diff --git a/gstreamer-editing-services/src/lib.rs b/gstreamer-editing-services/src/lib.rs
index 153af697b..9213940a5 100644
--- a/gstreamer-editing-services/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-editing-services/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 extern crate libc;
 
-use std::sync::{Once, ONCE_INIT};
+use std::sync::Once;
 
 extern crate gio_sys;
 extern crate glib_sys;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use glib::translate::from_glib;
 extern crate glib;
 extern crate gio;
 
-static GES_INIT: Once = ONCE_INIT;
+static GES_INIT: Once = Once::new();
 
 pub use glib::{
     BoolError, Cast, Continue, Error, IsA, StaticType, ToValue, Type, TypedValue, Value,
diff --git a/gstreamer-pbutils/src/lib.rs b/gstreamer-pbutils/src/lib.rs
index f7153bb53..c7d2e27ee 100644
--- a/gstreamer-pbutils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-pbutils/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 extern crate bitflags;
 extern crate libc;
 
-use std::sync::{Once, ONCE_INIT};
+use std::sync::Once;
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate glib;
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ extern crate gstreamer as gst;
 extern crate gstreamer_pbutils_sys as gst_pbutils_sys;
 extern crate gstreamer_sys as gst_sys;
 
-static PBUTILS_INIT: Once = ONCE_INIT;
+static PBUTILS_INIT: Once = Once::new();
 
 macro_rules! assert_initialized_main_thread {
     () => {
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/iterator.rs b/gstreamer/src/iterator.rs
index 37c689097..0cf38b12c 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/iterator.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/iterator.rs
@@ -363,10 +363,10 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn filter_boxed_unref<T: 'static>(boxed: gpointer) {
 }
 
 unsafe extern "C" fn filter_boxed_get_type<T: StaticType + 'static>() -> glib_sys::GType {
-    use std::sync::{Once, ONCE_INIT};
+    use std::sync::Once;
 
     static mut TYPE: glib_sys::GType = gobject_sys::G_TYPE_INVALID;
-    static ONCE: Once = ONCE_INIT;
+    static ONCE: Once = Once::new();
 
     ONCE.call_once(|| {
         let type_name = {