diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 12eb3b3fb6..73ce586fed 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ fi
 
 dnl Required minimum versions of all libs we depend on
 LIBXML_REQUIRED="2.6.0"
-GNUTLS_REQUIRED="1.0.25"
+GNUTLS_REQUIRED="2.2.0"
 POLKIT_REQUIRED="0.6"
 PARTED_REQUIRED="1.8.0"
 DEVMAPPER_REQUIRED=1.0.0
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index f020b9227f..8c83b0cd0f 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -437,7 +437,6 @@ remote/qemu_client_bodies.h: $(srcdir)/rpc/gendispatch.pl \
 	  > $(srcdir)/remote/qemu_client_bodies.h
 
 REMOTE_DRIVER_SOURCES =						\
-		gnutls_1_0_compat.h				\
 		remote/remote_driver.c remote/remote_driver.h	\
 		$(REMOTE_DRIVER_GENERATED)
 
diff --git a/src/gnutls_1_0_compat.h b/src/gnutls_1_0_compat.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b006e2b541..0000000000
--- a/src/gnutls_1_0_compat.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * gnutls_1_0_compat.h: GnuTLS 1.0 compatibility
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2007, 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- * Author: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
- */
-
-#ifndef LIBVIRT_GNUTLS_1_0_COMPAT_H__
-# define LIBVIRT_GNUTLS_1_0_COMPAT_H__
-
-# include <gnutls/gnutls.h>
-
-/* enable backward compatibility macros for gnutls 1.x.y */
-# if LIBGNUTLS_VERSION_MAJOR < 2
-#  define GNUTLS_1_0_COMPAT
-# endif
-
-# ifdef GNUTLS_1_0_COMPAT
-#  define gnutls_session_t                 gnutls_session
-#  define gnutls_x509_crt_t                gnutls_x509_crt
-#  define gnutls_dh_params_t               gnutls_dh_params
-#  define gnutls_transport_ptr_t           gnutls_transport_ptr
-#  define gnutls_datum_t                   gnutls_datum
-#  define gnutls_certificate_credentials_t gnutls_certificate_credentials
-#  define gnutls_cipher_algorithm_t        gnutls_cipher_algorithm
-# endif
-
-#endif /* LIBVIRT_GNUTLS_1_0_COMPAT_H__ */
diff --git a/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c b/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c
index 6e78623f3f..9919556bc7 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 # include <gnutls/crypto.h>
 #endif
 #include <gnutls/x509.h>
-#include "gnutls_1_0_compat.h"
 
 #include "virnettlscontext.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
@@ -170,14 +169,6 @@ static int virNetTLSContextCheckCertTimes(gnutls_x509_crt_t cert,
 }
 
 
-#ifndef GNUTLS_1_0_COMPAT
-/*
- * The gnutls_x509_crt_get_basic_constraints function isn't
- * available in GNUTLS 1.0.x branches. This isn't critical
- * though, since gnutls_certificate_verify_peers2 will do
- * pretty much the same check at runtime, so we can just
- * disable this code
- */
 static int virNetTLSContextCheckCertBasicConstraints(gnutls_x509_crt_t cert,
                                                      const char *certFile,
                                                      bool isServer,
@@ -219,7 +210,6 @@ static int virNetTLSContextCheckCertBasicConstraints(gnutls_x509_crt_t cert,
 
     return 0;
 }
-#endif
 
 
 static int virNetTLSContextCheckCertKeyUsage(gnutls_x509_crt_t cert,
@@ -438,11 +428,9 @@ static int virNetTLSContextCheckCert(gnutls_x509_crt_t cert,
                                        isServer, isCA) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-#ifndef GNUTLS_1_0_COMPAT
     if (virNetTLSContextCheckCertBasicConstraints(cert, certFile,
                                                   isServer, isCA) < 0)
         return -1;
-#endif
 
     if (virNetTLSContextCheckCertKeyUsage(cert, certFile,
                                           isCA) < 0)
@@ -489,10 +477,8 @@ static int virNetTLSContextCheckCertPair(gnutls_x509_crt_t cert,
         if (status & GNUTLS_CERT_REVOKED)
             reason = _("The certificate has been revoked.");
 
-#ifndef GNUTLS_1_0_COMPAT
         if (status & GNUTLS_CERT_INSECURE_ALGORITHM)
             reason = _("The certificate uses an insecure algorithm");
-#endif
 
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_SYSTEM_ERROR,
                        _("Our own certificate %s failed validation against %s: %s"),
@@ -1022,10 +1008,8 @@ static int virNetTLSContextValidCertificate(virNetTLSContextPtr ctxt,
         if (status & GNUTLS_CERT_REVOKED)
             reason = _("The certificate has been revoked.");
 
-#ifndef GNUTLS_1_0_COMPAT
         if (status & GNUTLS_CERT_INSECURE_ALGORITHM)
             reason = _("The certificate uses an insecure algorithm");
-#endif
 
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_SYSTEM_ERROR,
                        _("Certificate failed validation: %s"),
@@ -1088,13 +1072,11 @@ static int virNetTLSContextValidCertificate(virNetTLSContextPtr ctxt,
             /* !sess->isServer, since on the client, we're validating the
              * server's cert, and on the server, the client's cert
              */
-#ifndef GNUTLS_1_0_COMPAT
             if (virNetTLSContextCheckCertBasicConstraints(cert, "[session]",
                                                           !sess->isServer, false) < 0) {
                 gnutls_x509_crt_deinit(cert);
                 goto authdeny;
             }
-#endif
 
             if (virNetTLSContextCheckCertKeyUsage(cert, "[session]",
                                                   false) < 0) {
diff --git a/tests/virnettlshelpers.h b/tests/virnettlshelpers.h
index 3f6afb997a..48e743134e 100644
--- a/tests/virnettlshelpers.h
+++ b/tests/virnettlshelpers.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <gnutls/x509.h>
 
 #if !defined WIN32 && HAVE_LIBTASN1_H && LIBGNUTLS_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x020600
-# include "gnutls_1_0_compat.h"
 
 # include <libtasn1.h>