diff --git a/generate_delta_main.cc b/generate_delta_main.cc
index 1f49c42..d7de1ab 100644
--- a/generate_delta_main.cc
+++ b/generate_delta_main.cc
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@
 }
 
 int Main(int argc, char** argv) {
-  g_thread_init(NULL);
   google::ParseCommandLineFlags(&argc, &argv, true);
   CommandLine::Init(argc, argv);
   Terminator::Init();
diff --git a/main.cc b/main.cc
index b045793..345d6e1 100644
--- a/main.cc
+++ b/main.cc
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   ::g_type_init();
-  g_thread_init(NULL);
-  dbus_g_thread_init();
+  dbus_threads_init_default();
   base::AtExitManager exit_manager;  // Required for base/rand_util.h.
   chromeos_update_engine::Terminator::Init();
   chromeos_update_engine::Subprocess::Init();
diff --git a/testrunner.cc b/testrunner.cc
index aa75495..139de75 100644
--- a/testrunner.cc
+++ b/testrunner.cc
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   LOG(INFO) << "started";
   ::g_type_init();
-  g_thread_init(NULL);
-  dbus_g_thread_init();
+  dbus_threads_init_default();
   base::AtExitManager exit_manager;
   // TODO(garnold) temporarily cause the unittest binary to exit with status
   // code 2 upon catching a SIGTERM. This will help diagnose why the unittest
diff --git a/update_engine_client.cc b/update_engine_client.cc
index b4a4bda..87b1615 100644
--- a/update_engine_client.cc
+++ b/update_engine_client.cc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include <dbus/dbus.h>
 #include <gflags/gflags.h>
 #include <glib.h>
 
@@ -287,8 +288,7 @@
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   // Boilerplate init commands.
   g_type_init();
-  g_thread_init(NULL);
-  dbus_g_thread_init();
+  dbus_threads_init_default();
   chromeos_update_engine::Subprocess::Init();
   google::ParseCommandLineFlags(&argc, &argv, true);