diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5c694ef84c..977efe67a6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(UUID, uuid)
 
 # Teamd control checks
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(JANSSON, [jansson], [have_jansson=yes], [have_jansson=no])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(JANSSON, [jansson >= 2.5], [have_jansson=yes], [have_jansson=no])
 if test "$have_jansson" = "yes"; then
 	AC_DEFINE(WITH_JANSSON, 1, [Define if JANSSON is enabled])
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ab0fcbab25..9b2c1cc232 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ libndp_dep = dependency('libndp')
 # libnl support for the linux platform
 libnl_dep = dependency('libnl-3.0', version: '>= 3.2.8', required: false)
 
-jansson_dep = dependency('jansson', required: false)
+jansson_dep = dependency('jansson', version: '>= 2.5', required: false)
 config_h.set10('WITH_JANSSON', jansson_dep.found())
 
 if jansson_dep.found()
diff --git a/shared/nm-utils/nm-jansson.h b/shared/nm-utils/nm-jansson.h
index ac95a2916b..b00c75c6fe 100644
--- a/shared/nm-utils/nm-jansson.h
+++ b/shared/nm-utils/nm-jansson.h
@@ -26,27 +26,6 @@
 
 #include <jansson.h>
 
-/* Added in Jansson v2.3 (released Jan 27 2012) */
-#ifndef json_object_foreach
-#define json_object_foreach(object, key, value) \
-    for(key = json_object_iter_key(json_object_iter(object)); \
-        key && (value = json_object_iter_value(json_object_iter_at (object, key) )); \
-        key = json_object_iter_key(json_object_iter_next(object, json_object_iter_at (object, key))))
-#endif
-
-/* Added in Jansson v2.4 (released Sep 23 2012), but travis.ci has v2.2. */
-#ifndef json_boolean
-#define json_boolean(val) ((val) ? json_true() : json_false())
-#endif
-
-/* Added in Jansson v2.5 (released Sep 19 2013), but travis.ci has v2.2. */
-#ifndef json_array_foreach
-#define json_array_foreach(array, index, value) \
-    for(index = 0; \
-        index < json_array_size(array) && (value = json_array_get(array, index)); \
-        index++)
-#endif
-
 /* Added in Jansson v2.7 */
 #ifndef json_boolean_value
 #define json_boolean_value json_is_true
@@ -54,14 +33,6 @@
 
 /* Added in Jansson v2.8 */
 #ifndef json_object_foreach_safe
-#if JANSSON_VERSION_HEX < 0x020300
-#define json_object_foreach_safe(object, n, key, value)     \
-    for (key = json_object_iter_key (json_object_iter (object)), \
-         n = json_object_iter_next (object, json_object_iter_at (object, key)); \
-         key && (value = json_object_iter_value (json_object_iter_at (object, key))); \
-         key = json_object_iter_key (n), \
-         n = json_object_iter_next (object, json_object_iter_at (object, key)))
-#else
 #define json_object_foreach_safe(object, n, key, value)     \
     for(key = json_object_iter_key(json_object_iter(object)), \
             n = json_object_iter_next(object, json_object_key_to_iter(key)); \
@@ -69,7 +40,6 @@
         key = json_object_iter_key(n), \
             n = json_object_iter_next(object, json_object_key_to_iter(key)))
 #endif
-#endif
 
 #endif /* WITH_JANSON */