diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f7b98bc035b8f8ddaee0e3896b24fc72f4278c7d..0ff34a5477e8725a892f83f2efad9633f779b1ff 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -9,16 +9,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 DUNE_CHECK_ALL
 
-AC_ARG_WITH([cairomm], AS_HELP_STRING([--with-cairomm], [Use cairomm]))
-
-AS_IF([test "x$with_cairomm" != "xno"], [
-   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CAIROMM], [cairomm-1.0],
-                     [AM_CONDITIONAL(CAIROMM, true)
-                      AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CAIROMM], [1], [If CairoMM is available])
-   ])
-])
-
-
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   Makefile
   src/Makefile
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 3b86f3e7b2517386c87b49f359d60ab875d1e386..1bdf3d66be63a66e39d46187945b78b0bd35839f 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -51,9 +51,4 @@ AM_LDFLAGS = \
 	$(UG_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PYTHON_LDFLAGS)
 
-if CAIROMM
-AM_CPPFLAGS += $(CAIROMM_CFLAGS)
-LDADD += $(CAIROMM_LIBS)
-endif
-
 include $(top_srcdir)/am/global-rules