diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4b761aa2b..5efab62a0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-02-03  Carlos Perelló Marín <carlos@gnome.org>
+
+	* configure.in, capplets/Makefile.am: Removed the localization capplet
+	references, it will wait until GNOME 2.7, it's too late for GNOME 2.6.
+
 2004-01-18  Jason Leach  <leach@wam.umd.edu>
 
 	* schemas/Makefile.am (install-data-local): builddir != srcdir fix.
diff --git a/capplets/Makefile.am b/capplets/Makefile.am
index 29e03f26b..2495fc813 100644
--- a/capplets/Makefile.am
+++ b/capplets/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ always_built_SUBDIRS =					\
 	default-applications desktop-links font		\
 	background keyboard mouse sound			\
 	file-types theme-switcher ui-properties		\
-	keybindings $(LOCALIZATION_CAPPLET) network windows
+	keybindings network windows
 
 if HAVE_RANDR
 randr_SUBDIRS = display
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f89fbcdf0..8d665b1a2 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -115,23 +115,6 @@ CAPPLET_LIBS="$CAPPLET_LIBS $x_libs"
 GNOMECC_LIBS="$GNOMECC_LIBS $x_libs"
 GNOME_SETTINGS_DAEMON_LIBS="$GNOME_SETTINGS_DAEMON_LIBS $x_libs"
 
-dnl
-dnl Check for libicu, needed for localization capplet
-dnl
-
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(localization-capplet, [  --enable-localization-capplet        Enables the localization capplet],, enable_localization_capplet=no)
-
-if test x$enable_localization_capplet = xyes; then 
-   AC_CHECK_LIB(icuuc, u_cleanup_2_1, LOCALIZATION_CAPPLET_LIBS="-licui18n",
-     [AC_CHECK_HEADER(unicode/uloc.h, , AC_MSG_ERROR([[
-     *** Couldn't find icu. Please download and install from
-     *** http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/ and try again.]]))])
-
-     LOCALIZATION_CAPPLET=localization
-     AC_SUBST(LOCALIZATION_CAPPLET_LIBS)
-     AC_SUBST(LOCALIZATION_CAPPLET)
-fi
-
 AC_PATH_PROG(GCONFTOOL, gconftool-2)
 
 dnl