diff --git a/xpra/xpra/gtk_common/gdk_atoms.pyx b/xpra/xpra/gtk_common/gdk_atoms.pyx
index 5e52e1b..dcb4cd7 100644
--- a/xpra/xpra/gtk_common/gdk_atoms.pyx
+++ b/xpra/xpra/gtk_common/gdk_atoms.pyx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ cdef extern from "gtk-2.0/gdk/gdktypes.h":
     ctypedef unsigned long GdkAtom
     GdkAtom GDK_NONE
 
-cdef extern from "pygtk-2.0/pygtk/pygtk.h":
+cdef extern from "pygtk/pygtk.h":
     # FIXME: this should have stricter type checking
     GdkAtom PyGdkAtom_Get(object)
     object PyGdkAtom_New(GdkAtom)
diff --git a/xpra/xpra/x11/gtk_x11/gdk_bindings.pyx b/xpra/xpra/x11/gtk_x11/gdk_bindings.pyx
index 20da381..427cee7 100644
--- a/xpra/xpra/x11/gtk_x11/gdk_bindings.pyx
+++ b/xpra/xpra/x11/gtk_x11/gdk_bindings.pyx
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ cdef extern from "glib-2.0/glib-object.h":
     ctypedef struct cGObject "GObject":
         pass
 
-cdef extern from "pygtk-2.0/pygobject.h":
+cdef extern from "pygobject.h":
     cGObject * pygobject_get(object box)
     object pygobject_new(cGObject * contents)
 
diff --git a/xpra/xpra/x11/gtk_x11/gdk_display_source.pyx b/xpra/xpra/x11/gtk_x11/gdk_display_source.pyx
index a7241dd..7776087 100644
--- a/xpra/xpra/x11/gtk_x11/gdk_display_source.pyx
+++ b/xpra/xpra/x11/gtk_x11/gdk_display_source.pyx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ cdef extern from "glib-2.0/glib-object.h":
     ctypedef struct cGObject "GObject":
         pass
 
-cdef extern from "pygtk-2.0/pygobject.h":
+cdef extern from "pygobject.h":
     cGObject * pygobject_get(object box)
 
 cdef cGObject * unwrap(box, pyclass) except? NULL: