diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2decacbd8..ad9127cda 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ src_mpd_LDADD = \
 
 mpd_headers = \
 	src/check.h \
-	src/gerror.h \
 	src/AudioCompress/config.h \
 	src/AudioCompress/compress.h \
 	src/open.h \
diff --git a/src/gerror.h b/src/gerror.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 797ad90a2..000000000
--- a/src/gerror.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2003-2014 The Music Player Daemon Project
- * http://www.musicpd.org
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- */
-
-#ifndef MPD_GERROR_H
-#define MPD_GERROR_H
-
-typedef struct _GError GError;
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/system/FatalError.cxx b/src/system/FatalError.cxx
index cae6600dc..35e94f169 100644
--- a/src/system/FatalError.cxx
+++ b/src/system/FatalError.cxx
@@ -78,16 +78,6 @@ FatalError(const char *msg, const Error &error)
 	FormatFatalError("%s: %s", msg, error.GetMessage());
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_GLIB
-
-void
-FatalError(const char *msg, GError *error)
-{
-	FormatFatalError("%s: %s", msg, error->message);
-}
-
-#endif
-
 void
 FatalSystemError(const char *msg)
 {
diff --git a/src/system/FatalError.hxx b/src/system/FatalError.hxx
index 8d5f73aa2..d4698b3d9 100644
--- a/src/system/FatalError.hxx
+++ b/src/system/FatalError.hxx
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #define MPD_FATAL_ERROR_HXX
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "gerror.h"
 #include "Compiler.h"
 
 class Error;
@@ -45,12 +44,6 @@ gcc_noreturn
 void
 FatalError(const char *msg, const Error &error);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_GLIB
-gcc_noreturn
-void
-FatalError(const char *msg, GError *error);
-#endif
-
 /**
  * Call this after a system call has failed that is not supposed to
  * fail.  Prints the given message, the system error message (from