diff --git a/config/autoconf.mk.in b/config/autoconf.mk.in
index 463c2f94540f..0b040fad82b2 100644
--- a/config/autoconf.mk.in
+++ b/config/autoconf.mk.in
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ MOZ_ENABLE_STARTUP_NOTIFICATION = @MOZ_ENABLE_STARTUP_NOTIFICATION@
 MOZ_STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_CFLAGS = @MOZ_STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_CFLAGS@
 MOZ_STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_LIBS = @MOZ_STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_LIBS@
 
+MOZ_ENABLE_GNOMEVFS = @MOZ_ENABLE_GNOMEVFS@
 MOZ_GNOMEVFS_CFLAGS = @MOZ_GNOMEVFS_CFLAGS@
 MOZ_GNOMEVFS_LIBS = @MOZ_GNOMEVFS_LIBS@
 
@@ -255,9 +256,6 @@ MOZ_ENABLE_GCONF = @MOZ_ENABLE_GCONF@
 MOZ_GCONF_CFLAGS = @MOZ_GCONF_CFLAGS@
 MOZ_GCONF_LIBS = @MOZ_GCONF_LIBS@
 
-MOZ_LIBGNOME_CFLAGS = @MOZ_LIBGNOME_CFLAGS@
-MOZ_LIBGNOME_LIBS = @MOZ_LIBGNOME_LIBS@
-
 MOZ_ENABLE_GNOME_COMPONENT = @MOZ_ENABLE_GNOME_COMPONENT@
 
 MOZ_INSURE = @MOZ_INSURE@
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2ff06be46098..21b9a4104132 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5092,7 +5092,6 @@ then
     then
         MOZ_ENABLE_GNOMEVFS=1
         MOZ_ENABLE_GCONF=1
-        MOZ_ENABLE_LIBGNOME=1
     fi
 
     MOZ_ARG_DISABLE_BOOL(gnomevfs,
@@ -5114,6 +5113,7 @@ then
         ])
     fi
 
+    AC_SUBST(MOZ_ENABLE_GNOMEVFS)
     AC_SUBST(MOZ_GNOMEVFS_CFLAGS)
     AC_SUBST(MOZ_GNOMEVFS_LIBS)
 
@@ -5135,24 +5135,11 @@ then
     AC_SUBST(MOZ_GCONF_CFLAGS)
     AC_SUBST(MOZ_GCONF_LIBS)
 
-    if test "$MOZ_ENABLE_LIBGNOME"
-    then
-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MOZ_LIBGNOME, libgnome-2.0 >= $LIBGNOME_VERSION,[
-            MOZ_LIBGNOME_LIBS=`echo $MOZ_LIBGNOME_LIBS | sed 's/-llinc\>//'`
-            MOZ_ENABLE_LIBGNOME=1
-        ],[
-            MOZ_ENABLE_LIBGNOME=
-        ])
-    fi
-
-    AC_SUBST(MOZ_LIBGNOME_CFLAGS)
-    AC_SUBST(MOZ_LIBGNOME_LIBS)
-
-    # The GNOME component is built if gtk2, gconf, gnome-vfs, and libgnome
+    # The GNOME component is built if gtk2, gconf and gnome-vfs
     # are all available.
 
     if test "$MOZ_ENABLE_GTK2" -a "$MOZ_ENABLE_GCONF" -a \
-            "$MOZ_ENABLE_GNOMEVFS" -a "$MOZ_ENABLE_LIBGNOME"; then
+            "$MOZ_ENABLE_GNOMEVFS"; then
       MOZ_ENABLE_GNOME_COMPONENT=1
     else
       MOZ_ENABLE_GNOME_COMPONENT=
diff --git a/toolkit/system/gnome/Makefile.in b/toolkit/system/gnome/Makefile.in
index ca0164d77661..ee9970d193fd 100644
--- a/toolkit/system/gnome/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/system/gnome/Makefile.in
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS += \
 		$(NSPR_LIBS) \
 		$(MOZ_GCONF_LIBS) \
 		$(MOZ_GNOMEVFS_LIBS) \
-		$(MOZ_LIBGNOME_LIBS) \
 		$(GLIB_LIBS) \
 		$(MOZ_LIBNOTIFY_LIBS) \
 		$(NULL)
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 CXXFLAGS += \
 	$(MOZ_GCONF_CFLAGS) \
 	$(MOZ_GNOMEVFS_CFLAGS) \
-	$(MOZ_LIBGNOME_CFLAGS) \
 	$(GLIB_CFLAGS) \
 	$(MOZ_LIBNOTIFY_CFLAGS) \
 	$(NULL)
diff --git a/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGnomeVFSService.cpp b/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGnomeVFSService.cpp
index 63e60418840f..af8a542af79e 100644
--- a/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGnomeVFSService.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGnomeVFSService.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-mime.h>
 #include <libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-mime-handlers.h>
 #include <libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-mime-info.h>
-#include <libgnome/gnome-url.h>
 }
 
 class nsGnomeVFSMimeApp : public nsIGnomeVFSMimeApp
@@ -264,7 +263,7 @@ nsGnomeVFSService::ShowURI(nsIURI *aURI)
   nsCAutoString spec;
   aURI->GetSpec(spec);
 
-  if (gnome_url_show(spec.get(), NULL))
+  if (gnome_vfs_url_show_with_env(spec.get(), NULL) == GNOME_VFS_OK)
     return NS_OK;
 
   return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
@@ -276,7 +275,7 @@ nsGnomeVFSService::ShowURIForInput(const nsACString &aUri)
   char* spec = gnome_vfs_make_uri_from_input(PromiseFlatCString(aUri).get());
   nsresult rv = NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
 
-  if (gnome_url_show(spec, NULL))
+  if (gnome_vfs_url_show_with_env(spec, NULL) == GNOME_VFS_OK)
     rv = NS_OK;
 
   if (spec)