--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(JAW, [
   gmodule-2.0 >= 2.0.0
   gdk-2.0
   gdk-3.0
-  gconf-2.0
   gobject-2.0
 ])
 AC_SUBST(JAW_LIBS)
--- a/jni/src/AtkWrapper.c
+++ b/jni/src/AtkWrapper.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <gdk/gdkx.h>
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
-#include <gconf/gconf-client.h>
 #include "jawutil.h"
 #include "jawimpl.h"
 #include "jawtoplevel.h"
