diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c9a21065..bd5d145c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ AC_SUBST([GTKMM_CFLAGS])
 
 
 dnl Check for glibmm minimum required version.
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIBMM], [glibmm-2.4 >= 2.14.0])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIBMM], [glibmm-2.4 >= 2.32.0])
 
 
 need_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11=no
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index d3583175..2c37ec99 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 #include "GParted_Core.h"
 #include "Win_GParted.h"
 
+#include <glibmm.h>
 #include <gtkmm/messagedialog.h>
 #include <gtkmm/main.h>
 
 int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 {
-	//initialize thread system
-	Glib::thread_init() ;
 	GParted::GParted_Core::mainthread = Glib::Thread::self();
 
 	Gtk::Main kit( argc, argv ) ;
diff --git a/tests/test_PipeCapture.cc b/tests/test_PipeCapture.cc
index 3a8882fe..886ea7fc 100644
--- a/tests/test_PipeCapture.cc
+++ b/tests/test_PipeCapture.cc
@@ -412,18 +412,14 @@ TEST_F( PipeCaptureTest, LineDisciplineSkipCtrlAB )
 
 }  // namespace GParted
 
-// Custom Google Test main() which also initialises the Glib threading system for
-// distributions with glib/glibmm before version 2.32.
-// References:
+// Custom Google Test main().
+// Reference:
 // *   Google Test, Primer, Writing the main() Function
-// *   Deprecated thread API, g_thread_init()
-//     https://developer.gnome.org/glib/stable/glib-Deprecated-Thread-APIs.html#g-thread-init
+//     https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/docs/primer.md#writing-the-main-function
 int main( int argc, char **argv )
 {
 	printf("Running main() from %s\n", __FILE__ );
 	testing::InitGoogleTest( &argc, argv );
 
-	Glib::thread_init();
-
 	return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
 }