diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b10313d484b..4251fe08218 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ W32API_VERSION=3.8
 GNOMEVFS_VERSION=2.0
 GNOMEUI_VERSION=2.2.0
 GCONF_VERSION=1.2.1
-LIBGNOME_VERSION=2.0
 GIO_VERSION=2.0
 STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_VERSION=0.8
 DBUS_VERSION=0.60