diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 709f271bb..e08011fb0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ COMMON_MODULES="gtk+-3.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED_VERSION
  gio-unix-2.0
  gsettings-desktop-schemas >= $SCHEMAS_REQUIRED_VERSION"
 
-LIBGD_INIT([_view-common notification static])
+LIBGD_INIT([_view-common static])
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBLANGUAGE, $COMMON_MODULES gnome-desktop-3.0 fontconfig)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBSHORTCUTS, $COMMON_MODULES x11)