diff --git a/distcc.changes b/distcc.changes
index dbefa70..482ad79 100644
--- a/distcc.changes
+++ b/distcc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May 19 00:25:49 UTC 2018 - bjorn.lie@gmail.com
+
+- Drop optional pkgconfig(libgnome-2.0) and
+  pkgconfig(libgnomeui-2.0) BuildRequires and no longer pass
+  --enable-gnome to configure, gnome2 is long dead.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 13 09:09:59 UTC 2018 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/distcc.spec b/distcc.spec
index 1f12ee6..b96f88d 100644
--- a/distcc.spec
+++ b/distcc.spec
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ BuildRequires:  systemd
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(avahi-client)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk+-2.0)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libgnome-2.0)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libgnomeui-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libgssglue)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(pango)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(python3)
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing"
     --enable-rfc2553 \
     --with-gtk \
     --with-avahi \
-    --with-gnome \
     --with-auth
 # For some reason CC is not propagated to makefile and we get empty string
 sed -i \