diff --git a/src/frontends/gnome/auth-dialog/Makefile.am b/src/frontends/gnome/auth-dialog/Makefile.am
index 9e30652065..7bbd71d58d 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gnome/auth-dialog/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/frontends/gnome/auth-dialog/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 nm_libexec_PROGRAMS = nm-strongswan-auth-dialog
 
 nm_strongswan_auth_dialog_CPPFLAGS = \
-	$(GTHREAD_CFLAGS) \
 	$(GTK_CFLAGS) \
 	$(LIBGNOMEUI_CFLAGS) \
 	$(GNOMEKEYRING_CFLAGS) \
diff --git a/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac b/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac
index bf73d1d2eb..7f342d5353 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac
+++ b/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac
@@ -43,14 +43,6 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE,"$GETTEXT_PACKAGE", [Gettext package])
 IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.35])
 AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTHREAD, gthread-2.0)
-AC_SUBST(GTHREAD_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(GTHREAD_LIBS)
-
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS, dbus-glib-1 >= 0.30)
-AC_SUBST(DBUS_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(DBUS_LIBS)
-
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, gtk+-2.0 >= 2.6)
 AC_SUBST(GTK_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBS)
diff --git a/src/frontends/gnome/debian/control b/src/frontends/gnome/debian/control
index 4ab004c8bc..d756434f67 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gnome/debian/control
+++ b/src/frontends/gnome/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Build-Depends: cdbs,
 	libnm-util-dev (>= 0.9),
 	libnm-glib-dev (>= 0.9),
 	libnm-glib-vpn-dev (>= 0.9),
-	libdbus-glib-1-dev,
 	libgnomeui-dev,
 	automake,
 	gnome-common,