diff --git a/gobject/gclosure.c b/gobject/gclosure.c
index 1d1f2f48a..6d41e6d8a 100644
--- a/gobject/gclosure.c
+++ b/gobject/gclosure.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 
 typedef union {
   GClosure closure;
-  volatile gint vint;
+  gint vint;
 } ClosureInt;
 
 #define CHANGE_FIELD(_closure, _field, _OP, _value, _must_set, _SET_OLD, _SET_NEW)      \
diff --git a/gobject/gclosure.h b/gobject/gclosure.h
index a0f91f538..884e403a8 100644
--- a/gobject/gclosure.h
+++ b/gobject/gclosure.h
@@ -175,20 +175,20 @@ struct _GClosureNotifyData
 struct _GClosure
 {
   /*< private >*/
-  volatile      	guint	 ref_count : 15;
+  guint ref_count : 15;  /* (atomic) */
   /* meta_marshal is not used anymore but must be zero for historical reasons
      as it was exposed in the G_CLOSURE_N_NOTIFIERS macro */
-  volatile       	guint	 meta_marshal_nouse : 1;
-  volatile       	guint	 n_guards : 1;
-  volatile       	guint	 n_fnotifiers : 2;	/* finalization notifiers */
-  volatile       	guint	 n_inotifiers : 8;	/* invalidation notifiers */
-  volatile       	guint	 in_inotify : 1;
-  volatile       	guint	 floating : 1;
+  guint meta_marshal_nouse : 1;  /* (atomic) */
+  guint n_guards : 1;  /* (atomic) */
+  guint n_fnotifiers : 2;  /* finalization notifiers (atomic) */
+  guint n_inotifiers : 8;  /* invalidation notifiers (atomic) */
+  guint in_inotify : 1;  /* (atomic) */
+  guint floating : 1;  /* (atomic) */
   /*< protected >*/
-  volatile         	guint	 derivative_flag : 1;
+  guint derivative_flag : 1;  /* (atomic) */
   /*< public >*/
-  volatile       	guint	 in_marshal : 1;
-  volatile       	guint	 is_invalid : 1;
+  guint in_marshal : 1;  /* (atomic) */
+  guint is_invalid : 1;  /* (atomic) */
 
   /*< private >*/	void   (*marshal)  (GClosure       *closure,
 					    GValue /*out*/ *return_value,
diff --git a/gobject/gobject.c b/gobject/gobject.c
index 6e9c44a1e..a3a32be9f 100644
--- a/gobject/gobject.c
+++ b/gobject/gobject.c
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ typedef struct
   GTypeInstance  g_type_instance;
 
   /*< private >*/
-  volatile guint ref_count;
+  guint          ref_count;  /* (atomic) */
 #ifdef HAVE_OPTIONAL_FLAGS
-  volatile guint optional_flags;
+  guint          optional_flags;  /* (atomic) */
 #endif
   GData         *qdata;
 } GObjectReal;
diff --git a/gobject/gtype.c b/gobject/gtype.c
index 51dad7690..be5989a3e 100644
--- a/gobject/gtype.c
+++ b/gobject/gtype.c
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ typedef enum
 /* --- structures --- */
 struct _TypeNode
 {
-  guint volatile ref_count;
+  guint        ref_count;  /* (atomic) */
 #ifdef G_ENABLE_DEBUG
-  guint volatile instance_count;
+  guint        instance_count;  /* (atomic) */
 #endif
   GTypePlugin *plugin;
   guint        n_children; /* writable with lock */
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ struct _TypeNode
   guint        is_instantiatable : 1;
   guint        mutatable_check_cache : 1;	/* combines some common path checks */
   GType       *children; /* writable with lock */
-  TypeData * volatile data;
+  TypeData    *data;
   GQuark       qname;
   GData       *global_gdata;
   union {
@@ -569,8 +569,8 @@ type_node_new_W (TypeNode    *pnode,
 }
 
 static inline IFaceEntry*
-lookup_iface_entry_I (volatile IFaceEntries *entries,
-		      TypeNode *iface_node)
+lookup_iface_entry_I (IFaceEntries *entries,
+                      TypeNode     *iface_node)
 {
   guint8 *offsets;
   guint offset_index;