diff --git a/m4macros/glib-2.0.m4 b/m4macros/glib-2.0.m4
index d36a0cea4..5c73f3bcb 100644
--- a/m4macros/glib-2.0.m4
+++ b/m4macros/glib-2.0.m4
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ dnl Now check if the installed GLib is sufficiently new. (Also sanity
 dnl checks the results of pkg-config to some extent)
 dnl
       rm -f conf.glibtest
-      AC_TRY_RUN([
+      AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ main (void)
     }
   return 1;
 }
-],, no_glib=yes,[echo $ac_n "cross compiling; assumed OK... $ac_c"])
+]])],[],[no_glib=yes],[echo $ac_n "cross compiling; assumed OK... $ac_c"])
        CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
        LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
      fi
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ main (void)
           ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
           CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $GLIB_CFLAGS"
           LIBS="$LIBS $GLIB_LIBS"
-          AC_TRY_LINK([
+          AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-],      [ return ((glib_major_version) || (glib_minor_version) || (glib_micro_version)); ],
+]],      [[ return ((glib_major_version) || (glib_minor_version) || (glib_micro_version)); ]])],
         [ echo "*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means"
           echo "*** that the run-time linker is not finding GLib or finding the wrong"
           echo "*** version of GLib. If it is not finding GLib, you'll need to set your"