diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index 94e18e6a9d..17293c3dd3 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -2218,7 +2218,7 @@ void *qemu_aio_get(const AIOCBInfo *aiocb_info, BlockDriverState *bs,
 {
     BlockAIOCB *acb;
 
-    acb = g_slice_alloc(aiocb_info->aiocb_size);
+    acb = g_malloc(aiocb_info->aiocb_size);
     acb->aiocb_info = aiocb_info;
     acb->bs = bs;
     acb->cb = cb;
@@ -2238,7 +2238,7 @@ void qemu_aio_unref(void *p)
     BlockAIOCB *acb = p;
     assert(acb->refcnt > 0);
     if (--acb->refcnt == 0) {
-        g_slice_free1(acb->aiocb_info->aiocb_size, acb);
+        g_free(acb);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 87928aba84..1ca4aa0da0 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void mirror_iteration_done(MirrorOp *op, int ret)
     }
 
     qemu_iovec_destroy(&op->qiov);
-    g_slice_free(MirrorOp, op);
+    g_free(op);
 
     if (s->waiting_for_io) {
         qemu_coroutine_enter(s->common.co, NULL);
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static uint64_t coroutine_fn mirror_iteration(MirrorBlockJob *s)
     } while (delay_ns == 0 && next_sector < end);
 
     /* Allocate a MirrorOp that is used as an AIO callback.  */
-    op = g_slice_new(MirrorOp);
+    op = g_new(MirrorOp, 1);
     op->s = s;
     op->sector_num = sector_num;
     op->nb_sectors = nb_sectors;
diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
index 86f8562b5f..cc1b8743ac 100644
--- a/block/raw-posix.c
+++ b/block/raw-posix.c
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ static int aio_worker(void *arg)
         break;
     }
 
-    g_slice_free(RawPosixAIOData, aiocb);
+    g_free(aiocb);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ static int paio_submit_co(BlockDriverState *bs, int fd,
         int64_t sector_num, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int nb_sectors,
         int type)
 {
-    RawPosixAIOData *acb = g_slice_new(RawPosixAIOData);
+    RawPosixAIOData *acb = g_new(RawPosixAIOData, 1);
     ThreadPool *pool;
 
     acb->bs = bs;
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ static BlockAIOCB *paio_submit(BlockDriverState *bs, int fd,
         int64_t sector_num, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int nb_sectors,
         BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque, int type)
 {
-    RawPosixAIOData *acb = g_slice_new(RawPosixAIOData);
+    RawPosixAIOData *acb = g_new(RawPosixAIOData, 1);
     ThreadPool *pool;
 
     acb->bs = bs;
@@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ static BlockAIOCB *hdev_aio_ioctl(BlockDriverState *bs,
     if (fd_open(bs) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
-    acb = g_slice_new(RawPosixAIOData);
+    acb = g_new(RawPosixAIOData, 1);
     acb->bs = bs;
     acb->aio_type = QEMU_AIO_IOCTL;
     acb->aio_fildes = s->fd;
diff --git a/block/raw-win32.c b/block/raw-win32.c
index b562c94dad..2d0907a822 100644
--- a/block/raw-win32.c
+++ b/block/raw-win32.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static int aio_worker(void *arg)
         break;
     }
 
-    g_slice_free(RawWin32AIOData, aiocb);
+    g_free(aiocb);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static BlockAIOCB *paio_submit(BlockDriverState *bs, HANDLE hfile,
         int64_t sector_num, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int nb_sectors,
         BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque, int type)
 {
-    RawWin32AIOData *acb = g_slice_new(RawWin32AIOData);
+    RawWin32AIOData *acb = g_new(RawWin32AIOData, 1);
     ThreadPool *pool;
 
     acb->bs = bs;
diff --git a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
index 76d27f9376..8beb26b4db 100644
--- a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 VirtIOBlockReq *virtio_blk_alloc_request(VirtIOBlock *s)
 {
-    VirtIOBlockReq *req = g_slice_new(VirtIOBlockReq);
+    VirtIOBlockReq *req = g_new(VirtIOBlockReq, 1);
     req->dev = s;
     req->qiov.size = 0;
     req->in_len = 0;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ VirtIOBlockReq *virtio_blk_alloc_request(VirtIOBlock *s)
 void virtio_blk_free_request(VirtIOBlockReq *req)
 {
     if (req) {
-        g_slice_free(VirtIOBlockReq, req);
+        g_free(req);
     }
 }