diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 253f487b..c096e0de 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(pie, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-pie],
 	fi
 ])
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(threads, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-threads],
-		[enable threading support]), [enable_threads=${enableval}])
-
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(signalfd, dummy=yes,
 			AC_MSG_ERROR(signalfd support is required))
 
@@ -68,14 +65,6 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, glib-2.0 >= 2.32, dummy=yes,
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_LIBS)
 
-if (test "${enable_threads}" = "yes"); then
-	AC_DEFINE(NEED_THREADS, 1, [Define if threading support is required])
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTHREAD, gthread-2.0 >= 2.16, dummy=yes,
-				AC_MSG_ERROR(GThread >= 2.16 is required))
-	GLIB_CFLAGS="$GLIB_CFLAGS $GTHREAD_CFLAGS"
-	GLIB_LIBS="$GLIB_LIBS $GTHREAD_LIBS"
-fi
-
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS, dbus-1 >= 1.4, dummy=yes,
 				AC_MSG_ERROR(D-Bus >= 1.4 is required))
 AC_SUBST(DBUS_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index d8a06ba2..2c1b23a0 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -241,13 +241,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	event_loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
 
-#ifdef NEED_THREADS
-	if (dbus_threads_init_default() == FALSE) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Can't init usage of threads\n");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-#endif
-
 #ifdef HAVE_ELL
 	l_log_set_stderr();
 	l_debug_enable("*");
diff --git a/tools/auto-enable.c b/tools/auto-enable.c
index 5195aaad..1fb23401 100644
--- a/tools/auto-enable.c
+++ b/tools/auto-enable.c
@@ -513,13 +513,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	main_loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
 
-#ifdef NEED_THREADS
-	if (dbus_threads_init_default() == FALSE) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Can't init usage of threads\n");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-#endif
-
 	dbus_error_init(&err);
 
 	conn = g_dbus_setup_bus(DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, NULL, &err);
diff --git a/tools/huawei-audio.c b/tools/huawei-audio.c
index 10b599f1..b22b50a3 100644
--- a/tools/huawei-audio.c
+++ b/tools/huawei-audio.c
@@ -796,13 +796,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	main_loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
 
-#ifdef NEED_THREADS
-	if (dbus_threads_init_default() == FALSE) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Can't init usage of threads\n");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-#endif
-
 	dbus_error_init(&err);
 
 	conn = g_dbus_setup_bus(DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, NULL, &err);