diff --git a/gst/gstutils.h b/gst/gstutils.h
index a5931cafbb..8fba48adfd 100644
--- a/gst/gstutils.h
+++ b/gst/gstutils.h
@@ -359,173 +359,6 @@ GType gst_type_register_static_full (GType parent_type,
 					  _GST_PUT (data, 0,  8,  0, num); \
 					} while (0)
 
-/* Float endianess conversion macros */
-
-/* FIXME: Remove this once we depend on a GLib version with this */
-#ifndef GFLOAT_FROM_LE
-/**
- * GFLOAT_SWAP_LE_BE:
- * @in: input value
- *
- * Swap byte order of a 32-bit floating point value (float).
- *
- * Returns: @in byte-swapped.
- *
- * Since: 0.10.22
- *
- */
-#ifdef _FOOL_GTK_DOC_
-G_INLINE_FUNC gfloat GFLOAT_SWAP_LE_BE (gfloat in);
-#endif
-
-inline static gfloat
-GFLOAT_SWAP_LE_BE(gfloat in)
-{
-  union
-  {
-    guint32 i;
-    gfloat f;
-  } u;
-
-  u.f = in;
-  u.i = GUINT32_SWAP_LE_BE (u.i);
-  return u.f;
-}
-
-/**
- * GDOUBLE_SWAP_LE_BE:
- * @in: input value
- *
- * Swap byte order of a 64-bit floating point value (double).
- *
- * Returns: @in byte-swapped.
- *
- * Since: 0.10.22
- *
- */
-#ifdef _FOOL_GTK_DOC_
-G_INLINE_FUNC gdouble GDOUBLE_SWAP_LE_BE (gdouble in);
-#endif
-
-inline static gdouble
-GDOUBLE_SWAP_LE_BE(gdouble in)
-{
-  union
-  {
-    guint64 i;
-    gdouble d;
-  } u;
-
-  u.d = in;
-  u.i = GUINT64_SWAP_LE_BE (u.i);
-  return u.d;
-}
-
-/**
- * GDOUBLE_TO_LE:
- * @val: value
- *
- * Convert 64-bit floating point value (double) from native byte order into
- * little endian byte order.
- *
- * Since: 0.10.22
- *
- */
-/**
- * GDOUBLE_TO_BE:
- * @val: value
- *
- * Convert 64-bit floating point value (double) from native byte order into
- * big endian byte order.
- *
- * Since: 0.10.22
- *
- */
-/**
- * GDOUBLE_FROM_LE:
- * @val: value
- *
- * Convert 64-bit floating point value (double) from little endian byte order
- * into native byte order.
- *
- * Since: 0.10.22
- *
- */
-/**
- * GDOUBLE_FROM_BE:
- * @val: value
- *
- * Convert 64-bit floating point value (double) from big endian byte order
- * into native byte order.
- *
- * Since: 0.10.22
- *
- */
-
-/**
- * GFLOAT_TO_LE:
- * @val: value
- *
- * Convert 32-bit floating point value (float) from native byte order into
- * little endian byte order.
- *
- * Since: 0.10.22
- *
- */
-/**
- * GFLOAT_TO_BE:
- * @val: value
- *
- * Convert 32-bit floating point value (float) from native byte order into
- * big endian byte order.
- *
- * Since: 0.10.22
- *
- */
-/**
- * GFLOAT_FROM_LE:
- * @val: value
- *
- * Convert 32-bit floating point value (float) from little endian byte order
- * into native byte order.
- *
- * Since: 0.10.22
- *
- */
-/**
- * GFLOAT_FROM_BE:
- * @val: value
- *
- * Convert 32-bit floating point value (float) from big endian byte order
- * into native byte order.
- *
- * Since: 0.10.22
- *
- */
-
-#if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#define GFLOAT_TO_LE(val)    ((gfloat) (val))
-#define GFLOAT_TO_BE(val)    (GFLOAT_SWAP_LE_BE (val))
-#define GDOUBLE_TO_LE(val)   ((gdouble) (val))
-#define GDOUBLE_TO_BE(val)   (GDOUBLE_SWAP_LE_BE (val))
-
-#elif G_BYTE_ORDER == G_BIG_ENDIAN
-#define GFLOAT_TO_LE(val)    (GFLOAT_SWAP_LE_BE (val))
-#define GFLOAT_TO_BE(val)    ((gfloat) (val))
-#define GDOUBLE_TO_LE(val)   (GDOUBLE_SWAP_LE_BE (val))
-#define GDOUBLE_TO_BE(val)   ((gdouble) (val))
-
-#else /* !G_LITTLE_ENDIAN && !G_BIG_ENDIAN */
-#error unknown ENDIAN type
-#endif /* !G_LITTLE_ENDIAN && !G_BIG_ENDIAN */
-
-#define GFLOAT_FROM_LE(val)  (GFLOAT_TO_LE (val))
-#define GFLOAT_FROM_BE(val)  (GFLOAT_TO_BE (val))
-#define GDOUBLE_FROM_LE(val) (GDOUBLE_TO_LE (val))
-#define GDOUBLE_FROM_BE(val) (GDOUBLE_TO_BE (val))
-
-#endif /* !defined(GFLOAT_FROM_LE) */
-
 /**
  * GST_READ_FLOAT_LE:
  * @data: memory location