diff --git a/gnome/configure.ac b/gnome/configure.ac
index 5c9a46f2d82cc4a604d77a850f94cd2ae39aaab0..51a13d40bd2152b0e8de4ac6ea9c28acbc863d6d 100644
--- a/gnome/configure.ac
+++ b/gnome/configure.ac
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ dnl uninstalled gsr ui dir
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SFLPHONE_UIDIR_UNINSTALLED, "`pwd`/src/",
   [path to uninstalled SFLphone UI dir])
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUSGLIB, dbus-glib-1 >= 0.75, HAVE_DBUS_G_PROXY_SET_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=true, HAVE_DBUS_G_PROXY_SET_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=false);
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUSGLIB, dbus-glib-1 >= 0.75);
+
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBNOTIFY], [libnotify >= 0.5.0])
 if echo "$LIBNOTIFY_LIBS" | grep -q gtk+-x11-2.0; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([Your libnotify is linked with GTK+2 ! Install libnotify4-dev])
diff --git a/gnome/src/dbus/dbus.c b/gnome/src/dbus/dbus.c
index e157463ca6baa0d4ae5174e44aaf2ce75d9f0302..03006ad5e8a8ef3cf90735307898688627cc69e1 100644
--- a/gnome/src/dbus/dbus.c
+++ b/gnome/src/dbus/dbus.c
@@ -1025,7 +1025,6 @@ gboolean dbus_connect(GError **error, SFLPhoneClient *client)
 #endif
 
     /* Defines a default timeout for the proxies */
-#if HAVE_DBUS_G_PROXY_SET_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
     static const int DEFAULT_DBUS_TIMEOUT = 30000;
     dbus_g_proxy_set_default_timeout(call_proxy, DEFAULT_DBUS_TIMEOUT);
     dbus_g_proxy_set_default_timeout(instance_proxy, DEFAULT_DBUS_TIMEOUT);
@@ -1035,7 +1034,6 @@ gboolean dbus_connect(GError **error, SFLPhoneClient *client)
 #endif
 #ifdef SFL_VIDEO
     dbus_g_proxy_set_default_timeout(video_proxy, DEFAULT_DBUS_TIMEOUT);
-#endif
 #endif
 
     gboolean status = dbus_connect_session_manager(connection);