diff --git a/tools/gst-inspect.c b/tools/gst-inspect.c
index eb486d2605..743e621dde 100644
--- a/tools/gst-inspect.c
+++ b/tools/gst-inspect.c
@@ -1489,8 +1489,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 #endif
 
-  if (!g_thread_supported ())
-    g_thread_init (NULL);
+  g_thread_init (NULL);
 
   gst_tools_print_version ("gst-inspect");
 
diff --git a/tools/gst-launch.c b/tools/gst-launch.c
index 034d3379c6..38acb754df 100644
--- a/tools/gst-launch.c
+++ b/tools/gst-launch.c
@@ -707,8 +707,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 #endif
 
-  if (!g_thread_supported ())
-    g_thread_init (NULL);
+  g_thread_init (NULL);
 
   gst_tools_print_version ("gst-launch");
 
diff --git a/tools/gst-typefind.c b/tools/gst-typefind.c
index 1f521fd65f..d51f282496 100644
--- a/tools/gst-typefind.c
+++ b/tools/gst-typefind.c
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 #endif
 
-  if (!g_thread_supported ())
-    g_thread_init (NULL);
+  g_thread_init (NULL);
 
   gst_tools_print_version ("gst-typefind");
 
diff --git a/tools/gst-xmlinspect.c b/tools/gst-xmlinspect.c
index 36b1913328..6a8b6fdce8 100644
--- a/tools/gst-xmlinspect.c
+++ b/tools/gst-xmlinspect.c
@@ -637,8 +637,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
 
-  if (!g_thread_supported ())
-    g_thread_init (NULL);
+  g_thread_init (NULL);
 
   gst_tools_print_version ("gst-xmlinspect");