diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e4a40864fc6..065f90cdc4a6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ if(ENABLE_GAME OR ENABLE_TESTS)
 	find_package(VorbisFile REQUIRED)
 	find_package( PkgConfig REQUIRED )
 	pkg_check_modules( CAIRO REQUIRED cairo>=1.10 )
-	pkg_check_modules( PANGOCAIRO REQUIRED pangocairo>=1.21.3 )
+	pkg_check_modules( PANGOCAIRO REQUIRED pangocairo>=1.22.0 )
 	pkg_check_modules( FONTCONFIG REQUIRED fontconfig>=2.4.1 )
 	pkg_check_modules( SYSTEMD systemd )
 endif(ENABLE_GAME OR ENABLE_TESTS)
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index de431f7f4bab..17d036ff217c 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ order to build Wesnoth:
    * SDL2_ttf                  >= 2.0.12
  * Fontconfig                  >= 2.4.1
  * Cairo                       >= 1.10.0
- * Pango                       >= 1.21.3 (with Cairo backend)
+ * Pango                       >= 1.22.0 (with Cairo backend)
  * Vorbisfile
  * libbz2
  * libz
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 254dfbccd2b4..74403accb5ca 100755
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ if env["prereqs"]:
         conf.CheckPNG() & \
         conf.CheckJPG() & \
         conf.CheckCairo(min_version = "1.10") & \
-        conf.CheckPango("cairo", require_version = "1.21.3") & \
+        conf.CheckPango("cairo", require_version = "1.22.0") & \
         conf.CheckPKG("fontconfig") & \
         conf.CheckBoost("program_options", require_version = boost_version) & \
         conf.CheckBoost("thread") & \
diff --git a/src/font/text.cpp b/src/font/text.cpp
index 3673060e4055..593adf2d007f 100644
--- a/src/font/text.cpp
+++ b/src/font/text.cpp
@@ -41,12 +41,7 @@
 namespace font {
 
 pango_text::pango_text()
-#if PANGO_VERSION_CHECK(1,22,0)
 	: context_(pango_font_map_create_context(pango_cairo_font_map_get_default()), g_object_unref)
-#else
-	: context_(pango_cairo_font_map_create_context((
-		reinterpret_cast<PangoCairoFontMap*>(pango_cairo_font_map_get_default()))), g_object_unref)
-#endif
 	, layout_(pango_layout_new(context_.get()), g_object_unref)
 	, rect_()
 	, sublayouts_()