diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b246630af..b2d122895 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-02-03  Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo@novell.com>
+
+	* configure.in: removed HAL detection, was added by mistake.
+
 2006-02-01  Kjartan Maraas  <kmaraas@gnome.org>
 
 	* NEWS: Update
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b538e36a0..7743c63c4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -353,17 +353,6 @@ fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_ABOUTME, test -n "$LIBEBOOK_REQUIREMENT")
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_LIBEBOOK, test -n "$LIBEBOOK_REQUIREMENT")
 
-dnl ==============================================
-dnl HAL stuff
-dnl ==============================================
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(hal, AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-hal],[build without hal support]))
-if test "x$enable_hal" != "xno"; then
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(HAL, [hal >= 0.5.6, dbus-1 >= 0.32, dbus-glib-1 >= 0.32],
-		[ AC_DEFINE(USE_HAL, 1, [defined if using libhal]) ],)
-	AC_SUBST(HAL_CFLAGS)
-	AC_SUBST(HAL_LIBS)
-fi
-
 dnl ==============================================
 dnl End: Check that we meet the  dependencies
 dnl ==============================================