diff --git a/src/gnome/MainWindow.c b/src/gnome/MainWindow.c
index fc5c84a92c..2e9dc5dff4 100644
--- a/src/gnome/MainWindow.c
+++ b/src/gnome/MainWindow.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "MainWindow.h"
 #include "MenuBar.h"
 #include "Add_Dialog.h"
+#include "main.h"
 #include "messages.h"
 #include "version.h"
 #include "RegWindow.h"
diff --git a/src/gnome/RegWindow.c b/src/gnome/RegWindow.c
index 26baf01ee6..8daa0aa0ab 100644
--- a/src/gnome/RegWindow.c
+++ b/src/gnome/RegWindow.c
@@ -567,7 +567,6 @@ regWindowLedger(Account *lead_acc, Account **acclist, int ledger_type)
 
   /* The CreateTable will do the actual gui init, 
    * returning a widget */
-  //reg = xaccCreateTable (regData->ledger->table, frame, accRes[ledger_type]);
   reg = xaccCreateTable (regData->ledger->table, regData->dialog);
   
   regData->reg = reg;
@@ -800,8 +799,6 @@ void regRefresh (RegWindow *regData)
     * new splits and get them into the system.
     */
 
-   /* hack alert -- should be recomputing the list of splits */
-/* ???? */
    xaccBRLoadRegister (regData->ledger, 
                      xaccAccountGetSplitList (regData->leader),
                      regData->leader);
diff --git a/src/gnome/main.c b/src/gnome/main.c
index 055c18171e..4f8711e508 100644
--- a/src/gnome/main.c
+++ b/src/gnome/main.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 /** GLOBALS *********************************************************/
 
+AccountGroup *topgroup = 0x0;
 char        *helpPath = NULL;
 GtkWidget   *toplevel;
 GtkWidget   *filebox;
@@ -51,25 +52,6 @@ char        *datafile = NULL;
 GtkWidget   *app;
 
 
-/* The names of the different types of accounts.  For resource
- * specification. Must match the enums in Account.h */
-
-gchar *accRes[] ={
-  "bank",
-  "cash",
-  "asset",
-  "credit",
-  "liability",
-  "stock",
-  "mutual",
-  "income",
-  "expense",
-  "equity",
-  "checking",
-  "savings",
-  "creditline",
-};
-
 void
 file_ok_sel (GtkWidget *w, GtkFileSelection *fs)
 {
diff --git a/src/gnome/main.h b/src/gnome/main.h
index 77fa1b627c..4d19b6513d 100644
--- a/src/gnome/main.h
+++ b/src/gnome/main.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ void prepare_app ( void );
 /** GLOBALS *********************************************************/
 extern char  *helpPath;
 extern GtkWidget   *app;
+extern AccountGroup *topgroup;
 
 #endif