diff --git a/glib/Object.cs b/glib/Object.cs
index d600fd95f..670dfba7b 100644
--- a/glib/Object.cs
+++ b/glib/Object.cs
@@ -134,9 +134,6 @@ public static Object GetObject(IntPtr o, bool owned_ref)
 					return obj;
 				}
 
-				if (!owned_ref)
-					g_object_ref (o);
-
 				obj = GLib.ObjectManager.CreateObject(o);
 			}
 			if (obj == null) {
diff --git a/glib/ToggleRef.cs b/glib/ToggleRef.cs
index a80567cde..a3d0a8be9 100644
--- a/glib/ToggleRef.cs
+++ b/glib/ToggleRef.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ public ToggleRef (GLib.Object target)
 			gch = GCHandle.Alloc (this);
 			reference = target;
 			g_object_add_toggle_ref (target.Handle, ToggleNotifyCallback, (IntPtr) gch);
-			g_object_unref (target.Handle);
 		}
 
 		public bool IsAlive {
diff --git a/gtk/Object.custom b/gtk/Object.custom
index 14aacc24b..44c101200 100644
--- a/gtk/Object.custom
+++ b/gtk/Object.custom
@@ -105,16 +105,11 @@
 			base.Dispose ();
 		}
 
-		[DllImport("libgobject-2.0-0.dll", CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
-		private static extern void g_object_ref_sink (IntPtr raw);
-
 		protected override IntPtr Raw {
 			get {
 				return base.Raw;
 			}
 			set {
-				if (value != IntPtr.Zero)
-					g_object_ref_sink (value);
 				base.Raw = value;
 				if (value != IntPtr.Zero)
 					InternalDestroyed += NativeDestroyHandler;