diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 19c22dd2ea..6f58ceb67a 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -548,14 +548,6 @@ def configure(conf):
     autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'sndfile', uselib_store='SNDFILE', atleast_version='1.0.18')
     autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'giomm-2.4', uselib_store='GIOMM', atleast_version='2.2')
 
-    conf.check_cxx(fragment = '#include <glibmm/threads.h>\nstatic Glib::Threads::RecMutex foo;\nint main () {}',
-                   uselib = ['GLIBMM'],
-                   msg = 'Checking for Glib::Threads::RecMutex',
-                   mandatory = False,
-                   okmsg = 'yes',
-                   errmsg = 'no; using deprecated API',
-                   define_name = 'HAVE_GLIB_THREADS_RECMUTEX')
-
     for i in children:
         sub_config_and_use(conf, i)