diff --git a/build-glib2.sh b/build-glib2.sh
index 71d0dd7f0..c1aebb3d6 100755
--- a/build-glib2.sh
+++ b/build-glib2.sh
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 : ${MC_TOPDIR=`pwd`}
 : ${WORK_TOPDIR=$MC_TOPDIR/build_glib2}
 : ${TMP_INSTDIR=$WORK_TOPDIR/tmp-inst}
-: ${GLIB_VERSION=2.21.0}
+: ${GLIB_VERSION=2.30.0}
 : ${PKGC_VERSION=0.23}
 : ${GETTEXT_VERSION=0.17}
 
 GLIB_DIR="glib-$GLIB_VERSION"
 GLIB_TARBALL="glib-$GLIB_VERSION.tar.gz"
-GLIB_URL="ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/glib/2.21/$GLIB_TARBALL"
+GLIB_URL="ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.30/$GLIB_TARBALL"
 
 PKGC_DIR="pkg-config-$PKGC_VERSION"
 PKGC_TARBALL="pkg-config-$PKGC_VERSION.tar.gz"
diff --git a/doc/HACKING b/doc/HACKING
index 39030cc77..0e26aa9fd 100644
--- a/doc/HACKING
+++ b/doc/HACKING
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ required:
 Autoconf 2.52 and above (latest is recommended)
 Automake 1.5 and above (latest is recommended)
 Gettext 0.11.5 and above
-Glib 2.26 and above
+Glib 2.30 and above
 
 Full list of requirements you can see at:
 http://www.midnight-commander.org/wiki/doc/buildAndInstall/req
diff --git a/doc/INSTALL b/doc/INSTALL
index f66c504c3..87ba54e1a 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL
+++ b/doc/INSTALL
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Build requirements for GNU Midnight Commander
 - autoconf
 - automake
 - libtool
-- glib2 >= 2.26
+- glib2 >= 2.30
 - slang2 or ncurses
 - gettext >= 0.18.1
 - libssh2 >= 1.2.5 is required only for sftp vfs (1.2.7 if you need ssh-agent support)
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ get glib from
 
 ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/
 
-Minimal version of glib: 2.26.x
-Recommended version: 2.26.x and higher.
+Minimal version of glib: 2.30.0
+Recommended version: 2.30.x and higher.
 
 Newer versions may work, but haven't been tested.
 
diff --git a/lib/glibcompat.c b/lib/glibcompat.c
index e747690b1..0431de9cf 100644
--- a/lib/glibcompat.c
+++ b/lib/glibcompat.c
@@ -50,47 +50,6 @@
 /*** public functions ****************************************************************************/
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-#if ! GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 28, 0)
-/**
- * g_slist_free_full:
- * @list: a pointer to a #GSList
- * @free_func: the function to be called to free each element's data
- *
- * Convenience method, which frees all the memory used by a #GSList, and
- * calls the specified destroy function on every element's data.
- *
- * Since: 2.28
- **/
-void
-g_slist_free_full (GSList * list, GDestroyNotify free_func)
-{
-    g_slist_foreach (list, (GFunc) free_func, NULL);
-    g_slist_free (list);
-}
-
-/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-/**
- * g_list_free_full:
- * @list: a pointer to a #GList
- * @free_func: the function to be called to free each element's data
- *
- * Convenience method, which frees all the memory used by a #GList, and
- * calls the specified destroy function on every element's data.
- *
- * Since: 2.28
- */
-void
-g_list_free_full (GList * list, GDestroyNotify free_func)
-{
-    g_list_foreach (list, (GFunc) free_func, NULL);
-    g_list_free (list);
-}
-
-/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-#endif /* ! GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 28, 0) */
-
 #if ! GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 63, 3)
 /**
  * g_clear_slist: (skip)
diff --git a/lib/glibcompat.h b/lib/glibcompat.h
index c48ebbe71..5456da1a0 100644
--- a/lib/glibcompat.h
+++ b/lib/glibcompat.h
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@
 
 /*** declarations of public functions ************************************************************/
 
-#if ! GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 28, 0)
-void g_slist_free_full (GSList * list, GDestroyNotify free_func);
-void g_list_free_full (GList * list, GDestroyNotify free_func);
-#endif /* ! GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 28, 0) */
-
 #if ! GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 63, 3)
 void g_clear_slist (GSList ** slist_ptr, GDestroyNotify destroy);
 void g_clear_list (GList ** list_ptr, GDestroyNotify destroy);
diff --git a/m4.include/mc-glib.m4 b/m4.include/mc-glib.m4
index db8487f0f..ba4901f79 100644
--- a/m4.include/mc-glib.m4
+++ b/m4.include/mc-glib.m4
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ AC_DEFUN([mc_G_MODULE_SUPPORTED], [
     g_module_supported=""
 
     found_gmodule=no
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GMODULE, [gmodule-no-export-2.0 >= 2.26], [found_gmodule=yes], [:])
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GMODULE, [gmodule-no-export-2.0 >= 2.30], [found_gmodule=yes], [:])
     if test x"$found_gmodule" = xyes; then
         g_module_supported="gmodule-no-export-2.0"
     else
         dnl try fallback to the generic gmodule
-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GMODULE, [gmodule-2.0 >= 2.26], [found_gmodule=yes], [:])
+        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GMODULE, [gmodule-2.0 >= 2.30], [found_gmodule=yes], [:])
         if test x"$found_gmodule" = xyes; then
             g_module_supported="gmodule-2.0"
         fi
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([mc_CHECK_GLIB], [
         AS_HELP_STRING([--with-glib-static], [Link glib statically @<:@no@:>@]))
 
     glib_found=no
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, [glib-2.0 >= 2.26], [glib_found=yes], [:])
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, [glib-2.0 >= 2.30], [glib_found=yes], [:])
     if test x"$glib_found" = xno; then
-        AC_MSG_ERROR([glib-2.0 not found or version too old (must be >= 2.26)])
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([glib-2.0 not found or version too old (must be >= 2.30)])
     fi
 
 ])