diff --git a/gnome-session.changes b/gnome-session.changes
index 3700b9d..0ac53de 100644
--- a/gnome-session.changes
+++ b/gnome-session.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 30 23:15:17 UTC 2015 - zaitor@opensuse.org
+
+- Drop pkgconfig(gconf-2.0) BuildRequires and pass --disable-gconf
+  to configure to be sure it's not enabled during build. It was
+  only present to support gconf-based autostart.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 15 20:57:55 UTC 2015 - zaitor@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gnome-session.spec b/gnome-session.spec
index 12ac555..33fa78a 100644
--- a/gnome-session.spec
+++ b/gnome-session.spec
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ BuildRequires:  tcpd-devel
 BuildRequires:  translation-update-upstream
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(dbus-glib-1) >= 0.76
-# Support gconf-based autostart
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gconf-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-unix-2.0) >= 2.35.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gl)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0) >= 2.35.0
@@ -124,7 +122,9 @@ functional GNOME desktop.
 
 %build
 NOCONFIGURE=1 gnome-autogen.sh
-%configure --enable-systemd
+%configure \
+        --enable-systemd \
+        --disable-gconf
 %__make %{?jobs:-j%jobs} V=1
 
 %install