diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
index 7555be7d..bbd25dbe 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
@@ -54,11 +54,7 @@ struct OstreeRepo {
   GFile *remote_cache_dir;
   GFile *config_file;
 
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,32,0) && !defined(OSTREE_GLIB_TARGET_MIN)
   GMutex cache_lock;
-#else
-  GMutex *cache_lock;
-#endif
   GPtrArray *cached_meta_indexes;
   GPtrArray *cached_content_indexes;
 
diff --git a/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.c b/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.c
index 973dbf16..21349aea 100644
--- a/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.c
+++ b/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.c
@@ -92,13 +92,7 @@ ot_util_variant_save (GFile *dest,
 GVariant *
 ot_util_variant_take_ref (GVariant *variant)
 {
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,32,0) && !defined(OSTREE_GLIB_TARGET_MIN)
   return g_variant_take_ref (variant);
-#else
-  if (g_variant_is_floating (variant))
-    return g_variant_ref_sink (variant);
-  return variant;
-#endif
 }
 
 /**