diff --git a/gnome2/pidgin/pidgin.conf b/gnome2/pidgin/pidgin.conf
index f3dc5745a..1e2c46ac6 100644
--- a/gnome2/pidgin/pidgin.conf
+++ b/gnome2/pidgin/pidgin.conf
@@ -20,6 +20,3 @@ for x in meanwhile nm avahi nss gnutls; do
 		var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--disable-$x"
 	fi
 done
-
-# problems linking against ncurses panel
-var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--disable-consoleui'