diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 145bc6e1b..112b23388 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-01-03  Mark McLoughlin  <mark@skynet.ie>
+
+	* configure.in: remove unused --enable-gconf-source
+	option - it sets the GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE variable
+	which isn't used and AM_GCONF_SOURCE_2 does the job
+	it's trying to do
+
 2006-01-03  Jens Granseuer <jensgr@gmx.net>
 
 	Fixes #321779
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a1ef71986..693d2060a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -523,20 +523,6 @@ dnl ==============================================
 dnl End: Define the main variables
 dnl ==============================================
 
-GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(gconf-source,
-  AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-gconf-source=sourceaddress],
-                 [Where to install schema files.]),
-  GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=$enable_gconf_source,)
-
-if test "x$GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE" = "x"; then
-        GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE="xml::\${DESTDIR}\${sysconfdir}/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults"
-fi
-
-AC_SUBST(GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE)
-AC_SUBST(INSTALL_GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE)
-
-
 ORBIT_IDL="`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=orbit_idl ORBit-2.0`"
 AC_SUBST(ORBIT_IDL)