diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a90f3e8b39..a74bd96246 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ variables:
   #
   # This is done by running `ci-fairy generate-template` and possibly bumping
   # ".default_tag".
-  ALPINE_TAG:  'tag-da1ae96102c6'
-  CENTOS_TAG:  'tag-c8df7d2b249f'
-  DEBIAN_TAG:  'tag-e68f538711ec'
-  FEDORA_TAG:  'tag-c8df7d2b249f'
-  UBUNTU_TAG:  'tag-e68f538711ec'
+  ALPINE_TAG:  'tag-e577866dbb86'
+  CENTOS_TAG:  'tag-1c40a0cf2c4c'
+  DEBIAN_TAG:  'tag-0a55ae70d83b'
+  FEDORA_TAG:  'tag-1c40a0cf2c4c'
+  UBUNTU_TAG:  'tag-0a55ae70d83b'
 
   ALPINE_EXEC: 'bash .gitlab-ci/alpine-install.sh'
   CENTOS_EXEC: 'bash .gitlab-ci/fedora-install.sh'
diff --git a/contrib/alpine/REQUIRED_PACKAGES b/contrib/alpine/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
index 6f0e86fddd..fa9332ba36 100755
--- a/contrib/alpine/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
+++ b/contrib/alpine/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ apk add \
     'libpsl-dev' \
     'libsoup-dev' \
     'libteam-dev' \
-    'libtool' \
     'linux-headers' \
     'meson' \
     'mobile-broadband-provider-info' \
diff --git a/contrib/debian/REQUIRED_PACKAGES b/contrib/debian/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
index d91e54d274..68f62570cc 100755
--- a/contrib/debian/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
+++ b/contrib/debian/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ install \
     libreadline-dev \
     libsystemd-dev \
     libteam-dev \
-    libtool \
     libudev-dev \
     locales \
     meson \
diff --git a/contrib/fedora/REQUIRED_PACKAGES b/contrib/fedora/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
index 38a2cbbf43..6f70537d40 100755
--- a/contrib/fedora/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
+++ b/contrib/fedora/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ install \
     libndp-devel \
     libnvme-devel \
     libselinux-devel \
-    libtool \
     libuuid-devel \
     meson \
     mobile-broadband-provider-info-devel \
diff --git a/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec b/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
index a5b521525d..a4f28f3668 100644
--- a/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
+++ b/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ Conflicts: NetworkManager-dispatcher-routing-rules <= 1:1.47.5-3
 %endif
 
 BuildRequires: gcc
-BuildRequires: libtool
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: meson
 BuildRequires: gettext-devel >= 0.19.8
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 89834dd750..0e3852a926 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -915,7 +915,6 @@ endif
 test_args = [
   '--called-from-make',
   build_root,
-  '',
   enable_valgrind ? valgrind_path : '',
   enable_valgrind ? valgrind_suppressions_path : '',
   '--launch-dbus=auto',
diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index 4c7de6cd37..8d519c00f0 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         char *path, *slash;
         int   g;
 
-        /* exe is <basedir>/src/.libs/lt-NetworkManager, so chop off
+        /* exe is <builddir>/src/core/NetworkManager, so chop off
          * the last three components */
         path = realpath("/proc/self/exe", NULL);
         g_assert(path != NULL);
diff --git a/src/tests/client/meson.build b/src/tests/client/meson.build
index 5686a1c174..570a4a2647 100644
--- a/src/tests/client/meson.build
+++ b/src/tests/client/meson.build
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ test(
     '--',
     'TestNmcli',
   ],
-  env: [
-    'LIBTOOL=',
-  ],
   timeout: 120,
 )
 
@@ -27,9 +24,6 @@ if enable_nm_cloud_setup
       '--',
       'TestNmCloudSetup',
     ],
-    env: [
-      'LIBTOOL=',
-    ],
     timeout: 120,
   )
 endif
diff --git a/src/tests/client/test-client.py b/src/tests/client/test-client.py
index cc76d37b5e..9598aa0751 100755
--- a/src/tests/client/test-client.py
+++ b/src/tests/client/test-client.py
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ ENV_NM_TEST_UBSAN_OPTIONS = "NM_TEST_UBSAN_OPTIONS"
 # Valgrind is always disabled, if NM_TEST_REGENERATE is enabled.
 ENV_NM_TEST_VALGRIND = "NM_TEST_VALGRIND"
 
-ENV_LIBTOOL = "LIBTOOL"
-
 ###############################################################################
 
 import collections
@@ -678,9 +676,6 @@ class Util:
                 "--log-file=" + valgrind_log[1],
                 cmd,
             ]
-            libtool = conf.get(ENV_LIBTOOL)
-            if libtool:
-                argv = list(libtool) + ["--mode=execute"] + argv
         else:
             argv = [cmd]
 
@@ -784,21 +779,6 @@ class Configuration:
                     v = "print_stacktrace=1:halt_on_error=1"
                 else:
                     assert False
-        elif name == ENV_LIBTOOL:
-            v = os.environ.get(name, None)
-            if v is None:
-                v = os.path.abspath(
-                    os.path.dirname(self.get("ENV_NM_TEST_CLIENT_NMCLI_UNCHECKED_PATH"))
-                    + "/../../libtool"
-                )
-                if not os.path.isfile(v):
-                    v = None
-                else:
-                    v = [v]
-            elif not v:
-                v = None
-            else:
-                v = shlex.split(v)
         else:
             raise Exception()
         self._values[name] = v
diff --git a/src/tests/client/test-client.sh b/src/tests/client/test-client.sh
index dd08e4d889..ac07dd20a7 100755
--- a/src/tests/client/test-client.sh
+++ b/src/tests/client/test-client.sh
@@ -72,12 +72,10 @@ fi
 test -d "$BUILDDIR" || die "BUILDDIR \"$BUILDDIR\" does not exist?"
 test -d "$SRCDIR" || die "SRCDIR \"$SRCDIR\" does not exist?"
 
-if test -f "$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl/.libs/libnm.so" ; then
-    LIBDIR="$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl/.libs"
-elif test -f "$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl/libnm.so" ; then
+if test -f "$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl/libnm.so" ; then
     LIBDIR="$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl"
 else
-    die "libnm.so does not exist under expected paths in \"$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl/{.,.libs}/\""
+    die "libnm.so does not exist under expected paths in \"$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl/\""
 fi
 
 mkdir -p "$BUILDDIR/src/tests/client/" || die "failure to create build output directory \"$BUILDDIR/src/tests/client/\""
@@ -88,12 +86,6 @@ export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl${GI_TYPELIB_PATH:+:$GI_T
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LIBDIR${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 export NM_TEST_CLIENT_BUILDDIR="$BUILDDIR"
 
-# Run nmcli at least once. With libtool, nmcli is a shell script and with LTO
-# this seems to perform some slow setup during the first run. If we do that
-# during the test, it will timeout and fail.
-"$NM_TEST_CLIENT_NMCLI_PATH" --version &>/dev/null || :
-"$NM_TEST_CLIENT_CLOUD_SETUP_PATH" --invalid &>/dev/null || :
-
 # we first collect all the output in "test-client.log" and print it at once
 # afterwards. The only reason is that when you run with `make -j` that the
 # test output is grouped together.
diff --git a/tools/create-exports-NetworkManager.sh b/tools/create-exports-NetworkManager.sh
index 08b422a896..e6fc01b9fa 100755
--- a/tools/create-exports-NetworkManager.sh
+++ b/tools/create-exports-NetworkManager.sh
@@ -18,14 +18,8 @@ _sort() {
 }
 
 call_nm() {
-    if [ -n "$from_meson" ]; then
-        "${NM:-nm}" -D "$1" |
-            sed -n 's/.* \([^ ]\) \([^ ]*\)$/\1 \2/p'
-    else
-        libtool=(${LIBTOOL:-libtool})
-        ${libtool[@]} --mode=execute "${NM:-nm}" "$1" |
-            sed -n 's/.* \([^ ]\) \([^ ]*\)$/\1 \2/p'
-    fi
+    "${NM:-nm}" -D "$1" |
+        sed -n 's/.* \([^ ]\) \([^ ]*\)$/\1 \2/p'
 }
 
 get_symbols_nm () {
@@ -42,9 +36,9 @@ EOF
 }
 
 get_symbols_missing() {
-    (for f in $(find ./src/core/settings/plugins/*/${libs} \
-                     ./src/core/devices/*/${libs} \
-                     ./src/core/ppp/${libs} -name '*.so' 2>/dev/null); do
+    (for f in $(find ./src/core/settings/plugins/*/ \
+                     ./src/core/devices/*/ \
+                     ./src/core/ppp/ -name '*.so' 2>/dev/null); do
         call_nm "$f" |
             sed -n 's/^\([U]\) \(\(nm_\|nmp_\|_nm\|NM\|_NM\|nmtst_\|c_siphash_\|c_list_\).*\)$/\2/p'
     done) |
@@ -61,14 +55,6 @@ do_update() {
     do_generate > ./src/core/NetworkManager.ver
 }
 
-if [ -f "build.ninja" ]; then
-    from_meson=1
-    libs=
-else
-    from_meson=
-    libs=.libs/
-fi
-
 SYMBOLS_MISSING="$(get_symbols_missing | pretty)"
 SYMBOLS_EXPLICIT="$(get_symbols_explicit | pretty)"
 
@@ -86,7 +72,7 @@ local:
 EOF
 }
 
-test -f ./src/core/${libs}libNetworkManager.a || die "must be called from NetworkManager top build dir after building the tree"
+test -f ./src/core/libNetworkManager.a || die "must be called from NetworkManager top build dir after building the tree"
 
 case "$1" in
     --called-from-build)
diff --git a/tools/nm-in-container b/tools/nm-in-container
index 5fe122d7af..e4ee8b9431 100755
--- a/tools/nm-in-container
+++ b/tools/nm-in-container
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ RUN dnf install -y \\
     libnvme-devel \\
     libpsl-devel \\
     libselinux-devel \\
-    libtool \\
     libubsan \\
     libuuid-devel \\
     meson \\
diff --git a/tools/run-nm-test.sh b/tools/run-nm-test.sh
index 9f0a65319a..fe61f14ba0 100755
--- a/tools/run-nm-test.sh
+++ b/tools/run-nm-test.sh
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ usage() {
     echo "        depending on a hard-coded list of tests that require it. This flag overwrites"
     echo "        the automatism to always launch a D-Bus session"
     echo "  --no-launch-dbus|-D: prevent launching a D-Bus session"
-    echo "  --no-libtool: when running with valgrind, the script tries automatically to"
-    echo "        use libtool as necessary. This disables libtool usage"
     echo "  --valgrind|-v: run under valgrind"
     echo "  --no-valgrind|-V: disable running under valgrind (overrides NMTST_USE_VALGRIND=1)"
     echo "  -d: set NMTST_DEBUG=d"
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ usage() {
     echo ""
     echo "  The following environment variables are honored:"
     echo "    NMTST_USE_VALGRIND=0|1: enable/disable valgrind"
-    echo "    NMTST_LIBTOOL=: libtool path (or disable)"
     echo "    NMTST_LAUNCH_DBUS=0|1: whether to lounch a D-Bus session"
     echo "    NMTST_SET_DEBUG=0|1: saet NMTST_DEBUG=d"
     echo ""
@@ -75,12 +72,6 @@ BUILDDIR=
 if [ "$CALLED_FROM_MAKE" == 1 ]; then
     BUILDDIR="$1"
     shift
-    if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-        NMTST_LIBTOOL=($1 --mode=execute);
-    else
-        NMTST_LIBTOOL=()
-    fi
-    shift
     NMTST_VALGRIND_ARG="$1"; shift
     if [[ "$NMTST_VALGRIND_ARG" == no ]]; then
         NMTST_VALGRIND_ARG=
@@ -130,14 +121,6 @@ else
         # by default, disable valgrind checks.
         NMTST_USE_VALGRIND=0
     fi
-
-    if [ -n "$NMTST_LIBTOOL" ] ; then
-        NMTST_LIBTOOL=("$NMTST_LIBTOOL" "--mode=execute")
-    elif [ -z "${NMTST_LIBTOOL+x}" -a -f "$SCRIPT_PATH/../libtool" ]; then
-        NMTST_LIBTOOL=(sh "$SCRIPT_PATH/../libtool" "--mode=execute")
-    else
-        NMTST_LIBTOOL=()
-    fi
     TEST_ARGV=()
     unset TEST
     while test $# -gt 0; do
@@ -154,10 +137,6 @@ else
             NMTST_LAUNCH_DBUS=0
             shift
             ;;
-        "--no-libtool")
-            NMTST_LIBTOOL=()
-            shift
-            ;;
         "--valgrind"|-v)
             NMTST_USE_VALGRIND=1
             shift;
@@ -209,7 +188,6 @@ else
                 BUILDDIR="$(dirname "$BUILDDIR")"
                 [[ "$BUILDDIR" == / ]] && BUILDDIR=
                 [[ -z "$BUILDDIR" ]] && break
-                [[ -e "$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl/.libs/libnm.so" ]] && break
                 [[ -e "$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl/libnm.so" ]] && break
             done
         fi
@@ -257,11 +235,7 @@ fi
 if [[ -n "$BUILDDIR" ]]; then
     if [[ -d "$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl" ]]; then
         export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl/${GI_TYPELIB_PATH:+:$GI_TYPELIB_PATH}"
-        if [[ -d "$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl/.libs" ]]; then
-            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl/.libs${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
-        else
-            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
-        fi
+        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$BUILDDIR/src/libnm-client-impl${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -304,7 +278,6 @@ export G_SLICE=always-malloc
 export G_DEBUG=gc-friendly
 export NM_TEST_UNDER_VALGRIND=1
 "${NMTST_DBUS_RUN_SESSION[@]}" \
-"${NMTST_LIBTOOL[@]}" \
 "$NMTST_VALGRIND" \
     --quiet \
     --error-exitcode=$VALGRIND_ERROR \
diff --git a/tools/test-sudo-wrapper.sh b/tools/test-sudo-wrapper.sh
index b375368e53..a9019bc320 100755
--- a/tools/test-sudo-wrapper.sh
+++ b/tools/test-sudo-wrapper.sh
@@ -3,25 +3,13 @@
 CMD="$1"
 shift;
 
-# convert the libtool internal path
-resolve_cmd() {
-    local C="$1"
-
-    local C2="$(echo "$C" | sed 's#^\(.*/\)\.libs/lt-\([^/]\+\)$#\1\2#')"
-    if [[ "$C2" != "$C" && ! -x "$C2" ]]; then
-        # such a file does not exist... back to $C
-        C2="$C"
-    fi
-    echo "$C2"
-}
-
 if [[ $UID == 0 ]]; then
     # we are already root. Execute directly.
-    exec "$(resolve_cmd "$CMD")" "$@"
+    exec "$CMD" "$@"
 elif [[ "$NMTST_SUDO_NO_CALL_SELF" != "" ]]; then
     # when setting $NMTST_SUDO_NO_CALL_SELF, pass the (resolved) command
     # directly to sudo.
-    exec sudo "$(resolve_cmd "$CMD")" "$@"
+    exec sudo "$CMD" "$@"
 else
     # by default, call self again with sudo.
     exec sudo -E "$0" "$CMD" "$@"
diff --git a/valgrind.suppressions b/valgrind.suppressions
index 5725ee22f1..9ed3c413b0 100644
--- a/valgrind.suppressions
+++ b/valgrind.suppressions
@@ -107,23 +107,6 @@
    fun:_dl_init
    obj:/*/ld-*.so
 }
-{
-   # added on Fedora 22
-   # This happens when setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH and the linker is searching the libraries to load.
-   # for example:
-   # LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./././././././././././././././././libnm/.libs:./libnm-util/.libs:./libnm-glib/.libs
-   _dl_expand_dynamic_string_token
-   Memcheck:Cond
-   fun:index
-   fun:expand_dynamic_string_token
-   ...
-   fun:dl_main
-   fun:_dl_sysdep_start
-   fun:_dl_start_final
-   fun:_dl_start
-   obj:/*/ld-*.so
-   ...
-}
 {
     all_gobject_init_ctor
     Memcheck:Leak