diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d132984..53a50d0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(JAW, [
 	gthread-2.0
 	gmodule-2.0
 	gdk-2.0
-	gconf-2.0
 ])
 
 ATK_BRIDGE_LIB_PATH="`pkg-config --variable=libdir gtk+-2.0`/gtk-2.0"
diff --git a/jni/src/AtkWrapper.c b/jni/src/AtkWrapper.c
index d69b43c..bf9989f 100644
--- a/jni/src/AtkWrapper.c
+++ b/jni/src/AtkWrapper.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <gmodule.h>
 #include <gdk/gdk.h>
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
-#include <gconf/gconf-client.h>
 #include "jawutil.h"
 #include "jawimpl.h"
 #include "jawtoplevel.h"
