diff --git a/glib/configure.ac b/glib/configure.ac
index 8e45480..4653090 100644
--- a/glib/configure.ac
+++ b/glib/configure.ac
@@ -2444,64 +2444,6 @@ AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
   [broken_poll="no (cross compiling)"])
 AC_MSG_RESULT($broken_poll)
 
-dnl *********************
-dnl *** GRegex checks ***
-dnl *********************
-
-PCRE_REQUIRED_VERSION=8.13
-
-# Check if we should use the internal or the system-supplied pcre
-AC_ARG_WITH(pcre,
-            [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-pcre=@<:@internal/system@:>@],
-                            [whether to use system PCRE [default=internal]])])
-
-AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_SYSTEM_PCRE, [test "x$with_pcre" = xsystem])
-
-AS_IF([ test "x$with_pcre" = xsystem], [
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PCRE,
-                    libpcre >= $PCRE_REQUIRED_VERSION)
-  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for Unicode support in PCRE],glib_cv_pcre_has_unicode,[
-                  glib_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-                  glib_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-                  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PCRE_CFLAGS" LIBS="$PCRE_LIBS"
-                  AC_TRY_RUN([#include <pcre.h>
-                              int main () {
-                                int support;
-                                pcre_config (PCRE_CONFIG_UTF8, &support);
-                                if (!support)
-                                  return 1;
-                                pcre_config (PCRE_CONFIG_UNICODE_PROPERTIES, &support);
-                                if (!support)
-                                  return 1;
-                                return 0;
-                              }],
-                  glib_cv_pcre_has_unicode=yes,
-                  glib_cv_pcre_has_unicode=no,
-                  glib_cv_pcre_has_unicode=yes)
-                  CFLAGS="$glib_save_CFLAGS"
-                  LIBS="$glib_save_LIBS"
-      ])
-  if test "$glib_cv_pcre_has_unicode" = "no"; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([*** The system-supplied PCRE does not support Unicode properties or UTF-8.])
-  fi
-  AC_SUBST(PCRE_CFLAGS)
-  AC_SUBST(PCRE_LIBS)
-  AC_DEFINE(USE_SYSTEM_PCRE, [], [using the system-supplied PCRE library])
-  PCRE_REQUIRES=libpcre
-  AC_SUBST(PCRE_REQUIRES)
-], [
-  # If using gcc 4 pass -Wno-pointer-sign when compiling the internal PCRE
-  AS_IF([ test x"$GCC" = xyes], [
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether compiler understands -Wno-pointer-sign])
-    save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-pointer-sign"
-    AC_TRY_COMPILE([],[],[PCRE_WARN_CFLAGS="$PCRE_WARN_CFLAGS -Wno-pointer-sign"
-                          AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],[AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])
-    CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
-  ])
-])
-AC_SUBST(PCRE_WARN_CFLAGS)
-
 dnl **********************
 dnl *** Win32 API libs ***
 dnl **********************
@@ -3473,8 +3415,6 @@ Makefile
 glib/Makefile
 glib/libcharset/Makefile
 glib/gnulib/Makefile
-glib/pcre/Makefile
-glib/update-pcre/Makefile
 m4macros/Makefile
 ])
 
diff --git a/glib/glib/Makefile.am b/glib/glib/Makefile.am
index c16051d..d46e39b 100644
--- a/glib/glib/Makefile.am
+++ b/glib/glib/Makefile.am
@@ -26,13 +26,8 @@ PRINTF_SUBDIR = gnulib
 printf_la = gnulib/libgnulib.la
 endif 
 
-if USE_SYSTEM_PCRE
-else
-MAYBE_PCRE = pcre 
-endif
-
-SUBDIRS = libcharset $(PRINTF_SUBDIR) $(MAYBE_PCRE) update-pcre .
-DIST_SUBDIRS = libcharset gnulib pcre update-pcre
+SUBDIRS = libcharset $(PRINTF_SUBDIR) .
+DIST_SUBDIRS = libcharset gnulib
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = 				\
 	$(glib_INCLUDES) 		\
@@ -50,15 +45,11 @@ MIRRORING_TAB_SOURCE = 				\
 	glib-mirroring-tab/packtab.h		\
 	glib-mirroring-tab/packtab.c
 
-# The compilation of GRegex can be disabled, but the source files must
-# be distributed.
 EXTRA_DIST += 			\
 	glib.rc.in		\
 	gen-iswide-table.py	\
 	gen-unicode-tables.pl	\
 	gen-script-table.pl	\
-	gregex.c		\
-	gregex.h		\
 	win_iconv.c		\
 	docs.c			\
 	gconstructor.h		\
@@ -148,7 +139,6 @@ libglib_2_0_la_SOURCES = 	\
 	gquark.c		\
 	gqueue.c		\
 	grand.c			\
-	gregex.c		\
 	gscanner.c		\
 	gscripttable.h		\
 	gsequence.c		\
@@ -277,7 +267,6 @@ noinst_HEADERS += \
 	gquark.h	\
 	gqueue.h	\
 	grand.h		\
-	gregex.h	\
 	gscanner.h	\
 	gsequence.h	\
 	gshell.h	\
@@ -323,14 +312,6 @@ glib_win32_res = glib-win32-res.o
 glib_win32_res_ldflag = -Wl,$(glib_win32_res)
 endif
 
-if USE_SYSTEM_PCRE
-pcre_lib = $(PCRE_LIBS)
-pcre_inc = $(PCRE_CFLAGS)
-else
-pcre_lib = pcre/libpcre.la
-pcre_inc =
-endif
-
 libglib_2_0_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(GLIB_HIDDEN_VISIBILITY_CFLAGS)
 libglib_2_0_la_LIBADD = libcharset/libcharset.la $(printf_la) @GIO@ @GSPAWN@ @PLATFORMDEP@ @ICONV_LIBS@ @G_LIBS_EXTRA@ $(pcre_lib) $(G_THREAD_LIBS_EXTRA) $(G_THREAD_LIBS_FOR_GTHREAD)
 libglib_2_0_la_DEPENDENCIES = libcharset/libcharset.la $(printf_la) @GIO@ @GSPAWN@ @PLATFORMDEP@ $(glib_win32_res) $(glib_def)
diff --git a/glib/glib/glib.h b/glib/glib/glib.h
index ce7447e..6f53fcd 100644
--- a/glib/glib/glib.h
+++ b/glib/glib/glib.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
 #include <glib/gquark.h>
 #include <glib/gqueue.h>
 #include <glib/grand.h>
-#include <glib/gregex.h>
 #include <glib/gscanner.h>
 #include <glib/gsequence.h>
 #include <glib/gshell.h>