diff --git a/docs/guestfs-recipes.pod b/docs/guestfs-recipes.pod
index 6381ab39b..305bd92f6 100644
--- a/docs/guestfs-recipes.pod
+++ b/docs/guestfs-recipes.pod
@@ -722,7 +722,6 @@ L<guestfs(3)>,
 L<guestfish(1)>,
 L<guestfs-examples(3)>,
 L<guestfs-erlang(3)>,
-L<guestfs-gobject(3)>,
 L<guestfs-golang(3)>,
 L<guestfs-java(3)>,
 L<guestfs-lua(3)>,
diff --git a/docs/guestfs-release-notes-1.56.pod b/docs/guestfs-release-notes-1.56.pod
index 357ba6ea3..71af70a2e 100644
--- a/docs/guestfs-release-notes-1.56.pod
+++ b/docs/guestfs-release-notes-1.56.pod
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ the command line I<-n> flag.
 Previously C<-L../lib/.libs> got embedded in the distributed OCaml
 bindings.  This has been fixed.
 
+GObject bindings have been deprecated and will be removed in
+S<libguestfs 1.58>.
+
 =head2 Build changes
 
 json-c is now required.  This replaces Jansson which was previously
diff --git a/erlang/examples/guestfs-erlang.pod b/erlang/examples/guestfs-erlang.pod
index c947c9761..da8f18f09 100644
--- a/erlang/examples/guestfs-erlang.pod
+++ b/erlang/examples/guestfs-erlang.pod
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ C<Arg> is the name of the unknown argument.
 
 L<guestfs(3)>,
 L<guestfs-examples(3)>,
-L<guestfs-gobject(3)>,
 L<guestfs-golang(3)>,
 L<guestfs-java(3)>,
 L<guestfs-lua(3)>,
diff --git a/gobject/guestfs-gobject.pod b/gobject/guestfs-gobject.pod
index 63817e126..f4e13a976 100644
--- a/gobject/guestfs-gobject.pod
+++ b/gobject/guestfs-gobject.pod
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 guestfs-gobject - How to use libguestfs with the GObject bindings
 
+=head1 DEPRECATED
+
+These bindings are deprecated and will be removed in libguestfs 1.58.
+
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
 From Javascript using gjs:
diff --git a/golang/examples/guestfs-golang.pod b/golang/examples/guestfs-golang.pod
index 7b9c80ab4..c2de45ece 100644
--- a/golang/examples/guestfs-golang.pod
+++ b/golang/examples/guestfs-golang.pod
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ UUIDs are not returned in structures.
 L<guestfs(3)>,
 L<guestfs-examples(3)>,
 L<guestfs-erlang(3)>,
-L<guestfs-gobject(3)>,
 L<guestfs-java(3)>,
 L<guestfs-lua(3)>,
 L<guestfs-ocaml(3)>,
diff --git a/java/examples/guestfs-java.pod b/java/examples/guestfs-java.pod
index e8e98396d..dfe09a1c9 100644
--- a/java/examples/guestfs-java.pod
+++ b/java/examples/guestfs-java.pod
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ on the class path, as well as the path of your program.  For example:
 L<guestfs(3)>,
 L<guestfs-examples(3)>,
 L<guestfs-erlang(3)>,
-L<guestfs-gobject(3)>,
 L<guestfs-golang(3)>,
 L<guestfs-lua(3)>,
 L<guestfs-ocaml(3)>,
diff --git a/lib/guestfs.pod b/lib/guestfs.pod
index d2c90418e..f69d5a070 100644
--- a/lib/guestfs.pod
+++ b/lib/guestfs.pod
@@ -1105,13 +1105,6 @@ at the top of F<csharp/Libguestfs.cs>.
 
 See L<guestfs-erlang(3)>.
 
-=item B<GObject>
-
-Experimental GObject bindings (with GObject Introspection support) are
-available.
-
-See L<guestfs-gobject(3)>.
-
 =item B<Go>
 
 See L<guestfs-golang(3)>.
@@ -3202,7 +3195,6 @@ L<guestfs-examples(3)>.
 
 Language bindings:
 L<guestfs-erlang(3)>,
-L<guestfs-gobject(3)>,
 L<guestfs-golang(3)>,
 L<guestfs-java(3)>,
 L<guestfs-lua(3)>,
diff --git a/lua/examples/guestfs-lua.pod b/lua/examples/guestfs-lua.pod
index 09de8d4a8..36ea297ba 100644
--- a/lua/examples/guestfs-lua.pod
+++ b/lua/examples/guestfs-lua.pod
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ returned when you registered the callback:
 L<guestfs(3)>,
 L<guestfs-examples(3)>,
 L<guestfs-erlang(3)>,
-L<guestfs-gobject(3)>,
 L<guestfs-golang(3)>,
 L<guestfs-java(3)>,
 L<guestfs-ocaml(3)>,
diff --git a/ocaml/examples/guestfs-ocaml.pod b/ocaml/examples/guestfs-ocaml.pod
index 2bbe1fdb0..a7a810c44 100644
--- a/ocaml/examples/guestfs-ocaml.pod
+++ b/ocaml/examples/guestfs-ocaml.pod
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ function that you called.
 L<guestfs(3)>,
 L<guestfs-examples(3)>,
 L<guestfs-erlang(3)>,
-L<guestfs-gobject(3)>,
 L<guestfs-golang(3)>,
 L<guestfs-java(3)>,
 L<guestfs-lua(3)>,
diff --git a/perl/examples/guestfs-perl.pod b/perl/examples/guestfs-perl.pod
index 9d9f264c8..293988d37 100644
--- a/perl/examples/guestfs-perl.pod
+++ b/perl/examples/guestfs-perl.pod
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ L<Sys::Guestfs(3)>,
 L<guestfs(3)>,
 L<guestfs-examples(3)>,
 L<guestfs-erlang(3)>,
-L<guestfs-gobject(3)>,
 L<guestfs-golang(3)>,
 L<guestfs-java(3)>,
 L<guestfs-lua(3)>,
diff --git a/python/examples/guestfs-python.pod b/python/examples/guestfs-python.pod
index 93de5c903..57c7c1c80 100644
--- a/python/examples/guestfs-python.pod
+++ b/python/examples/guestfs-python.pod
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ You can use it like this:
 L<guestfs(3)>,
 L<guestfs-examples(3)>,
 L<guestfs-erlang(3)>,
-L<guestfs-gobject(3)>,
 L<guestfs-golang(3)>,
 L<guestfs-java(3)>,
 L<guestfs-lua(3)>,
diff --git a/ruby/examples/guestfs-ruby.pod b/ruby/examples/guestfs-ruby.pod
index b6e0efc38..6154608d1 100644
--- a/ruby/examples/guestfs-ruby.pod
+++ b/ruby/examples/guestfs-ruby.pod
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ string).
 L<guestfs(3)>,
 L<guestfs-examples(3)>,
 L<guestfs-erlang(3)>,
-L<guestfs-gobject(3)>,
 L<guestfs-golang(3)>,
 L<guestfs-java(3)>,
 L<guestfs-lua(3)>,