diff --git a/srcpkgs/pidgin/template b/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
index 3a09d471c21..979a540cdb8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ checksum=2747150c6f711146bddd333c496870bfd55058bab22ffb7e4eb784018ec46d8f
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool automake libtool gettext-devel glib-devel"
 makedepends="libglib-devel gtk+-devel libXext-devel
  libXScrnSaver-devel gtkspell-devel startup-notification-devel ncurses-devel
- libxml2-devel GConf-devel gst-plugins-base1-devel libidn-devel python-devel
+ libxml2-devel gst-plugins-base1-devel libidn-devel python-devel
  avahi-glib-libs-devel dbus-glib-devel NetworkManager-devel nss-devel
  libsasl-devel libXext-devel libSM-devel"
 depends="cyrus-sasl-modules gst-plugins-good1"