diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a13082373..ee042da64 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ gudev = dependency('gudev-1.0')
 if gudev.version().version_compare('>= 232')
   conf.set('HAVE_GUDEV_232', '1')
 endif
-appstream_glib = dependency('appstream-glib', version : '>= 0.6.13')
+appstream_glib = dependency('appstream-glib', version : '>= 0.7.4')
 gusb = dependency('gusb', version : '>= 0.2.9')
 sqlite = dependency('sqlite3')
 libarchive = dependency('libarchive')
diff --git a/plugins/dfu/dfu-firmware.c b/plugins/dfu/dfu-firmware.c
index 4a1213bbd..0f653a791 100644
--- a/plugins/dfu/dfu-firmware.c
+++ b/plugins/dfu/dfu-firmware.c
@@ -627,18 +627,6 @@ dfu_firmware_write_file (DfuFirmware *firmware, GFile *file, GError **error)
 					error);
 }
 
-static gchar *
-_bcd_version_from_uint16 (guint16 val)
-{
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,7,3)
-	return as_utils_version_from_uint16 (val, AS_VERSION_PARSE_FLAG_USE_BCD);
-#else
-	guint maj = ((val >> 12) & 0x0f) * 10 + ((val >> 8) & 0x0f);
-	guint min = ((val >> 4) & 0x0f) * 10 + (val & 0x0f);
-	return g_strdup_printf ("%u.%u", maj, min);
-#endif
-}
-
 /**
  * dfu_firmware_to_string:
  * @firmware: a #DfuFirmware
@@ -658,7 +646,8 @@ dfu_firmware_to_string (DfuFirmware *firmware)
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (DFU_IS_FIRMWARE (firmware), NULL);
 
-	release_str = _bcd_version_from_uint16 (priv->release);
+	release_str = as_utils_version_from_uint16 (priv->release,
+						    AS_VERSION_PARSE_FLAG_USE_BCD);
 	str = g_string_new ("");
 	g_string_append_printf (str, "vid:         0x%04x\n", priv->vid);
 	g_string_append_printf (str, "pid:         0x%04x\n", priv->pid);
diff --git a/plugins/dfu/dfu-tool.c b/plugins/dfu/dfu-tool.c
index 7acfb71d3..fe7f09e71 100644
--- a/plugins/dfu/dfu-tool.c
+++ b/plugins/dfu/dfu-tool.c
@@ -2016,18 +2016,6 @@ dfu_tool_list_target (DfuTarget *target)
 	}
 }
 
-static gchar *
-_bcd_version_from_uint16 (guint16 val)
-{
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,7,3)
-	return as_utils_version_from_uint16 (val, AS_VERSION_PARSE_FLAG_USE_BCD);
-#else
-	guint maj = ((val >> 12) & 0x0f) * 10 + ((val >> 8) & 0x0f);
-	guint min = ((val >> 4) & 0x0f) * 10 + (val & 0x0f);
-	return g_strdup_printf ("%u.%u", maj, min);
-#endif
-}
-
 static gboolean
 dfu_tool_list (DfuToolPrivate *priv, gchar **values, GError **error)
 {
@@ -2061,7 +2049,8 @@ dfu_tool_list (DfuToolPrivate *priv, gchar **values, GError **error)
 		dfu_device_set_usb_context (device, usb_context);
 		if (!fu_usb_device_probe (FU_USB_DEVICE (device), NULL))
 			continue;
-		version = _bcd_version_from_uint16 (g_usb_device_get_release (usb_device));
+		version = as_utils_version_from_uint16 (g_usb_device_get_release (usb_device),
+							AS_VERSION_PARSE_FLAG_USE_BCD);
 		g_print ("%s %04x:%04x [v%s]:\n",
 			 /* TRANSLATORS: detected a DFU device */
 			 _("Found"),
diff --git a/src/fu-engine.c b/src/fu-engine.c
index 41cb8ed11..9a489c5f4 100644
--- a/src/fu-engine.c
+++ b/src/fu-engine.c
@@ -873,19 +873,6 @@ fu_engine_verify (FuEngine *self, const gchar *device_id, GError **error)
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-static AsScreenshot *
-_as_app_get_screenshot_default (AsApp *app)
-{
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,7,3)
-	return as_app_get_screenshot_default (app);
-#else
-	GPtrArray *array = as_app_get_screenshots (app);
-	if (array->len == 0)
-		return NULL;
-	return g_ptr_array_index (array, 0);
-#endif
-}
-
 static GPtrArray *
 _as_store_get_apps_by_provide (AsStore *store, AsProvideKind kind, const gchar *value)
 {
@@ -1027,7 +1014,6 @@ fu_engine_check_version_requirement (AsApp *app,
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,7,4)
 static gboolean
 fu_engine_check_hardware_requirement (FuEngine *self, AsApp *app, GError **error)
 {
@@ -1052,7 +1038,6 @@ fu_engine_check_hardware_requirement (FuEngine *self, AsApp *app, GError **error
 	/* success */
 	return TRUE;
 }
-#endif
 
 static gboolean
 fu_engine_check_requirements (FuEngine *self, AsApp *app, FuDevice *device, GError **error)
@@ -1065,10 +1050,8 @@ fu_engine_check_requirements (FuEngine *self, AsApp *app, FuDevice *device, GErr
 						  error)) {
 		return FALSE;
 	}
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,7,4)
 	if (!fu_engine_check_hardware_requirement (self, app, error))
 		return FALSE;
-#endif
 
 	if (device != NULL) {
 		if (!fu_engine_check_version_requirement (app,
@@ -1383,7 +1366,7 @@ fu_engine_install (FuEngine *self,
 	/* not in bootloader mode */
 	if (fu_device_has_flag (device, FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_NEEDS_BOOTLOADER)) {
 		const gchar *caption = NULL;
-		AsScreenshot *ss = _as_app_get_screenshot_default (app);
+		AsScreenshot *ss = as_app_get_screenshot_default (app);
 		if (ss != NULL)
 			caption = as_screenshot_get_caption (ss, NULL);
 		if (caption != NULL) {
@@ -1853,22 +1836,6 @@ fu_engine_get_action_id_for_device (FuEngine *self,
 	return "org.freedesktop.fwupd.update-internal";
 }
 
-static AsRelease *
-_as_app_get_release_by_version (AsApp *app, const gchar *version)
-{
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,7,3)
-	return as_app_get_release_by_version (app, version);
-#else
-	GPtrArray *releases = as_app_get_releases (app);
-	for (guint i = 0; i < releases->len; i++) {
-		AsRelease *release = g_ptr_array_index (releases, i);
-		if (g_strcmp0 (version, as_release_get_version (release)) == 0)
-			return release;
-	}
-	return NULL;
-#endif
-}
-
 static void
 fu_engine_add_component_to_store (FuEngine *self, AsApp *app)
 {
@@ -1892,7 +1859,7 @@ fu_engine_add_component_to_store (FuEngine *self, AsApp *app)
 		AsRelease *release = g_ptr_array_index (releases, j);
 		AsRelease *release_old;
 		const gchar *version = as_release_get_version (release);
-		release_old = _as_app_get_release_by_version (app_old, version);
+		release_old = as_app_get_release_by_version (app_old, version);
 		if (release_old != NULL) {
 			g_debug ("skipping release %s that already exists for %s",
 				 version, as_app_get_id (app_old));
diff --git a/src/fu-self-test.c b/src/fu-self-test.c
index 4b9f2c95d..d51cc1c7c 100644
--- a/src/fu-self-test.c
+++ b/src/fu-self-test.c
@@ -122,11 +122,6 @@ fu_engine_require_hwid_func (void)
 	g_autoptr(GBytes) blob_cab = NULL;
 	g_autoptr(GError) error = NULL;
 
-#if !AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,7,4)
-	g_test_skip ("HWID requirements only supported with appstream-glib 0.7.4");
-	return;
-#endif
-
 #if !defined(HAVE_GCAB_0_8) && defined(__s390x__)
 	/* See https://github.com/hughsie/fwupd/issues/318 for more information */
 	g_test_skip ("Skipping HWID test on s390x due to known problem with gcab");
diff --git a/src/fu-usb-device.c b/src/fu-usb-device.c
index bb0f139e5..8f0487575 100644
--- a/src/fu-usb-device.c
+++ b/src/fu-usb-device.c
@@ -379,18 +379,6 @@ fu_usb_device_probe (FuUsbDevice *device, GError **error)
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-static gchar *
-_bcd_version_from_uint16 (guint16 val)
-{
-#if AS_CHECK_VERSION(0,7,3)
-	return as_utils_version_from_uint16 (val, AS_VERSION_PARSE_FLAG_USE_BCD);
-#else
-	guint maj = ((val >> 12) & 0x0f) * 10 + ((val >> 8) & 0x0f);
-	guint min = ((val >> 4) & 0x0f) * 10 + (val & 0x0f);
-	return g_strdup_printf ("%u.%u", maj, min);
-#endif
-}
-
 /**
  * fu_usb_device_set_dev:
  * @device: A #FuUsbDevice
@@ -439,7 +427,8 @@ fu_usb_device_set_dev (FuUsbDevice *device, GUsbDevice *usb_device)
 
 	/* set the version if the release has been set */
 	if (release != 0x0) {
-		g_autofree gchar *version = _bcd_version_from_uint16 (release);
+		g_autofree gchar *version = as_utils_version_from_uint16 (release,
+									  AS_VERSION_PARSE_FLAG_USE_BCD);
 		fu_device_set_version (FU_DEVICE (device), version);
 	}