diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f8d5d2e63f..b14d172d55 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-06-06  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* gst/gstparamspecs.c: (gst_param_spec_fraction_get_type):
+	  Don't use GLib-2.10 functions, we still depend on
+	  GLib-how-old-is-it-again-2.8.
+
 2007-06-06  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt:
diff --git a/gst/gstparamspecs.c b/gst/gstparamspecs.c
index 45310fb56b..2759a3ef9a 100644
--- a/gst/gstparamspecs.c
+++ b/gst/gstparamspecs.c
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@ gst_param_spec_fraction_get_type (void)
       _gst_param_fraction_values_cmp,   /* values_cmp        */
     };
     pspec_info.value_type = GST_TYPE_FRACTION;
-    type =
-        g_param_type_register_static (g_intern_static_string
-        ("GstParamFraction"), &pspec_info);
+    type = g_param_type_register_static ("GstParamFraction", &pspec_info);
   }
   return type;
 }