diff --git a/tools/gst-app-maker b/tools/gst-app-maker
index d8f2f43b8e..4fecc30998 100755
--- a/tools/gst-app-maker
+++ b/tools/gst-app-maker
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   GstReplace *replace;
   GMainLoop *main_loop;
 
-  if (!g_thread_supported ()) g_thread_init(NULL);
-
   context = g_option_context_new ("- FIXME");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, entries, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
   g_option_context_add_group (context, gst_init_get_option_group ());