diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 187baa0cafd3a..455c34d405b30 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ pkgbase = icecat
 	makedepends = yasm
 	makedepends = mesa
 	makedepends = imake
-	makedepends = gconf
 	makedepends = autoconf2.13
 	makedepends = libpulse
 	makedepends = gst-plugins-base-libs
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 3e8be3f248459..ff90069fe2722 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/"
 license=('GPL' 'MPL' 'LGPL')
 depends=('gtk3' 'gtk2' 'mozilla-common' 'libxt' 'startup-notification' 'mime-types' 'dbus-glib' 'alsa-lib' 'ffmpeg'
          'libvpx' 'icu' 'libevent' 'nss' 'hunspell' 'sqlite' 'ttf-font')
-makedepends=('unzip' 'zip' 'diffutils' 'python2' 'yasm' 'mesa' 'imake' 'gconf' 'autoconf2.13'
+makedepends=('unzip' 'zip' 'diffutils' 'python2' 'yasm' 'mesa' 'imake' 'autoconf2.13'
              'libpulse' 'gst-plugins-base-libs' 'inetutils' 'rust')
 optdepends=('networkmanager: Location detection via available WiFi networks'
             'libnotify: Notification integration'
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ ac_add_options --disable-updater
 ac_add_options --disable-debug-symbols
 ac_add_options --disable-tests
 ac_add_options --disable-eme
+ac_add_options --disable-gconf
 
 ac_add_options --with-app-basename=icecat
 ac_add_options --with-app-name=icecat