diff --git a/src/nm-iface-helper.c b/src/nm-iface-helper.c
index ca7e654ce6..d416a517bd 100644
--- a/src/nm-iface-helper.c
+++ b/src/nm-iface-helper.c
@@ -307,10 +307,6 @@ do_early_setup (int *argc, char **argv[])
 		{NULL}
 	};
 
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 35, 0)
-	g_type_init ();
-#endif
-
 	if (!nm_main_utils_early_setup ("nm-iface-helper",
 	                                argc,
 	                                argv,