diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index cf7d36419c3..a6043371cf2 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ extras_gudev_libgudev_1_0_la_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/extras/gudev \
 	-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_REENTRANT \
 	-D_GUDEV_COMPILATION \
-	-DG_UDEV_API_IS_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE \
 	-DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"GUdev\"
 extras_gudev_libgudev_1_0_la_CFLAGS = $(GLIB_CFLAGS)
 extras_gudev_libgudev_1_0_la_LIBADD = libudev/libudev.la $(GLIB_LIBS)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ec833166588..981aa058bc9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ The option "last_rule" does no longer exist. Its use breaks too many
 things which expect to be run from independent later rules, and is an idication
 that something needs to be fixed properly instead.
 
+The gudev API is no longer marked as experimental,
+G_UDEV_API_IS_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE is no longer needed.
+
 udev 146
 ========
 Bugfixes.
diff --git a/extras/gudev/gudev.h b/extras/gudev/gudev.h
index 50c6e0d2366..c3167f238cc 100644
--- a/extras/gudev/gudev.h
+++ b/extras/gudev/gudev.h
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
 #ifndef __G_UDEV_H__
 #define __G_UDEV_H__
 
-#ifndef G_UDEV_API_IS_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE
-#error  GUdev is currently unstable API. You must define G_UDEV_API_IS_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE to acknowledge this.
-#endif
-
 #define _GUDEV_INSIDE_GUDEV_H 1
 #include <gudev/gudevenums.h>
 #include <gudev/gudevenumtypes.h>