diff --git a/gmime-filter-reply.c b/gmime-filter-reply.c
index b269db4e..847426bf 100644
--- a/gmime-filter-reply.c
+++ b/gmime-filter-reply.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ g_mime_filter_reply_new (gboolean encode)
 {
 	GMimeFilterReply *new_reply;
 
-	new_reply = (GMimeFilterReply *) g_object_newv (GMIME_TYPE_FILTER_REPLY, 0, NULL);
+	new_reply = (GMimeFilterReply *) g_object_new (GMIME_TYPE_FILTER_REPLY, NULL);
 	new_reply->encode = encode;
 
 	return (GMimeFilter *) new_reply;
diff --git a/lib/index.cc b/lib/index.cc
index 10420d84..2b98b588 100644
--- a/lib/index.cc
+++ b/lib/index.cc
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ notmuch_filter_discard_non_term_new (GMimeContentType *content_type)
 	type = g_type_register_static (GMIME_TYPE_FILTER, "NotmuchFilterDiscardNonTerm", &info, (GTypeFlags) 0);
     }
 
-    filter = (NotmuchFilterDiscardNonTerm *) g_object_newv (type, 0, NULL);
+    filter = (NotmuchFilterDiscardNonTerm *) g_object_new (type, NULL);
     filter->content_type = content_type;
     filter->state = 0;
     if (g_mime_content_type_is_type (content_type, "text", "html")) {