diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a4dc897de5..ebcc54433b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2006-03-12  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	Patch by: Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv at netbsd org>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	  Don't check for libgnomeui (leftover from old examples
+	  that aren't built or disted any longer) (#334303).
+	  
 2006-03-11  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* plugins/elements/gstfdsink.c: (gst_fd_sink_render):
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2368c4b424..6558674e06 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -472,14 +472,6 @@ dnl LDFLAGS for plugins; includes GST_ALL_LDFLAGS
 GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS="-module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex '^[_]*gst_plugin_desc\$\$' $GST_ALL_LDFLAGS"
 AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS, "$GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS")
 
-dnl ##################################################
-dnl # deps for examples from manual                  #
-dnl ##################################################
-
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBGNOMEUI, libgnomeui-2.0,
-                  HAVE_LIBGNOMEUI="yes", HAVE_LIBGNOMEUI="no")
-AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_LIBGNOMEUI, test "x$HAVE_LIBGNOMEUI" = "xyes")
-
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(
 Makefile
 gst/Makefile