diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 957c078a7..77298c772 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-02-16  Jens Granseuer  <jensgr@gmx.net>
+
+	* configure.in: remove obsolete checks
+
 2008-02-12  Jens Granseuer  <jensgr@gmx.net>
 
 	* configure.in: add gio-2.0 to general capplet flags for now; this
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e96399504..30e828ce3 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -307,51 +307,6 @@ fi
 
 AM_GCONF_SOURCE_2
 
-dnl ==============================================
-dnl OSS section
-dnl ==============================================
-have_oss=no
-AC_TRY_COMPILE([
-	#ifdef __NetBSD__
-	#include <sys/param.h>
-	#include <sys/sysctl.h>
-	#include <soundcard.h>
-	#else
-	#include <sys/soundcard.h>
-	#endif
-	],[
-	int arg = SNDCTL_DSP_SETFRAGMENT;
-	],[
-	have_oss=yes
-])
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for OSS audio support)
-AC_MSG_RESULT($have_oss)
-AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_OSS, test x"$have_oss" = "xyes")
-
-dnl ==============================================
-dnl ALSA section
-dnl ==============================================
-have_alsa=no
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(alsa,
-  AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-alsa],
-                 [turn off ALSA audio support]),
-       [case "${enableval}" in
-               yes) WANT_ALSA=yes ;;
-               no)  WANT_ALSA=no ;;
-               *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --disable-alsa) ;;
-       esac],
-       [WANT_ALSA=yes]) dnl Default value
-
-if test x$WANT_ALSA = xyes ; then
-       PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ALSA, alsa >= 0.9.0,
-               have_alsa=yes,
-               AC_MSG_RESULT([disabled]))
-fi
-
-AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_ALSA, test x"$have_alsa" = "xyes")
-AC_SUBST(ALSA_LIBS)
-AC_SUBST(ALSA_CFLAGS)
-
 dnl ==============================================
 dnl Esd section
 dnl ==============================================
@@ -373,7 +328,6 @@ if test x$WANT_ESD = xyes ; then
                AC_MSG_RESULT([disabled]))
 fi
 
-AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_ESD, test x"$have_esd" = "xyes")
 AC_SUBST(ESD_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(ESD_LIBS)
 
@@ -383,7 +337,7 @@ dnl ==============================================
 GST_MAJORMINOR=auto
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(gstreamer,
-AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-gstreamer],[use gstreamer if available (and optionally specify a version)]),
+AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-gstreamer],[disable gstreamer support]),
 [case "${enableval}" in
  yes) ENABLE_GSTREAMER=yes ;;
  0.10) ENABLE_GSTREAMER=yes && GST_MAJORMINOR=0.10 ;;
@@ -413,9 +367,8 @@ AC_SUBST(GST_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(GST_CFLAGS)
 
 if test "x$have_gstreamer" = "xyes"; then
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SOUND_CAPPLET, esound)
-  SOUND_CAPPLET_LIBS="$SOUND_CAPPLET_LIBS $GST_LIBS -lgstaudio-0.10 -lgstinterfaces-0.10"
-  SOUND_CAPPLET_CFLAGS="$SOUND_CAPPLET_CFLAGS $GST_CFLAGS"
+  SOUND_CAPPLET_LIBS="$ESD_LIBS $GST_LIBS -lgstaudio-0.10 -lgstinterfaces-0.10"
+  SOUND_CAPPLET_CFLAGS="$ESD_CFLAGS $GST_CFLAGS"
   AC_SUBST(SOUND_CAPPLET_LIBS)
   AC_SUBST(SOUND_CAPPLET_CFLAGS)
 else