diff --git a/metrics/metrics_daemon.cc b/metrics/metrics_daemon.cc
index ad6bf94..e2c4b13 100644
--- a/metrics/metrics_daemon.cc
+++ b/metrics/metrics_daemon.cc
@@ -298,9 +298,8 @@
   if (testing)
     return;
 
-  g_thread_init(NULL);
   g_type_init();
-  dbus_g_thread_init();
+  dbus_threads_init_default();
 
   DBusError error;
   dbus_error_init(&error);