diff --git a/gio/gdbusdaemon.c b/gio/gdbusdaemon.c
index 8837b4819280f9c87fc7af70229f797d06a53c20..5a8e523f050008c1251bcac7bbde96853666ac46 100644
--- a/gio/gdbusdaemon.c
+++ b/gio/gdbusdaemon.c
@@ -1618,13 +1618,8 @@ initable_init (GInitable     *initable,
   if (daemon->address == NULL)
     {
 #ifdef G_OS_UNIX
-      if (g_unix_socket_address_abstract_names_supported ())
-	daemon->address = g_strdup ("unix:tmpdir=/tmp/gdbus-daemon");
-      else
-	{
-	  daemon->tmpdir = g_dir_make_tmp ("gdbus-daemon-XXXXXX", NULL);
-	  daemon->address = g_strdup_printf ("unix:tmpdir=%s", daemon->tmpdir);
-	}
+      daemon->tmpdir = g_dir_make_tmp ("gdbus-daemon-XXXXXX", NULL);
+      daemon->address = g_strdup_printf ("unix:tmpdir=%s", daemon->tmpdir);
       flags |= G_DBUS_SERVER_FLAGS_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRE_SAME_USER;
 #else
       /* Don’t require authentication on Windows as that hasn’t been
diff --git a/gio/gdbusserver.c b/gio/gdbusserver.c
index f144d129ae5a7a9b7568564f461ff54414e25955..db0c9ab50a822501be62419794f0173489aed16e 100644
--- a/gio/gdbusserver.c
+++ b/gio/gdbusserver.c
@@ -725,14 +725,7 @@ try_unix (GDBusServer  *server,
       for (n = 0; n < 8; n++)
         g_string_append_c (s, random_ascii ());
 
-      /* prefer abstract namespace if available for tmpdir: addresses
-       * abstract namespace is disallowed for dir: addresses */
-      if (tmpdir != NULL && g_unix_socket_address_abstract_names_supported ())
-        address = g_unix_socket_address_new_with_type (s->str,
-                                                       -1,
-                                                       G_UNIX_SOCKET_ADDRESS_ABSTRACT);
-      else
-        address = g_unix_socket_address_new (s->str);
+      address = g_unix_socket_address_new (s->str);
       g_string_free (s, TRUE);
 
       local_error = NULL;
diff --git a/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c b/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c
index b0d163d98da76adb89074e3a48ac0d49cd78778d..e62f53f871c085eb83b4dcfd851a77aabe4514e1 100644
--- a/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c
+++ b/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c
@@ -63,17 +63,10 @@ server_new_for_mechanism (const gchar *allowed_mechanism)
   guid = g_dbus_generate_guid ();
 
 #ifdef G_OS_UNIX
-  if (g_unix_socket_address_abstract_names_supported ())
-    {
-      addr = g_strdup ("unix:tmpdir=/tmp/gdbus-test-");
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      gchar *tmpdir;
-      tmpdir = g_dir_make_tmp ("gdbus-test-XXXXXX", NULL);
-      addr = g_strdup_printf ("unix:tmpdir=%s", tmpdir);
-      g_free (tmpdir);
-    }
+  gchar *tmpdir;
+  tmpdir = g_dir_make_tmp ("gdbus-test-XXXXXX", NULL);
+  addr = g_strdup_printf ("unix:tmpdir=%s", tmpdir);
+  g_free (tmpdir);
 #else
   addr = g_strdup ("nonce-tcp:");
 #endif
diff --git a/gio/tests/gdbus-overflow.c b/gio/tests/gdbus-overflow.c
index e3896e1b1141a6a564ca3d374abdef8b257fdb81..b0dc89f0f9bd5ea19a45a84acf7f0a26674d29b5 100644
--- a/gio/tests/gdbus-overflow.c
+++ b/gio/tests/gdbus-overflow.c
@@ -219,13 +219,8 @@ main (int   argc,
 
   if (is_unix)
     {
-      if (g_unix_socket_address_abstract_names_supported ())
-	tmp_address = g_strdup ("unix:tmpdir=/tmp/gdbus-test-");
-      else
-	{
-	  tmpdir = g_dir_make_tmp ("gdbus-test-XXXXXX", NULL);
-	  tmp_address = g_strdup_printf ("unix:tmpdir=%s", tmpdir);
-	}
+      tmpdir = g_dir_make_tmp ("gdbus-test-XXXXXX", NULL);
+      tmp_address = g_strdup_printf ("unix:tmpdir=%s", tmpdir);
     }
   else
     tmp_address = g_strdup ("nonce-tcp:");
diff --git a/gio/tests/gmenumodel.c b/gio/tests/gmenumodel.c
index 618a29eae60f8f503028a3f305a80398e1917955..04ae2840b8110ca59c8aace1f804a4f8920e0326 100644
--- a/gio/tests/gmenumodel.c
+++ b/gio/tests/gmenumodel.c
@@ -831,13 +831,8 @@ service_thread_func (gpointer user_data)
   flags = G_DBUS_SERVER_FLAGS_NONE;
 
 #ifdef G_OS_UNIX
-  if (g_unix_socket_address_abstract_names_supported ())
-    address = g_strdup ("unix:tmpdir=/tmp/test-dbus-peer");
-  else
-    {
-      tmpdir = g_dir_make_tmp ("test-dbus-peer-XXXXXX", NULL);
-      address = g_strdup_printf ("unix:tmpdir=%s", tmpdir);
-    }
+  tmpdir = g_dir_make_tmp ("test-dbus-peer-XXXXXX", NULL);
+  address = g_strdup_printf ("unix:tmpdir=%s", tmpdir);
 #else
   address = g_strdup ("nonce-tcp:");
   flags |= G_DBUS_SERVER_FLAGS_AUTHENTICATION_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS;