diff --git a/m4/glib-2.0.m4 b/m4/glib-2.0.m4
index cb284307..ec3fc9a7 100644
--- a/m4/glib-2.0.m4
+++ b/m4/glib-2.0.m4
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ 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>
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ main ()
     }
   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="$ac_save_LIBS"
      fi
@@ -180,10 +180,9 @@ main ()
           ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
           CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $GLIB_CFLAGS"
           LIBS="$LIBS $GLIB_LIBS"
-          AC_TRY_LINK([
-#include <glib.h>
+          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"