diff --git a/radiant/groupdialog.cpp b/radiant/groupdialog.cpp
index 5c85fc24..ac900539 100644
--- a/radiant/groupdialog.cpp
+++ b/radiant/groupdialog.cpp
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ bool UpdateSel( int iIndex, eclass_t *pec ){
 		GtkWidget* widget = EntWidgets[EntCheck1 + i];
 		gtk_label_set_text( GTK_LABEL( GTK_BIN( widget )->child ), " " );
 		gtk_widget_hide( widget );
-		gtk_widget_ref( widget );
+		g_object_ref( widget );
 		gtk_container_remove( GTK_CONTAINER( LayoutTable ), widget );
 	}
 	last_count = spawnflag_count;
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ bool UpdateSel( int iIndex, eclass_t *pec ){
 		gtk_table_attach( GTK_TABLE( LayoutTable ), widget, i % 4, i % 4 + 1, i / 4, i / 4 + 1,
 						  (GtkAttachOptions) ( GTK_FILL ),
 						  (GtkAttachOptions) ( GTK_FILL ), 0, 0 );
-		gtk_widget_unref( widget );
+		g_object_unref( widget );
 
 		gtk_label_set_text( GTK_LABEL( GTK_BIN( widget )->child ), str.GetBuffer() );
 	}
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ void GroupDlg::Create(){
 							for ( int i = 0; i < MAX_FLAGS; i++ )
 							{
 								GtkWidget* check = gtk_check_button_new_with_label( "" );
-								gtk_widget_ref( check );
+								g_object_ref( check );
 								g_signal_connect( G_OBJECT( check ), "toggled", G_CALLBACK( entity_check ), NULL );
 								EntWidgets[EntCheck1 + i] = check;
 							}
diff --git a/radiant/gtkmisc.cpp b/radiant/gtkmisc.cpp
index d2d37499..f1601522 100644
--- a/radiant/gtkmisc.cpp
+++ b/radiant/gtkmisc.cpp
@@ -1713,10 +1713,10 @@ void CheckMenuSplitting( GtkWidget *&menu ){
 		for ( int i = 0; i < 3; i++ )
 		{
 			item = GTK_WIDGET( g_list_last( gtk_container_get_children( GTK_CONTAINER( menu ) ) )->data );
-			gtk_widget_ref( item );
+			g_object_ref( item );
 			gtk_container_remove( GTK_CONTAINER( menu ), item );
 			gtk_menu_append( GTK_MENU( menu2 ), item );
-			gtk_widget_unref( item );
+			g_object_unref( item );
 		}
 
 		item = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label( "--------" );
diff --git a/radiant/preferences.cpp b/radiant/preferences.cpp
index 2007d224..5a1b5113 100644
--- a/radiant/preferences.cpp
+++ b/radiant/preferences.cpp
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ GtkWidget* CGameDialog::GetGlobalFrame(){
 	AddDialogData( check, &m_bLogConsole, DLG_CHECK_BOOL );
 
 	// incref it so we can pass it around
-	gtk_widget_ref( GTK_WIDGET( mFrame ) );
+	g_object_ref( GTK_WIDGET( mFrame ) );
 
 	return mFrame;
 }
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ void CGameDialog::Init(){
 CGameDialog::~CGameDialog(){
 	if ( mFrame ) {
 		// NOTE I'm not too sure how reliable this is
-		gtk_widget_unref( GTK_WIDGET( mFrame ) );
+		g_object_unref( GTK_WIDGET( mFrame ) );
 	}
 	// free all the game descriptions
 	list<CGameDescription *>::iterator iGame;