diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0173db5d9f..3a020aefd8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3636,7 +3636,7 @@ fi
 ##########################################
 # glib support probe
 
-glib_req_ver=2.40
+glib_req_ver=2.48
 glib_modules=gthread-2.0
 if test "$modules" = yes; then
     glib_modules="$glib_modules gmodule-export-2.0"
diff --git a/crypto/hmac-glib.c b/crypto/hmac-glib.c
index 7df627329d..509bbc74c2 100644
--- a/crypto/hmac-glib.c
+++ b/crypto/hmac-glib.c
@@ -21,12 +21,7 @@ static int qcrypto_hmac_alg_map[QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG__MAX] = {
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_MD5] = G_CHECKSUM_MD5,
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA1] = G_CHECKSUM_SHA1,
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA256] = G_CHECKSUM_SHA256,
-/* Support for HMAC SHA-512 in GLib 2.42 */
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 42, 0)
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA512] = G_CHECKSUM_SHA512,
-#else
-    [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA512] = -1,
-#endif
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA224] = -1,
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA384] = -1,
     [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_RIPEMD160] = -1,
diff --git a/include/glib-compat.h b/include/glib-compat.h
index 1291628e09..0b0ec76299 100644
--- a/include/glib-compat.h
+++ b/include/glib-compat.h
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 /* Ask for warnings for anything that was marked deprecated in
  * the defined version, or before. It is a candidate for rewrite.
  */
-#define GLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED GLIB_VERSION_2_40
+#define GLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED GLIB_VERSION_2_48
 
 /* Ask for warnings if code tries to use function that did not
  * exist in the defined version. These risk breaking builds
  */
-#define GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED GLIB_VERSION_2_40
+#define GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED GLIB_VERSION_2_48
 
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
@@ -63,26 +63,6 @@
  * without generating warnings.
  */
 
-static inline gboolean g_strv_contains_qemu(const gchar *const *strv,
-                                            const gchar *str)
-{
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 44, 0)
-    return g_strv_contains(strv, str);
-#else
-    g_return_val_if_fail(strv != NULL, FALSE);
-    g_return_val_if_fail(str != NULL, FALSE);
-
-    for (; *strv != NULL; strv++) {
-        if (g_str_equal(str, *strv)) {
-            return TRUE;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return FALSE;
-#endif
-}
-#define g_strv_contains(a, b) g_strv_contains_qemu(a, b)
-
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 50, 0)
 /*
  * g_poll has a problem on Windows when using
@@ -92,24 +72,6 @@ static inline gboolean g_strv_contains_qemu(const gchar *const *strv,
 gint g_poll_fixed(GPollFD *fds, guint nfds, gint timeout);
 #endif
 
-
-#ifndef g_assert_cmpmem
-#define g_assert_cmpmem(m1, l1, m2, l2)                                        \
-    do {                                                                       \
-        gconstpointer __m1 = m1, __m2 = m2;                                    \
-        int __l1 = l1, __l2 = l2;                                              \
-        if (__l1 != __l2) {                                                    \
-            g_assertion_message_cmpnum(                                        \
-                G_LOG_DOMAIN, __FILE__, __LINE__, G_STRFUNC,                   \
-                #l1 " (len(" #m1 ")) == " #l2 " (len(" #m2 "))", __l1, "==",   \
-                __l2, 'i');                                                    \
-        } else if (memcmp(__m1, __m2, __l1) != 0) {                            \
-            g_assertion_message(G_LOG_DOMAIN, __FILE__, __LINE__, G_STRFUNC,   \
-                                "assertion failed (" #m1 " == " #m2 ")");      \
-        }                                                                      \
-    } while (0)
-#endif
-
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 
 #endif