--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/common-src/glib-util.c b/common-src/glib-util.c
+index 6a42e8e..99f55f7 100644
+--- a/common-src/glib-util.c
++++ b/common-src/glib-util.c
+@@ -38,12 +38,8 @@ glib_init(void) {
+ if (did_glib_init) return;
+ did_glib_init = TRUE;
+
+- /* set up libcurl (this must happen before threading
+- * is initialized) */
++ /* set up libcurl */
+ #ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL
+-# ifdef G_THREADS_ENABLED
+- g_assert(!g_thread_supported()); /* assert threads aren't initialized yet */
+-# endif
+ g_assert(curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL) == 0);
+ #endif
+
+@@ -64,12 +60,6 @@ glib_init(void) {
+ /* Initialize glib's type system. On glib >= 2.24, this will initialize
+ * threads, so it must be done after curl is initialized. */
+ g_type_init();
+-
+- /* And set up glib's threads */
+-#if defined(G_THREADS_ENABLED) && !defined(G_THREADS_IMPL_NONE)
+- if (!g_thread_supported())
+- g_thread_init(NULL);
+-#endif
+ }
+
+ typedef enum {