diff -r 7687aa5f7880 -r 7b6c89006e93 pidgin/gtkeventloop.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkeventloop.c	Mon Jun 12 22:58:32 2017 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkeventloop.c	Wed Jun 14 13:57:23 2017 -0500
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@
 	PidginIOClosure *closure = g_new0(PidginIOClosure, 1);
 	GIOChannel *channel;
 	GIOCondition cond = 0;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	static int use_glib_io_channel = -1;
-
-	if (use_glib_io_channel == -1)
-		use_glib_io_channel = (g_getenv("PIDGIN_GLIB_IO_CHANNEL") != NULL) ? 1 : 0;
-#endif
 
 	closure->function = function;
 	closure->data = data;
@@ -91,11 +85,10 @@
 		cond |= PIDGIN_WRITE_COND;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-	if (use_glib_io_channel == 0)
-		channel = wpurple_g_io_channel_win32_new_socket(fd);
-	else
+	channel = g_io_channel_win32_new_socket(fd);
+#else
+	channel = g_io_channel_unix_new(fd);
 #endif
-	channel = g_io_channel_unix_new(fd);
 
 	closure->result = g_io_add_watch_full(channel, G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, cond,
 					      pidgin_io_invoke, closure, g_free);