ();
-
-		public static bool Supported
-		{
-			get {
-				return g_thread_get_initialized ();
-			}
-		}
-#else
+		[Obsolete ("This is no longer needed, GLib automatically initializes threads")]
 		public static void Init ()
 		{
 			// GLib automatically inits threads in 2.31 and above
@@ -59,7 +39,6 @@ namespace GLib
 		{
 			get { return true; }
 		}
-#endif
 
 	}
 }
diff --git a/glib/glib-sharp.dll.config.in b/glib/glib-sharp.dll.config.in
index 5a5e136fe..03031d676 100644
--- a/glib/glib-sharp.dll.config.in
+++ b/glib/glib-sharp.dll.config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <configuration>
   <dllmap dll="libglib-2.0-0.dll" target="libglib-2.0@LIB_PREFIX@.0@LIB_SUFFIX@"/>
   <dllmap dll="libgobject-2.0-0.dll" target="libgobject-2.0@LIB_PREFIX@.0@LIB_SUFFIX@"/>
-  <dllmap dll="libgthread-2.0-0.dll" target="libgthread-2.0@LIB_PREFIX@.0@LIB_SUFFIX@"/>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/msi/unmanaged/unmanaged.wxs b/msi/unmanaged/unmanaged.wxs
index ad36df126..99a64c3a4 100644
--- a/msi/unmanaged/unmanaged.wxs
+++ b/msi/unmanaged/unmanaged.wxs
@@ -1362,9 +1362,6 @@
           <Component Id="libgobject_2.0_0.dll" Guid="BDCAFC4C-F092-4244-BD06-2B95DB9229F9">
             <File Id="libgobject_2.0_0.dll" KeyPath="yes" Source="source\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll" />
           </Component>
-          <Component Id="libgthread_2.0_0.dll" Guid="55431703-86FC-47E8-B754-0960E50B712E">
-            <File Id="libgthread_2.0_0.dll" KeyPath="yes" Source="source\bin\libgthread-2.0-0.dll" />
-          </Component>
           <Component Id="libgtk_3_0.dll" Guid="14B44C8B-4EF6-43F3-8848-F8499E3885E8">
             <File Id="libgtk_3_0.dll" KeyPath="yes" Source="source\bin\libgtk-3-0.dll" />
           </Component>