diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 29dd4e047f..3910086cf2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ dnl Make sure you have a space before and after all plugins
 GST_PLUGINS_NONPORTED="deinterlace flx goom2k1 \
  imagefreeze interleave matroska monoscope smpte \
  videobox videomixer \
- apetag cairo cairo_gobject dv1394 gdk_pixbuf libdv libpng \
+ cairo cairo_gobject dv1394 gdk_pixbuf libdv libpng \
  oss oss4 shout2 \
  taglib wavpack "
 AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_NONPORTED)
diff --git a/gst/apetag/gstapedemux.c b/gst/apetag/gstapedemux.c
index 163a4878a4..838e393f2f 100644
--- a/gst/apetag/gstapedemux.c
+++ b/gst/apetag/gstapedemux.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ ape_demux_get_gst_tag_from_tag (const gchar * ape_tag,
 static GstTagList *
 ape_demux_parse_tags (const guint8 * data, gint size)
 {
-  GstTagList *taglist = gst_tag_list_new ();
+  GstTagList *taglist = gst_tag_list_new_empty ();
 
   GST_LOG ("Reading tags from chunk of size %u bytes", size);