diff --git a/gio/ginetaddress.c b/gio/ginetaddress.c
index 0a0a85a48..787c757da 100644
--- a/gio/ginetaddress.c
+++ b/gio/ginetaddress.c
@@ -376,98 +376,6 @@ g_inet_address_init (GInetAddress *address)
   address->priv = g_inet_address_get_instance_private (address);
 }
 
-/* These are provided so that we can use inet_pton() and inet_ntop() on Windows
- * if they are available (i.e. Vista and later), and use the existing code path
- * on Windows XP/Server 2003.  We can drop this portion when we drop support for
- * XP/Server 2003.
- */
-#if defined(G_OS_WIN32) && _WIN32_WINNT < 0x0600
-static gint
-inet_pton (gint family,
-           const gchar *addr_string,
-           gpointer addr)
-{
-  /* For Vista/Server 2008 and later, there is native inet_pton() in Winsock2 */
-  if (ws2funcs.pInetPton != NULL)
-    return ws2funcs.pInetPton (family, addr_string, addr);
-  else
-    {
-      /* Fallback codepath for XP/Server 2003 */
-      struct sockaddr_storage sa;
-      struct sockaddr_in *sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&sa;
-      struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)&sa;
-      gint len = sizeof (sa);
-
-      if (family != AF_INET && family != AF_INET6)
-        {
-          WSASetLastError (WSAEAFNOSUPPORT);
-          return -1;
-        }
-
-      /* WSAStringToAddress() will accept various not-an-IP-address
-       * strings like "127.0.0.1:80", "[1234::5678]:80", "127.1", etc.
-       */
-      if (!g_hostname_is_ip_address (addr_string))
-        return 0;
-
-      if (WSAStringToAddress ((LPTSTR) addr_string, family, NULL, (LPSOCKADDR) &sa, &len) != 0)
-        return 0;
-
-      if (family == AF_INET)
-        *(IN_ADDR *)addr = sin->sin_addr;
-      else
-        *(IN6_ADDR *)addr = sin6->sin6_addr;
-
-      return 1;
-    }
-}
-
-static const gchar *
-inet_ntop (gint family,
-           const gpointer addr,
-           gchar *addr_str,
-           socklen_t size)
-{
-  /* On Vista/Server 2008 and later, there is native inet_ntop() in Winsock2 */
-  if (ws2funcs.pInetNtop != NULL)
-    return ws2funcs.pInetNtop (family, addr, addr_str, size);
-  else
-    {
-      /* Fallback codepath for XP/Server 2003 */
-      DWORD buflen = size, addrlen;
-      struct sockaddr_storage sa;
-      struct sockaddr_in *sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&sa;
-      struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)&sa;
-
-      memset (&sa, 0, sizeof (sa));
-      sa.ss_family = family;
-      if (sa.ss_family == AF_INET)
-        {
-          struct in_addr *addrv4 = (struct in_addr *) addr;
-
-          addrlen = sizeof (*sin);
-          memcpy (&sin->sin_addr, addrv4, sizeof (sin->sin_addr));
-        }
-      else if (sa.ss_family == AF_INET6)
-        {
-          struct in6_addr *addrv6 = (struct in6_addr *) addr;
-
-          addrlen = sizeof (*sin6);
-          memcpy (&sin6->sin6_addr, addrv6, sizeof (sin6->sin6_addr));
-        }
-      else
-        {
-          WSASetLastError (WSAEAFNOSUPPORT);
-          return NULL;
-        }
-      if (WSAAddressToString ((LPSOCKADDR) &sa, addrlen, NULL, addr_str, &buflen) == 0)
-        return addr_str;
-      else
-        return NULL;
-    }
-}
-#endif
-
 /**
  * g_inet_address_new_from_string:
  * @string: a string representation of an IP address
diff --git a/glib/gmessages.c b/glib/gmessages.c
index eaca78387..b468ef3b7 100644
--- a/glib/gmessages.c
+++ b/glib/gmessages.c
@@ -211,47 +211,6 @@
 #define ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING 0x0004
 #endif
 
-/* XXX: Remove once XP support really dropped */
-#if _WIN32_WINNT < 0x0600
-
-typedef enum _FILE_INFO_BY_HANDLE_CLASS
-{
-  FileBasicInfo                   = 0,
-  FileStandardInfo                = 1,
-  FileNameInfo                    = 2,
-  FileRenameInfo                  = 3,
-  FileDispositionInfo             = 4,
-  FileAllocationInfo              = 5,
-  FileEndOfFileInfo               = 6,
-  FileStreamInfo                  = 7,
-  FileCompressionInfo             = 8,
-  FileAttributeTagInfo            = 9,
-  FileIdBothDirectoryInfo         = 10,
-  FileIdBothDirectoryRestartInfo  = 11,
-  FileIoPriorityHintInfo          = 12,
-  FileRemoteProtocolInfo          = 13,
-  FileFullDirectoryInfo           = 14,
-  FileFullDirectoryRestartInfo    = 15,
-  FileStorageInfo                 = 16,
-  FileAlignmentInfo               = 17,
-  FileIdInfo                      = 18,
-  FileIdExtdDirectoryInfo         = 19,
-  FileIdExtdDirectoryRestartInfo  = 20,
-  MaximumFileInfoByHandlesClass
-} FILE_INFO_BY_HANDLE_CLASS;
-
-typedef struct _FILE_NAME_INFO
-{
-  DWORD FileNameLength;
-  WCHAR FileName[1];
-} FILE_NAME_INFO;
-
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI fGetFileInformationByHandleEx) (HANDLE,
-                                                     FILE_INFO_BY_HANDLE_CLASS,
-                                                     LPVOID,
-                                                     DWORD);
-#endif
-
 #if defined (_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >=1400)
 /* This is ugly, but we need it for isatty() in case we have bad fd's,
  * otherwise Windows will abort() the program on msvcrt80.dll and later
@@ -1539,34 +1498,13 @@ win32_is_pipe_tty (int fd)
   wchar_t *name = NULL;
   gint length;
 
-  /* XXX: Remove once XP support really dropped */
-#if _WIN32_WINNT < 0x0600
-  HANDLE h_kerneldll = NULL;
-  fGetFileInformationByHandleEx *GetFileInformationByHandleEx;
-#endif
-
   h_fd = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle (fd);
 
   if (h_fd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE || GetFileType (h_fd) != FILE_TYPE_PIPE)
     goto done_query;
 
-  /* The following check is available on Vista or later, so on XP, no color support */
   /* mintty uses a pipe, in the form of \{cygwin|msys}-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-ptyN-{from|to}-master */
 
-  /* XXX: Remove once XP support really dropped */
-#if _WIN32_WINNT < 0x0600
-  h_kerneldll = LoadLibraryW (L"kernel32.dll");
-
-  if (h_kerneldll == NULL)
-    goto done_query;
-
-  GetFileInformationByHandleEx =
-    (fGetFileInformationByHandleEx *) GetProcAddress (h_kerneldll, "GetFileInformationByHandleEx");
-
-  if (GetFileInformationByHandleEx == NULL)
-    goto done_query;
-#endif
-
   info = g_try_malloc (info_size);
 
   if (info == NULL ||
@@ -1614,12 +1552,6 @@ done_query:
   if (info != NULL)
     g_free (info);
 
-  /* XXX: Remove once XP support really dropped */
-#if _WIN32_WINNT < 0x0600
-  if (h_kerneldll != NULL)
-    FreeLibrary (h_kerneldll);
-#endif
-
   return result;
 }
 #endif