diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/glib-compat-private.h b/gst-libs/gst/glib-compat-private.h
index b9248e6861..9a92993d46 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/glib-compat-private.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/glib-compat-private.h
@@ -27,107 +27,8 @@
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,25,0)
-
-#if defined (_MSC_VER) && !defined(_WIN64)
-typedef struct _stat32 GStatBuf;
-#else
-typedef struct stat GStatBuf;
-#endif
-
-#endif
-
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,26,0)
-#define GLIB_HAS_GDATETIME
-#endif
-
-/* See bug #651514 */
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,29,5)
-#define G_ATOMIC_POINTER_COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE(a,b,c) \
-    g_atomic_pointer_compare_and_exchange ((a),(b),(c))
-#define G_ATOMIC_INT_COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE(a,b,c) \
-    g_atomic_int_compare_and_exchange ((a),(b),(c))
-#else
-#define G_ATOMIC_POINTER_COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE(a,b,c) \
-    g_atomic_pointer_compare_and_exchange ((volatile gpointer *)(a),(b),(c))
-#define G_ATOMIC_INT_COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE(a,b,c) \
-    g_atomic_int_compare_and_exchange ((volatile int *)(a),(b),(c))
-#endif
-
-/* See bug #651514 */
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,29,5)
-#define G_ATOMIC_INT_ADD(a,b) g_atomic_int_add ((a),(b))
-#else
-#define G_ATOMIC_INT_ADD(a,b) g_atomic_int_exchange_and_add ((a),(b))
-#endif
-
 /* copies */
 
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 31, 0)
-#define g_mutex_new gst_g_mutex_new
-static inline GMutex *
-gst_g_mutex_new (void)
-{
-  GMutex *mutex = g_slice_new (GMutex);
-  g_mutex_init (mutex);
-  return mutex;
-}
-#define g_mutex_free gst_g_mutex_free
-static inline void
-gst_g_mutex_free (GMutex *mutex)
-{
-  g_mutex_clear (mutex);
-  g_slice_free (GMutex, mutex);
-}
-#define g_static_rec_mutex_init gst_g_static_rec_mutex_init
-static inline void
-gst_g_static_rec_mutex_init (GStaticRecMutex *mutex)
-{
-  static const GStaticRecMutex init_mutex = G_STATIC_REC_MUTEX_INIT;
-
-  *mutex = init_mutex;
-}
-#define g_cond_new gst_g_cond_new
-static inline GCond *
-gst_g_cond_new (void)
-{
-  GCond *cond = g_slice_new (GCond);
-  g_cond_init (cond);
-  return cond;
-}
-#define g_cond_free gst_g_cond_free
-static inline void
-gst_g_cond_free (GCond *cond)
-{
-  g_cond_clear (cond);
-  g_slice_free (GCond, cond);
-}
-#define g_cond_timed_wait gst_g_cond_timed_wait
-static inline gboolean
-gst_g_cond_timed_wait (GCond *cond, GMutex *mutex, GTimeVal *abs_time)
-{
-  gint64 end_time;
-
-  if (abs_time == NULL) {
-    g_cond_wait (cond, mutex);
-    return TRUE;
-  }
-
-  end_time = abs_time->tv_sec;
-  end_time *= 1000000;
-  end_time += abs_time->tv_usec;
-
-  /* would be nice if we had clock_rtoffset, but that didn't seem to
-   * make it into the kernel yet...
-   */
-  /* if CLOCK_MONOTONIC is not defined then g_get_montonic_time() and
-   * g_get_real_time() are returning the same clock and we'd add ~0
-   */
-  end_time += g_get_monotonic_time () - g_get_real_time ();
-  return g_cond_wait_until (cond, mutex, end_time);
-}
-#endif /* GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 31, 0) */
-
 /* adaptations */
 
 G_END_DECLS