diff --git a/src/common/xchat.h b/src/common/xchat.h
index 6ed5ebe2..329872d0 100644
--- a/src/common/xchat.h
+++ b/src/common/xchat.h
@@ -586,12 +586,7 @@ struct popup
 /* CL: get a random int in the range [0..n-1]. DON'T use rand() % n, it gives terrible results. */
 #define RAND_INT(n) ((int)(rand() / (RAND_MAX + 1.0) * (n)))
 
-#if defined(WIN32) && GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,4,0)
 #define xchat_filename_from_utf8 g_locale_from_utf8
 #define xchat_filename_to_utf8 g_locale_to_utf8
-#else
-#define xchat_filename_from_utf8 g_filename_from_utf8
-#define xchat_filename_to_utf8 g_filename_to_utf8
-#endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/chanview-tree.c b/src/fe-gtk/chanview-tree.c
index 5373f21b..88d1662b 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/chanview-tree.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/chanview-tree.c
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ cv_tree_init (chanview *cv)
 	/*gtk_widget_modify_base (view, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, &colors[COL_BG]);*/
 	GTK_WIDGET_UNSET_FLAGS (view, GTK_CAN_FOCUS);
 	gtk_tree_view_set_headers_visible (GTK_TREE_VIEW (view), FALSE);
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,10,0)
+
 	if (!(prefs.gui_tweaks & 8))
 		gtk_tree_view_set_enable_tree_lines (GTK_TREE_VIEW (view), TRUE);
-#endif
+
 	gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (win), view);
 
 	/* icon column */
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
index 8c7e515a..4a20006a 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
@@ -908,13 +908,8 @@ fe_gui_info (session *sess, int info_type)
 		if (!GTK_WIDGET_VISIBLE (GTK_WIDGET (sess->gui->window)))
 #endif
 			return 2;	/* hidden (iconified or systray) */
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,4,0)
+
 		if (gtk_window_is_active (GTK_WINDOW (sess->gui->window)))
-#else
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,2,0)
-		if (GTK_WINDOW (sess->gui->window)->is_active)
-#endif
-#endif
 			return 1;	/* active/focused */
 
 		return 0;		/* normal (no keyboard focus or behind a window) */
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/fkeys.c b/src/fe-gtk/fkeys.c
index e4a7ff19..611697de 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/fkeys.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/fkeys.c
@@ -1544,11 +1544,7 @@ key_action_tab_comp (GtkWidget *t, GdkEventKey *entry, char *d1, char *d2,
 			comp = 0;
 		}
 	
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,4,0)
 		list = g_completion_complete_utf8 (gcomp, comp ? old_gcomp.data : ent, &result);
-#else
-		list = g_completion_complete (gcomp, comp ? old_gcomp.data : ent, &result);
-#endif
 		
 		if (result == NULL) /* No matches found */
 		{
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/gtkutil.c b/src/fe-gtk/gtkutil.c
index fe4e1737..7b4f8b06 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/gtkutil.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/gtkutil.c
@@ -436,10 +436,9 @@ gtkutil_file_req (const char *title, void *callback, void *userdata, char *filte
 			gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (dialog), temp);
 			gtk_file_chooser_set_current_name (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (dialog), file_part (filter));
 		}
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,8,0)
+
 		if (!(flags & FRF_NOASKOVERWRITE))
 			gtk_file_chooser_set_do_overwrite_confirmation (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (dialog), TRUE);
-#endif
 	}
 	else
 		dialog = gtk_file_chooser_dialog_new (title, NULL,
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/ignoregui.c b/src/fe-gtk/ignoregui.c
index 717f7d85..13cd8f0b 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/ignoregui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/ignoregui.c
@@ -228,9 +228,6 @@ ignore_delete_entry_clicked (GtkWidget * wid, struct session *sess)
 	if (gtkutil_treeview_get_selected (view, &iter, 0, &mask, -1))
 	{
 		/* delete this row, select next one */
-#if (GTK_MAJOR_VERSION == 2) && (GTK_MINOR_VERSION == 0)
-		gtk_list_store_remove (store, &iter);
-#else
 		if (gtk_list_store_remove (store, &iter))
 		{
 			path = gtk_tree_model_get_path (GTK_TREE_MODEL (store), &iter);
@@ -238,7 +235,6 @@ ignore_delete_entry_clicked (GtkWidget * wid, struct session *sess)
 			gtk_tree_view_set_cursor (view, path, NULL, FALSE);
 			gtk_tree_path_free (path);
 		}
-#endif
 
 		ignore_del (mask, NULL);
 		g_free (mask);
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/menu.c b/src/fe-gtk/menu.c
index 662608d3..c4912212 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/menu.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/menu.c
@@ -565,10 +565,8 @@ menu_destroy (GtkWidget *menu, gpointer objtounref)
 static void
 menu_popup (GtkWidget *menu, GdkEventButton *event, gpointer objtounref)
 {
-#if (GTK_MAJOR_VERSION != 2) || (GTK_MINOR_VERSION != 0)
 	if (event && event->window)
 		gtk_menu_set_screen (GTK_MENU (menu), gdk_drawable_get_screen (event->window));
-#endif
 
 	g_object_ref (menu);
 	g_object_ref_sink (menu);
@@ -1746,8 +1744,6 @@ create_icon_menu (char *labeltext, void *stock_name, int is_stock)
 	return item;
 }
 
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,4,0)
-
 /* Override the default GTK2.4 handler, which would make menu
    bindings not work when the menu-bar is hidden. */
 static gboolean
@@ -1761,9 +1757,6 @@ menu_canacaccel (GtkWidget *widget, guint signal_id, gpointer user_data)
 #endif
 }
 
-#endif
-
-
 /* === STUFF FOR /MENU === */
 
 static GtkMenuItem *
@@ -2139,10 +2132,8 @@ menu_create_main (void *accel_group, int bar, int away, int toplevel,
 	/* /MENU needs to know this later */
 	g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (menu_bar), "accel", accel_group);
 
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,4,0)
 	g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (menu_bar), "can-activate-accel",
 							G_CALLBACK (menu_canacaccel), 0);
-#endif
 
 	/* set the initial state of toggles */
 	mymenu[MENUBAR_OFFSET].state = !prefs.hidemenu;
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c b/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
index 547affee..e23eaf83 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
@@ -1094,13 +1094,8 @@ gtk_xtext_realize (GtkWidget * widget)
 		gdk_gc_set_fill (xtext->bgc, GDK_TILED);
 	}
 
-#if (GTK_MAJOR_VERSION == 2) && (GTK_MINOR_VERSION == 0)
-	xtext->hand_cursor = gdk_cursor_new (GDK_HAND1);
-	xtext->resize_cursor = gdk_cursor_new (GDK_LEFT_SIDE);
-#else
 	xtext->hand_cursor = gdk_cursor_new_for_display (gdk_drawable_get_display (widget->window), GDK_HAND1);
 	xtext->resize_cursor = gdk_cursor_new_for_display (gdk_drawable_get_display (widget->window), GDK_LEFT_SIDE);
-#endif
 
 	gdk_window_set_back_pixmap (widget->window, NULL, FALSE);
 	widget->style = gtk_style_attach (widget->style, widget->window);
@@ -1368,11 +1363,7 @@ gtk_xtext_draw_marker (GtkXText * xtext, textentry * ent, int y)
 
 	gdk_draw_line (xtext->draw_buf, xtext->marker_gc, x, render_y, x + width, render_y);
 
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,4,0)
 	if (gtk_window_has_toplevel_focus (GTK_WINDOW (gtk_widget_get_toplevel (GTK_WIDGET (xtext)))))
-#else
-	if (GTK_WINDOW (gtk_widget_get_toplevel (GTK_WIDGET (xtext)))->has_focus)
-#endif
 	{
 		xtext->buffer->marker_seen = TRUE;
 	}
@@ -2160,13 +2151,8 @@ gtk_xtext_set_clip_owner (GtkWidget * xtext, GdkEventButton * event)
 	str = gtk_xtext_selection_get_text (GTK_XTEXT (xtext), &len);
 	if (str)
 	{
-#if (GTK_MAJOR_VERSION == 2) && (GTK_MINOR_VERSION == 0)
-		gtk_clipboard_set_text (gtk_clipboard_get (GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD),
-										str, len);
-#else
 		gtk_clipboard_set_text (gtk_widget_get_clipboard (xtext, GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD),
 										str, len);
-#endif
 		free (str);
 	}
 
@@ -2516,16 +2502,10 @@ gtk_xtext_selection_get (GtkWidget * widget,
 			gint format;
 			gint new_length;
 
-#if (GTK_MAJOR_VERSION == 2) && (GTK_MINOR_VERSION == 0)
-			gdk_string_to_compound_text (
-												stripped, &encoding, &format, &new_text,
-												&new_length);
-#else
 			gdk_string_to_compound_text_for_display (
 												gdk_drawable_get_display (widget->window),
 												stripped, &encoding, &format, &new_text,
 												&new_length);
-#endif
 			gtk_selection_data_set (selection_data_ptr, encoding, format,
 											new_text, new_length);
 			gdk_free_compound_text (new_text);
@@ -3876,14 +3856,9 @@ shade_pixmap (GtkXText * xtext, Pixmap p, int x, int y, int w, int h)
 #ifdef USE_SHM
 		if (xtext->shm && shm_pixmaps)
 		{
-#if (GTK_MAJOR_VERSION == 2) && (GTK_MINOR_VERSION == 0)
-			shaded_pix = gdk_pixmap_foreign_new (
-				XShmCreatePixmap (xdisplay, p, ximg->data, &xtext->shminfo, w, h, depth));
-#else
 			shaded_pix = gdk_pixmap_foreign_new_for_display (
 				gdk_drawable_get_display (xtext->draw_buf),
 				XShmCreatePixmap (xdisplay, p, ximg->data, &xtext->shminfo, w, h, depth));
-#endif
 		} else
 #endif
 		{
@@ -4104,11 +4079,7 @@ gtk_xtext_load_trans (GtkXText * xtext)
 	} else
 	{
 noshade:
-#if (GTK_MAJOR_VERSION == 2) && (GTK_MINOR_VERSION == 0)
-		xtext->pixmap = gdk_pixmap_foreign_new (rootpix);
-#else
 		xtext->pixmap = gdk_pixmap_foreign_new_for_display (gdk_drawable_get_display (GTK_WIDGET (xtext)->window), rootpix);
-#endif
 		gdk_gc_set_tile (xtext->bgc, xtext->pixmap);
 		gdk_gc_set_ts_origin (xtext->bgc, -x, -y);
 		xtext->ts_x = -x;
@@ -5646,12 +5617,7 @@ gtk_xtext_append_entry (xtext_buffer *buf, textentry * ent, time_t stamp)
 
 	if (buf->reset_marker_pos || 
 		((buf->marker_pos == NULL || buf->marker_seen) && (buf->xtext->buffer != buf || 
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,4,0)
-		!gtk_window_has_toplevel_focus (GTK_WINDOW (gtk_widget_get_toplevel (GTK_WIDGET (buf->xtext))))
-#else
-		!(GTK_WINDOW (gtk_widget_get_toplevel (GTK_WIDGET (buf->xtext))))->has_focus
-#endif
-	   )))
+		!gtk_window_has_toplevel_focus (GTK_WINDOW (gtk_widget_get_toplevel (GTK_WIDGET (buf->xtext)))))))
 	{
 		buf->marker_pos = ent;
 		dontscroll (buf); /* force scrolling off */