diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 588cd7dc5..dc1f99758 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-05-25  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* configure.in.in : remove crosspkgdir arg that causes trouble with
+	newer pkgconfigs.
+
 2005-05-24  Dan Winship  <danw@novell.com>
 
 	* parser/gapi2xml.pl: Make the enum value parser do the right
diff --git a/configure.in.in b/configure.in.in
index 3fe07f46f..9f2c6ba11 100644
--- a/configure.in.in
+++ b/configure.in.in
@@ -66,19 +66,6 @@ BUILD_GTK_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs gtk+-2.0`
 AC_SUBST(BUILD_GTK_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(BUILD_GTK_LIBS)
 
-PKG_PATH=
-AC_ARG_WITH(crosspkgdir, [  --with-crosspkgdir=/path/to/pkg-config/dir],
-	if test x$with_crosspkgdir = "x"; then
-		if test -s $PKG_CONFIG_PATH; then
-			PKG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-		fi
-	else
-		PKG_PATH=$with_crosspkgdir
-		PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_PATH
-		export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-	fi
-)
-
 MONO_REQUIRED_VERSION=1.0
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MONO_DEPENDENCY, mono >= $MONO_REQUIRED_VERSION, has_mono=true, has_mono=false)