diff --git a/docs/reference/gio/meson.build b/docs/reference/gio/meson.build
index bb14e6923..529185b12 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gio/meson.build
+++ b/docs/reference/gio/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ if get_option('gtk_doc')
 
   ignore_headers = [
     'fam',
-    'fen',
     'gdbus-2.0',
     'gvdb',
     'inotify',
diff --git a/docs/reference/gio/overview.xml b/docs/reference/gio/overview.xml
index f30b14215..3214215ed 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gio/overview.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/gio/overview.xml
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ Gvfs is also heavily distributed and relies on a session bus to be present.
         The #GFileMonitor implementation for local files that is included
         in GIO on Linux has the name <literal>inotify</literal>, others that are built
         are built as modules (depending on the platform) are called
-        <literal>fam</literal> and <literal>fen</literal>.
+        <literal>fam</literal>, <literal>kqueue</literal> and <literal>win32filemonitor</literal>.
       </para><para>
         The special value <literal>help</literal> can be used to print a list of
         available implementations to standard output.
diff --git a/gio/giomodule.c b/gio/giomodule.c
index 2a043ccd9..a771ec2f2 100644
--- a/gio/giomodule.c
+++ b/gio/giomodule.c
@@ -1065,7 +1065,6 @@ _g_io_module_get_default (const gchar         *extension_point,
 G_LOCK_DEFINE_STATIC (registered_extensions);
 G_LOCK_DEFINE_STATIC (loaded_dirs);
 
-extern GType g_fen_file_monitor_get_type (void);
 extern GType g_inotify_file_monitor_get_type (void);
 extern GType g_kqueue_file_monitor_get_type (void);
 extern GType g_win32_file_monitor_get_type (void);
@@ -1329,9 +1328,6 @@ _g_io_modules_ensure_loaded (void)
 #if defined(HAVE_KQUEUE)
       g_type_ensure (g_kqueue_file_monitor_get_type ());
 #endif
-#if defined(HAVE_FEN)
-      g_type_ensure (g_fen_file_monitor_get_type ());
-#endif
 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
       g_type_ensure (_g_win32_volume_monitor_get_type ());
       g_type_ensure (g_win32_file_monitor_get_type ());