diff --git a/libbackground/ChangeLog b/libbackground/ChangeLog
index 3617aad80..18464de2a 100644
--- a/libbackground/ChangeLog
+++ b/libbackground/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-02-10  Rodney Dawes  <dobey@novell.com>
+
+	* Makefile.am: Don't define GNOME_ICONDIR as libbackground does not
+	use it in any of the code
+
 2004-10-14  Jody Goldberg <jody@gnome.org>
 
 	* Release 2.8.1
diff --git a/libbackground/Makefile.am b/libbackground/Makefile.am
index d87213560..8fb054335 100644
--- a/libbackground/Makefile.am
+++ b/libbackground/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = ChangeLog
 
 INCLUDES = \
         -DGNOMELOCALEDIR=\""$(prefix)/$(DATADIRNAME)/locale"\" 		\
-	-DGNOME_ICONDIR=\""${prefix}/share/pixmaps"\"			\
 	-DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"capplet-common\"				\
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/						\
 	@CAPPLET_CFLAGS@