diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2de78d74e..010c215f1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ if polkit.version().version_compare('>= 0.114')
   conf.set('HAVE_POLKIT_0_114', '1')
 endif
 gudev = dependency('gudev-1.0')
-appstream_glib = dependency('appstream-glib', version : '>= 0.6.9')
+appstream_glib = dependency('appstream-glib', version : '>= 0.6.13')
 gusb = dependency('gusb', version : '>= 0.2.9')
 sqlite = dependency('sqlite3')
 libarchive = dependency('libarchive')
diff --git a/src/fu-engine.c b/src/fu-engine.c
index 1a096367f..75849aa11 100644
--- a/src/fu-engine.c
+++ b/src/fu-engine.c
@@ -627,7 +627,6 @@ _as_app_get_screenshot_default (AsApp *app)
 	return g_ptr_array_index (array, 0);
 }
 
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,6,7)
 static gboolean
 fu_engine_check_version_requirement (AsApp *app,
 				   AsRequireKind kind,
@@ -665,12 +664,10 @@ fu_engine_check_version_requirement (AsApp *app,
 		 version, id);
 	return TRUE;
 }
-#endif
 
 static gboolean
 fu_engine_check_requirements (AsApp *app, FuDevice *device, GError **error)
 {
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,6,7)
 	/* make sure requirements are satisfied */
 	if (!fu_engine_check_version_requirement (app,
 						AS_REQUIRE_KIND_ID,
@@ -703,7 +700,6 @@ fu_engine_check_requirements (AsApp *app, FuDevice *device, GError **error)
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 	}
-#endif
 
 	/* success */
 	return TRUE;
@@ -1541,13 +1537,9 @@ fu_engine_get_updates_item_update (FuEngine *self, FuDeviceItem *item)
 	tmp = as_app_get_metadata_item (app, "fwupd::RemoteID");
 	if (tmp != NULL)
 		fu_device_set_update_remote_id (item->device, tmp);
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,6,1)
 	tmp = as_app_get_unique_id (app);
 	if (tmp != NULL)
 		fu_device_set_unique_id (item->device, tmp);
-#else
-	fu_device_set_unique_id (item->device, as_app_get_id (app));
-#endif
 
 	/* add release information */
 	fu_engine_set_release_from_item (fwupd_result_get_release (FWUPD_RESULT (item->device)), release);
@@ -1700,11 +1692,7 @@ fu_engine_get_result_from_app (FuEngine *self, AsApp *app, GError **error)
 	fwupd_release_set_name (rel, as_app_get_name (app, NULL));
 	fwupd_release_set_summary (rel, as_app_get_comment (app, NULL));
 	fwupd_release_set_vendor (rel, as_app_get_developer_name (app, NULL));
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,6,1)
 	fwupd_result_set_unique_id (res, as_app_get_unique_id (app));
-#else
-	fwupd_result_set_unique_id (res, as_app_get_id (app));
-#endif
 	fwupd_release_set_appstream_id (rel, as_app_get_id (app));
 	fu_engine_set_release_from_item (rel, release);
 	return g_steal_pointer (&res);
@@ -1982,18 +1970,12 @@ fu_engine_get_results (FuEngine *self, const gchar *device_id, GError **error)
 		g_autofree gchar *id2 = NULL;
 		FwupdResult *res = FWUPD_RESULT (item->device);
 		FwupdDevice *dev = fwupd_result_get_device (res);
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,6,1)
 		id2 = as_utils_unique_id_build (AS_APP_SCOPE_SYSTEM,
 						AS_BUNDLE_KIND_UNKNOWN,
 						NULL,
 						AS_APP_KIND_FIRMWARE,
 						fwupd_device_get_name (dev),
 						fwupd_device_get_version (dev));
-#else
-		id2 = g_strdup_printf ("system/*/*/firmware/%s/%s",
-				       fwupd_device_get_name (dev),
-				       fwupd_device_get_version (dev));
-#endif
 		fwupd_result_set_unique_id (res, id2);
 	}
 	return g_object_ref (item->device);
diff --git a/src/fu-hwids.c b/src/fu-hwids.c
index 1ffa28d7e..02e45d493 100644
--- a/src/fu-hwids.c
+++ b/src/fu-hwids.c
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ fu_hwids_has_guid (FuHwids *self, const gchar *guid)
 static gchar *
 fu_hwids_get_guid_for_str (const gchar *str, GError **error)
 {
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,6,13)
 	const gchar *namespace_id = "70ffd812-4c7f-4c7d-0000-000000000000";
 	glong items_written = 0;
 	g_autofree gunichar2 *data = NULL;
@@ -90,13 +89,6 @@ fu_hwids_get_guid_for_str (const gchar *str, GError **error)
 					(guint8*) data,
 					items_written * 2,
 					error);
-#else
-	g_set_error_literal (error,
-			     G_IO_ERROR,
-			     G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
-			     "libappstream-glib 0.6.13 is required");
-	return NULL;
-#endif
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/fu-self-test.c b/src/fu-self-test.c
index 753cd9742..0d288d065 100644
--- a/src/fu-self-test.c
+++ b/src/fu-self-test.c
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ fu_hwids_func (void)
 	g_autofree gchar *testdir = NULL;
 	gboolean ret;
 
-#if !AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,6,13)
-	g_test_skip ("appstreaml-glib too old, skipping");
-	return;
-#endif
-
 	struct {
 		const gchar *key;
 		const gchar *value;
diff --git a/src/fu-util.c b/src/fu-util.c
index f3836f86d..041fe6f43 100644
--- a/src/fu-util.c
+++ b/src/fu-util.c
@@ -1686,14 +1686,12 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 		     /* TRANSLATORS: command description */
 		     _("Get all devices that support firmware updates"),
 		     fu_util_get_devices);
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,6,13)
 	fu_util_add (priv->cmd_array,
 		     "hwids",
 		     NULL,
 		     /* TRANSLATORS: command description */
 		     _("Return all the hardware IDs for the machine"),
 		     fu_util_hwids);
-#endif
 	fu_util_add (priv->cmd_array,
 		     "install-prepared",
 		     NULL,