diff --git a/libvips/include/vips/util.h b/libvips/include/vips/util.h
index 027acb11..97fa0f3a 100644
--- a/libvips/include/vips/util.h
+++ b/libvips/include/vips/util.h
@@ -135,15 +135,6 @@ G_STMT_START { \
 	} \
 } G_STMT_END
 
-/* The g_info() macro was added in 2.40.
- */
-#ifndef g_info
-/* Hopefully we have varargs macros. Maybe revisit this. 
- */
-#define g_info(...) \
-	 g_log( G_LOG_DOMAIN, G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO, __VA_ARGS__ )
-#endif
-
 /* Various integer range clips. Record over/under flows.
  */
 #define VIPS_CLIP_UCHAR( V, SEQ ) \