--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -19,21 +19,10 @@
 AC_CHECK_PROG(XML2_LIBS,xml2-config,`xml2-config --libs`)
 AC_CHECK_PROG(PKGCONFIG,pkg-config,`pkg-config --version`)
 
-AC_ARG_WITH(gtk-version,    --with-gtk-version=VER	Version of GTK+ to link,GTK_VERSION=${withval})
-
-if test "x${PKGCONFIG}" = 'x'; then
-	AM_PATH_GTK(1.2.0, ,
-            AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find GTK: Is gtk-config in path?))
-else
-	#insert gtk-config replacement	
-	if test "x${GTK_VERSION}" = 'x'; then
-		GTK_STRING="gtk+"
-	else
-		GTK_STRING="gtk+-${GTK_VERSION}"
-	fi
-	GTK_CFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags ${GTK_STRING}`
-	GTK_LIBS=`pkg-config --libs ${GTK_STRING}`
-fi
+GTK_CFLAGS=`pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --cflags`
+GTK_LIBS=`pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --libs`
+AC_SUBST(GTK_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBS)
 
 AC_SUBST(XML2_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(XML2_LIBS)