diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d92f22e8..511f495a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 v0.8.18-head 2014-XX-YY  The Irssi team <staff@irssi.org>
+	+ Garbage Collection support has been removed. This will hardly have any
+	  effect for anyone given that it has been unsupported for several years.
 	+ Disable SSLv3 due to the POODLE vulnerability.
 	+ Try to split long lines on spaces to avoid words being splitted. Adds
 	  a new option: 'split_line_on_space' which defaults to on.
diff --git a/acconfig.h b/acconfig.h
index cfe62381..9ace70d8 100644
--- a/acconfig.h
+++ b/acconfig.h
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 #undef HAVE_SOCKS_H
 #undef HAVE_STATIC_PERL
 #undef HAVE_GMODULE
-#undef HAVE_GC_H
-#undef HAVE_GC_GC_H
-#undef USE_GC
 
 /* macros/curses checks */
 #undef HAS_CURSES
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c312d065..e33b8c1d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -83,15 +83,6 @@ if test "x$prefix" != "xNONE"; then
 	perl_prefix_note=yes
 fi
 
-AC_ARG_WITH(gc,
-[  --with-gc               Use garbage collector],
-	if test x$withval = xno; then
-		want_gc=no
-	else
-		want_gc=yes
-	fi,
-	want_gc=no)
-
 AC_ARG_WITH(perl-staticlib,
 [  --with-perl-staticlib   Specify that we want to link perl libraries
                           statically in irssi, default is no],
@@ -322,28 +313,6 @@ if test "$enable_ssl" = "yes"; then
   fi
 fi
 
-dnl **
-dnl ** Garbage Collector
-dnl **
-have_gc=no
-if test "x$want_gc" = xyes; then
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(gc, GC_malloc, [
-    AC_CHECK_HEADER(gc/gc.h, [
-      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GC_GC_H)
-      AC_DEFINE(USE_GC)
-      LIBS="$LIBS -lgc"
-      have_gc=yes
-    ], [
-      AC_CHECK_HEADER(gc.h, [
-	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GC_H)
-	AC_DEFINE(USE_GC)
-	LIBS="$LIBS -lgc"
-	have_gc=yes
-      ])
-    ])
-  ])
-fi
-
 dnl **
 dnl ** curses checks
 dnl **
@@ -782,7 +751,6 @@ if test "x$have_openssl" = "xno" -a "x$enable_ssl" = "xyes"; then
   fi
 fi
 echo "Building with 64bit DCC support .. : $offt_64bit"
-echo "Building with garbage collector .. : $have_gc"
 echo "Building with DANE support ....... : $have_dane"
 echo "Building with true color support.. : $want_truecolor"
 
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 1b99753b..e9073925 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@
 #define g_strcmp0(a, b) (!a ? -(a != b) : (!b ? (a != b) : strcmp(a, b)))
 #endif
 
-#ifdef USE_GC
-#  define g_free(x) G_STMT_START { (x) = NULL; } G_STMT_END
-#endif
-
 #if defined (UOFF_T_INT)
 typedef unsigned int uoff_t;
 #elif defined (UOFF_T_LONG)
diff --git a/src/fe-text/irssi.c b/src/fe-text/irssi.c
index 6d5b9b13..b1fa5e22 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/irssi.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/irssi.c
@@ -286,22 +286,6 @@ static void winsock_init(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef USE_GC
-#ifdef HAVE_GC_H
-#  include <gc.h>
-#else
-#  include <gc/gc.h>
-#endif
-
-GMemVTable gc_mem_table = {
-	GC_malloc,
-	GC_realloc,
-	GC_free,
-
-	NULL, NULL, NULL
-};
-#endif
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	static int version = 0;
@@ -312,10 +296,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	};
 	int loglev;
 
-#ifdef USE_GC
-	g_mem_set_vtable(&gc_mem_table);
-#endif
-
 	core_register_options();
 	fe_common_core_register_options();
 	args_register(options);
@@ -369,9 +349,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* Does the same as g_main_run(main_loop), except we
 	   can call our dirty-checker after each iteration */
 	while (!quitting) {
-#ifdef USE_GC
-		GC_collect_a_little();
-#endif
 		if (!dummy) term_refresh_freeze();
 		g_main_iteration(TRUE);
                 if (!dummy) term_refresh_thaw();