diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c481896238..de9f78b903 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1258,30 +1258,6 @@ else
 fi
 AC_SUBST(LC_MESSAGES_ENUM)
 
-###--------------------------------------------------------
-### Make gtkmm plugin optional
-###--------------------------------------------------------
-enable_gtkmm=false
-
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(gtkmm,
-  [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-gtkmm],[enable gtkmm gui])],
-  [case "${enableval}" in
-     yes) enable_gtkmm=true ;;
-     no) enable_gtkmm=false ;;
-     *) enable_gtkmm=true ;;
-   esac]
-  )
-if test x${enable_gtkmm} = "xtrue"
-then
-  GTKMM_DIR=gtkmm
-  # We require gtkmm, of course
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTKMM, gtkmm-2.4 >= 2.16)
-  # and also the c++ compiler
-  AC_PROG_CXX
-  AC_PROG_CXXCPP
-fi
-AC_SUBST(GTKMM_DIR)
-
 ###--------------------------------------------------------
 ### Make Python bindings optional
 ###--------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1496,7 +1472,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES(
   src/libqof/qof/Makefile
   src/libqof/qof/test/Makefile
   src/optional/Makefile
-  src/optional/gtkmm/Makefile
   src/optional/python-bindings/Makefile
   src/optional/python-bindings/tests/Makefile
   src/pixmaps/Makefile
diff --git a/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c b/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c
index ffbabfd275..3e77211aa6 100644
--- a/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c
+++ b/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c
@@ -576,8 +576,7 @@ load_gnucash_modules()
         { "gnucash/report/utility-reports", 0, FALSE },
         { "gnucash/report/locale-specific/us", 0, FALSE },
         { "gnucash/report/report-gnome", 0, FALSE },
-        { "gnucash/business-gnome", 0, TRUE },
-        { "gnucash/gtkmm", 0, TRUE },
+        { "gnucash/business-gnome", 0, TRUE }
     };
 
     /* module initializations go here */
diff --git a/src/optional/Makefile.am b/src/optional/Makefile.am
index 99f5bd6d23..0f09704930 100644
--- a/src/optional/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/optional/Makefile.am
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SUBDIRS = ${PYTHON_DIR} ${GTKMM_DIR}
-DIST_SUBDIRS = python-bindings gtkmm
+SUBDIRS = ${PYTHON_DIR}
+DIST_SUBDIRS = python-bindings