commit 5de8554cf9960eabd918c3ad5ea7119c05d7a9e5
Author: Eric Salama <esalama@haproxy.com>
Date:   Mon Feb 4 13:17:39 2019 +0000

    Do not check for gthread

diff --git a/open-vm-tools/configure.ac b/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
index 325a39f..72ba114 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
+++ b/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
@@ -450,15 +450,6 @@ AC_VMW_CHECK_LIB([gobject-2.0],
                  [g_object_new],
                  [],
                  [AC_MSG_ERROR([gobject >= 2.34.0 is required.])])
-AC_VMW_CHECK_LIB([gthread-2.0],
-                 [GTHREAD],
-                 [gthread-2.0],
-                 [],
-                 [2.34.0],
-                 [],
-                 [g_thread_new],
-                 [],
-                 [AC_MSG_ERROR([gthread >= 2.34.0 is required.])])
 AC_CHECK_PROG([have_genmarshal],
               [glib-genmarshal],
               [yes],