diff --git a/idesk/configure.in b/idesk/configure.in

index 7eac592..d93df16 100644

--- a/idesk/configure.in

+++ b/idesk/configure.in

@@ -92,17 +92,9 @@ AC_SUBST(SHAPE)

 CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $SHAPE"

 LIBS="$LIBS $Xext_lib"

-dnl Imlib2 detection

-

-AC_PATH_GENERIC(imlib2, , [

-    AC_SUBST(IMLIB_LIBS)

-   AC_SUBST(IMLIB_CXXFLAGS) ],

-  AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find imlib2: Is imlib2-config in the path?

-               You need Imlib2 to build Idesk.  Verify that you have Imlib2-dev))

-

 dnl the above doesn't work for some reason :/

-IMLIB_LIBS=`imlib2-config --libs`

-IMLIB_CFLAGS=`imlib2-config --cflags`

+IMLIB_LIBS=`pkg-config --libs imlib2`

+IMLIB_CFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags imlib2`

 AC_SUBST(IMLIB_LIBS)

 AC_SUBST(IMLIB_CXXFLAGS)