diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f30acc18aa..74a6601755 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ dnl *** checks for dependency libraries ***
 
 
 dnl GLib
-GLIB_REQ=2.40.0
+GLIB_REQ=2.44.0
 AG_GST_GLIB_CHECK([$GLIB_REQ])
 
 dnl Orc
diff --git a/gst/udp/gstmultiudpsink.c b/gst/udp/gstmultiudpsink.c
index 13f1cc2037..942a2518a1 100644
--- a/gst/udp/gstmultiudpsink.c
+++ b/gst/udp/gstmultiudpsink.c
@@ -557,45 +557,6 @@ gst_multiudpsink_finalize (GObject * object)
   G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object);
 }
 
-/* replacement until we can depend unconditionally on the real one in GLib */
-#ifndef HAVE_G_SOCKET_SEND_MESSAGES
-#define g_socket_send_messages gst_socket_send_messages
-
-static gint
-gst_socket_send_messages (GSocket * socket, GstOutputMessage * messages,
-    guint num_messages, gint flags, GCancellable * cancellable, GError ** error)
-{
-  gssize result;
-  gint i;
-
-  for (i = 0; i < num_messages; ++i) {
-    GstOutputMessage *msg = &messages[i];
-    GError *msg_error = NULL;
-
-    result = g_socket_send_message (socket, msg->address,
-        msg->vectors, msg->num_vectors,
-        msg->control_messages, msg->num_control_messages,
-        flags, cancellable, &msg_error);
-
-    if (result < 0) {
-      /* if we couldn't send all messages, just return how many we did
-       * manage to send, provided we managed to send at least one */
-      if (msg_error->code == G_IO_ERROR_WOULD_BLOCK && i > 0) {
-        g_error_free (msg_error);
-        return i;
-      } else {
-        g_propagate_error (error, msg_error);
-        return -1;
-      }
-    }
-
-    msg->bytes_sent = result;
-  }
-
-  return i;
-}
-#endif /* HAVE_G_SOCKET_SEND_MESSAGES */
-
 static gsize
 fill_vectors (GOutputVector * vecs, GstMapInfo * maps, guint n, GstBuffer * buf)
 {
diff --git a/gst/udp/gstmultiudpsink.h b/gst/udp/gstmultiudpsink.h
index 8849f38c7b..6310724ff9 100644
--- a/gst/udp/gstmultiudpsink.h
+++ b/gst/udp/gstmultiudpsink.h
@@ -38,27 +38,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 typedef struct _GstMultiUDPSink GstMultiUDPSink;
 typedef struct _GstMultiUDPSinkClass GstMultiUDPSinkClass;
 
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 43, 2)
-#define HAVE_G_SOCKET_SEND_MESSAGES
-#endif
-
-#ifndef HAVE_G_SOCKET_SEND_MESSAGES
-/* same as GOutputMessage used for g_socket_send_messages() */
-typedef struct {
-  /*< private >*/
-  GSocketAddress         *address;
-
-  GOutputVector          *vectors;
-  guint                   num_vectors;
-
-  guint                   bytes_sent;
-
-  GSocketControlMessage **control_messages;
-  guint                   num_control_messages;
-} GstOutputMessage;
-#else
 typedef GOutputMessage GstOutputMessage;
-#endif /* HAVE_G_SOCKET_SEND_MESSAGES*/
 
 typedef struct {
   gint ref_count;         /* for memory management */
diff --git a/gst/udp/gstudpsrc.c b/gst/udp/gstudpsrc.c
index 681e77d27f..a8871915b9 100644
--- a/gst/udp/gstudpsrc.c
+++ b/gst/udp/gstudpsrc.c
@@ -897,12 +897,8 @@ retry:
      * with udpsink generated a "port unreachable" ICMP response. We ignore
      * that and try again.
      * On Windows we get G_IO_ERROR_CONNECTION_CLOSED instead */
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,44,0)
     if (g_error_matches (err, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_HOST_UNREACHABLE) ||
         g_error_matches (err, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_CONNECTION_CLOSED)) {
-#else
-    if (g_error_matches (err, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_HOST_UNREACHABLE)) {
-#endif
       g_clear_error (&err);
       goto retry;
     }
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5022483ef3..b967cb810f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ gst_version_is_dev = gst_version_minor % 2 == 1 and gst_version_micro < 90
 # FIXME: automagic
 have_cxx = add_languages('cpp', required : false)
 
-glib_req = '>= 2.40.0'
+glib_req = '>= 2.44.0'
 orc_req = '>= 0.4.17'
 gst_req = '>= @0@.@1@.0'.format(gst_version_major, gst_version_minor)