--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ if test "`(uname) 2>/dev/null`" = Darwin
     dnl or Motif, Athena or GTK GUI is used.
     AC_CHECK_HEADER(Carbon/Carbon.h, CARBON=yes)
     if test "x$CARBON" = "xyes"; then
-      if test -z "$with_x" -a "X$enable_gui" != Xmotif -a "X$enable_gui" != Xathena -a "X$enable_gui" != Xgtk -a "X$enable_gui" != Xgtk2; then
+      if test -z "$with_x" -a "X$enable_gui" != Xmotif -a "X$enable_gui" != Xathena -a "X$enable_gui" != Xgtk2; then
 	with_x=no
       fi
     fi
@@ -1156,7 +1156,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(xim,
 	[  --enable-xim            Include XIM input support.],
 	AC_MSG_RESULT($enable_xim),
 	[enable_xim="auto"; AC_MSG_RESULT(defaulting to auto)])
-dnl defining FEAT_XIM is delayed, so that it can be disabled for older GTK
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(--enable-fontset argument)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(fontset,
@@ -1296,7 +1295,7 @@ test "x$with_x" = xno -a "x$MACOSX" != "
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(--enable-gui argument)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(gui,
- [  --enable-gui[=OPTS]     X11 GUI [default=auto] [OPTS=auto/no/gtk/gtk2/gnome/gnome2/motif/athena/neXtaw/photon/carbon]], , enable_gui="auto")
+ [  --enable-gui[=OPTS]     X11 GUI [default=auto] [OPTS=auto/no/gtk2/gnome2/motif/athena/neXtaw/photon/carbon]], , enable_gui="auto")
 
 dnl Canonicalize the --enable-gui= argument so that it can be easily compared.
 dnl Do not use character classes for portability with old tools.
@@ -1304,7 +1303,6 @@ enable_gui_canon=`echo "_$enable_gui" | 
 	sed 's/[[ _+-]]//g;y/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/'`
 
 dnl Skip everything by default.
-SKIP_GTK=YES
 SKIP_GTK2=YES
 SKIP_GNOME=YES
 SKIP_MOTIF=YES
@@ -1343,24 +1341,16 @@ else
   case "$enable_gui_canon" in
     no|none)	AC_MSG_RESULT(no GUI support) ;;
     yes|""|auto)	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes/auto - automatic GUI support)
-		SKIP_GTK=
 		SKIP_GTK2=
 		SKIP_GNOME=
 		SKIP_MOTIF=
 		SKIP_ATHENA=
 		SKIP_NEXTAW=
 		SKIP_CARBON=;;
-    gtk)	AC_MSG_RESULT(GTK+ 1.x GUI support)
-		SKIP_GTK=;;
     gtk2)	AC_MSG_RESULT(GTK+ 2.x GUI support)
-		SKIP_GTK=
 		SKIP_GTK2=;;
-    gnome)	AC_MSG_RESULT(GNOME 1.x GUI support)
-		SKIP_GNOME=
-		SKIP_GTK=;;
     gnome2)	AC_MSG_RESULT(GNOME 2.x GUI support)
 		SKIP_GNOME=
-		SKIP_GTK=
 		SKIP_GTK2=;;
     motif)	AC_MSG_RESULT(Motif GUI support)
 		SKIP_MOTIF=;;
@@ -1373,32 +1363,20 @@ else
 
 fi
 
-if test "x$SKIP_GTK" != "xYES" -a "$enable_gui_canon" != "gtk" -a "$enable_gui_canon" != "gtk2"; then
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether or not to look for GTK)
-  AC_ARG_ENABLE(gtk-check,
-	[  --enable-gtk-check      If auto-select GUI, check for GTK [default=yes]],
-	, enable_gtk_check="yes")
-  AC_MSG_RESULT($enable_gtk_check)
-  if test "x$enable_gtk_check" = "xno"; then
-    SKIP_GTK=YES
+if test "x$SKIP_GTK2" != "xYES" -a "$enable_gui_canon" != "gtk2" \
+				-a "$enable_gui_canon" != "gnome2"; then
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether or not to look for GTK+ 2)
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(gtk2-check,
+	[  --enable-gtk2-check     If auto-select GUI, check for GTK+ 2 [default=yes]],
+	, enable_gtk2_check="yes")
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($enable_gtk2_check)
+  if test "x$enable_gtk2_check" = "xno"; then
+    SKIP_GTK2=YES
     SKIP_GNOME=YES
   fi
 fi
 
-if test "x$SKIP_GTK2" != "xYES" -a "$enable_gui_canon" != "gtk2" \
-				-a "$enable_gui_canon" != "gnome2"; then
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether or not to look for GTK+ 2)
-  AC_ARG_ENABLE(gtk2-check,
-	[  --enable-gtk2-check     If GTK GUI, check for GTK+ 2 [default=yes]],
-	, enable_gtk2_check="yes")
-  AC_MSG_RESULT($enable_gtk2_check)
-  if test "x$enable_gtk2_check" = "xno"; then
-    SKIP_GTK2=YES
-  fi
-fi
-
-if test "x$SKIP_GNOME" != "xYES" -a "$enable_gui_canon" != "gnome" \
-				 -a "$enable_gui_canon" != "gnome2"; then
+if test "x$SKIP_GNOME" != "xYES" -a "$enable_gui_canon" != "gnome2"; then
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether or not to look for GNOME)
   AC_ARG_ENABLE(gnome-check,
 	[  --enable-gnome-check    If GTK GUI, check for GNOME [default=no]],
@@ -1472,7 +1450,6 @@ if test "x$MACOSX" = "xyes" -a -z "$SKIP
   datadir='${prefix}/Vim.app/Contents/Resources'
 
   dnl skip everything else
-  SKIP_GTK=YES;
   SKIP_GTK2=YES;
   SKIP_GNOME=YES;
   SKIP_MOTIF=YES;
@@ -1482,12 +1459,8 @@ if test "x$MACOSX" = "xyes" -a -z "$SKIP
   SKIP_CARBON=YES
 fi
 
-dnl
-dnl Get the cflags and libraries from the gtk-config script
-dnl
-
 dnl define an autoconf function to check for a specified version of GTK, and
-dnl try to compile/link a GTK program.  this gets used once for GTK 1.1.16.
+dnl try to compile/link a GTK program.
 dnl
 dnl AM_PATH_GTK([MINIMUM-VERSION, [ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]]])
 dnl Test for GTK, and define GTK_CFLAGS, GTK_LIBDIR and GTK_LIBS
@@ -1496,7 +1469,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AM_PATH_GTK,
 [
   if test "X$GTK_CONFIG" != "Xno" -o "X$PKG_CONFIG" != "Xno"; then
   {
-    min_gtk_version=ifelse([$1], ,0.99.7,$1)
+    min_gtk_version=ifelse([$1], ,2.2.0,$1)
     AC_MSG_CHECKING(for GTK - version >= $min_gtk_version)
     no_gtk=""
     if (test "X$SKIP_GTK2" != "XYES" -a "X$PKG_CONFIG" != "Xno") \
@@ -1515,18 +1488,6 @@ AC_DEFUN(AM_PATH_GTK,
       gtk_micro_version=`$PKG_CONFIG --modversion gtk+-2.0 | \
 	     sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\)\.\([[0-9]]*\)\.\([[0-9]]*\)/\3/'`
     }
-    elif test "X$GTK_CONFIG" != "Xno"; then
-    {
-      GTK_CFLAGS=`$GTK_CONFIG $gtk_config_args --cflags`
-      GTK_LIBDIR=
-      GTK_LIBS=`$GTK_CONFIG $gtk_config_args --libs`
-      gtk_major_version=`$GTK_CONFIG $gtk_config_args --version | \
-	     sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\)\.\([[0-9]]*\)\.\([[0-9]]*\)/\1/'`
-      gtk_minor_version=`$GTK_CONFIG $gtk_config_args --version | \
-	     sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\)\.\([[0-9]]*\)\.\([[0-9]]*\)/\2/'`
-      gtk_micro_version=`$GTK_CONFIG $gtk_config_args --version | \
-	     sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\)\.\([[0-9]]*\)\.\([[0-9]]*\)/\3/'`
-    }
     else
       no_gtk=yes
     fi
@@ -1539,8 +1500,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AM_PATH_GTK,
       LIBS="$LIBS $GTK_LIBS"
 
       dnl
-      dnl Now check if the installed GTK is sufficiently new. (Also sanity
-      dnl checks the results of gtk-config to some extent
+      dnl Now check if the installed GTK is sufficiently new.
       dnl
       rm -f conf.gtktest
       AC_TRY_RUN([
@@ -1642,7 +1602,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([GNOME_INIT_HOOK],
     fi,
     want_gnome=yes)
 
-  if test "x$want_gnome" = xyes -a "0$gtk_major_version" -ge 2; then
+  if test "x$want_gnome" = xyes; then
   {
     AC_MSG_CHECKING(for libgnomeui-2.0)
     if $PKG_CONFIG --exists libgnomeui-2.0; then
@@ -1669,51 +1629,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([GNOME_INIT_HOOK],
       fi
     fi
   }
-  elif test "x$want_gnome" = xyes; then
-  {
-    AC_PATH_PROG(GNOME_CONFIG,gnome-config,no)
-    if test "$GNOME_CONFIG" = "no"; then
-      no_gnome_config="yes"
-    else
-      AC_MSG_CHECKING(if $GNOME_CONFIG works)
-      if $GNOME_CONFIG --libs-only-l gnome >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-	GNOME_LIBS="`$GNOME_CONFIG --libs-only-l gnome gnomeui`"
-	GNOME_LIBDIR="`$GNOME_CONFIG --libs-only-L gnorba gnomeui`"
-	GNOME_INCLUDEDIR="`$GNOME_CONFIG --cflags gnorba gnomeui`"
-	$1
-      else
-	AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-	no_gnome_config="yes"
-      fi
-    fi
-
-    if test x$exec_prefix = xNONE; then
-      if test x$prefix = xNONE; then
-	gnome_prefix=$ac_default_prefix/lib
-      else
-	gnome_prefix=$prefix/lib
-      fi
-    else
-      gnome_prefix=`eval echo \`echo $libdir\``
-    fi
-
-    if test "$no_gnome_config" = "yes"; then
-      AC_MSG_CHECKING(for gnomeConf.sh file in $gnome_prefix)
-      if test -f $gnome_prefix/gnomeConf.sh; then
-	AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
-	echo "loading gnome configuration from" \
-	  "$gnome_prefix/gnomeConf.sh"
-	. $gnome_prefix/gnomeConf.sh
-	$1
-      else
-	AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)
-	if test x$2 = xfail; then
-	  AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find the gnomeConf.sh file that is generated by gnome-libs install)
-	fi
-      fi
-    fi
-  }
   fi
 ])
 
@@ -1723,21 +1638,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([GNOME_INIT],[
 
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-dnl Check for GTK.  First checks for gtk-config, cause it needs that to get the
-dnl correct compiler flags.  Then checks for GTK 1.1.16.  If that fails, then
-dnl it checks for 1.0.6.  If both fail, then continue on for Motif as before...
+dnl Check for GTK2.  If it fails, then continue on for Motif as before...
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-if test -z "$SKIP_GTK"; then
-
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING(--with-gtk-prefix argument)
-  AC_ARG_WITH(gtk-prefix,[  --with-gtk-prefix=PFX   Prefix where GTK is installed (optional)],
-	gtk_config_prefix="$withval"; AC_MSG_RESULT($gtk_config_prefix),
-	gtk_config_prefix=""; AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
-
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING(--with-gtk-exec-prefix argument)
-  AC_ARG_WITH(gtk-exec-prefix,[  --with-gtk-exec-prefix=PFX Exec prefix where GTK is installed (optional)],
-	gtk_config_exec_prefix="$withval"; AC_MSG_RESULT($gtk_config_prefix),
-	gtk_config_exec_prefix=""; AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
+if test -z "$SKIP_GTK2"; then
 
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(--disable-gtktest argument)
   AC_ARG_ENABLE(gtktest, [  --disable-gtktest       Do not try to compile and run a test GTK program],
@@ -1748,89 +1651,41 @@ if test -z "$SKIP_GTK"; then
     AC_MSG_RESULT(gtk test disabled)
   fi
 
-  if test "x$gtk_config_prefix" != "x" ; then
-    gtk_config_args="$gtk_config_args --prefix=$gtk_config_prefix"
-    GTK_CONFIG=$gtk_config_prefix/bin/gtk-config
-  fi
-  if test "x$gtk_config_exec_prefix" != "x" ; then
-    gtk_config_args="$gtk_config_args --exec-prefix=$gtk_config_exec_prefix"
-    GTK_CONFIG=$gtk_config_exec_prefix/bin/gtk-config
-  fi
-  if test "X$GTK_CONFIG" = "X"; then
-    AC_PATH_PROG(GTK_CONFIG, gtk-config, no)
-    if test "X$GTK_CONFIG" = "Xno"; then
-      dnl Some distributions call it gtk12-config, annoying!
-      AC_PATH_PROG(GTK12_CONFIG, gtk12-config, no)
-      GTK_CONFIG="$GTK12_CONFIG"
-    fi
-  else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(Using GTK configuration program $GTK_CONFIG)
-  fi
   if test "X$PKG_CONFIG" = "X"; then
     AC_PATH_PROG(PKG_CONFIG, pkg-config, no)
   fi
 
-  if test "x$GTK_CONFIG:$PKG_CONFIG" != "xno:no"; then
+  if test "x$PKG_CONFIG" != "xno"; then
     dnl First try finding version 2.2.0 or later.  The 2.0.x series has
     dnl problems (bold fonts, --remote doesn't work).
-    if test "X$SKIP_GTK2" != "XYES"; then
-      AM_PATH_GTK(2.2.0,
-		  [GUI_LIB_LOC="$GTK_LIBDIR"
-		   GTK_LIBNAME="$GTK_LIBS"
-		  GUI_INC_LOC="$GTK_CFLAGS"], )
-      if test "x$GTK_CFLAGS" != "x"; then
-	SKIP_ATHENA=YES
-	SKIP_NEXTAW=YES
-	SKIP_MOTIF=YES
-	GUITYPE=GTK
-	AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBNAME)
-      fi
-    fi
-
-    dnl If there is no 2.2.0 or later try the 1.x.x series.  We require at
-    dnl least GTK 1.1.16.  1.0.6 doesn't work.  1.1.1 to 1.1.15
-    dnl were test versions.
-    if test "x$GUITYPE" != "xGTK"; then
-      SKIP_GTK2=YES
-      AM_PATH_GTK(1.1.16,
-		  [GTK_LIBNAME="$GTK_LIBS"
-		  GUI_INC_LOC="$GTK_CFLAGS"], )
-      if test "x$GTK_CFLAGS" != "x"; then
-	SKIP_ATHENA=YES
-	SKIP_NEXTAW=YES
-	SKIP_MOTIF=YES
-	GUITYPE=GTK
-	AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBNAME)
-      fi
+    AM_PATH_GTK(2.2.0,
+		[GUI_LIB_LOC="$GTK_LIBDIR"
+		 GTK_LIBNAME="$GTK_LIBS"
+		GUI_INC_LOC="$GTK_CFLAGS"], )
+    if test "x$GTK_CFLAGS" != "x"; then
+      SKIP_ATHENA=YES
+      SKIP_NEXTAW=YES
+      SKIP_MOTIF=YES
+      GUITYPE=GTK
+      AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBNAME)
     fi
   fi
-  dnl Give a warning if GTK is older than 1.2.3
   if test "x$GUITYPE" = "xGTK"; then
-    if test "$gtk_major_version" = 1 -a "0$gtk_minor_version" -lt 2 \
-	 -o "$gtk_major_version" = 1 -a "$gtk_minor_version" = 2 -a "0$gtk_micro_version" -lt 3; then
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(this GTK version is old; version 1.2.3 or later is recommended)
-    else
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GTK2)
+    if test "$gtk_minor_version" = 1 -a "0$gtk_micro_version" -ge 1 \
+	|| test "0$gtk_minor_version" -ge 2; then
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GTK_MULTIHEAD)
+    fi
+    dnl
+    dnl if GTK exists, then check for GNOME.
+    dnl
+    if test -z "$SKIP_GNOME"; then
     {
-      if test "0$gtk_major_version" -ge 2; then
-	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GTK2)
-	if test "$gtk_minor_version" = 1 -a "0$gtk_micro_version" -ge 1 \
-		|| test "0$gtk_minor_version" -ge 2 \
-		|| test "0$gtk_major_version" -gt 2; then
-	  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GTK_MULTIHEAD)
-	fi
-      fi
-      dnl
-      dnl if GTK exists, and it's not the 1.0.x series, then check for GNOME.
-      dnl
-      if test -z "$SKIP_GNOME"; then
-      {
-	GNOME_INIT_HOOK([have_gnome=yes])
-	if test x$have_gnome = xyes ; then
-	  AC_DEFINE(FEAT_GUI_GNOME)
-	  GUI_INC_LOC="$GUI_INC_LOC $GNOME_INCLUDEDIR"
-	  GTK_LIBNAME="$GTK_LIBNAME $GNOME_LIBDIR $GNOME_LIBS"
-	fi
-      }
+      GNOME_INIT_HOOK([have_gnome=yes])
+      if test "x$have_gnome" = xyes ; then
+	AC_DEFINE(FEAT_GUI_GNOME)
+	GUI_INC_LOC="$GUI_INC_LOC $GNOME_INCLUDEDIR"
+	GTK_LIBNAME="$GTK_LIBNAME $GNOME_LIBDIR $GNOME_LIBS"
       fi
     }
     fi
@@ -2088,7 +1943,7 @@ if test "x$GUITYPE" = "xNONE" -a "$enabl
   AC_MSG_RESULT(no GUI selected; fontset has been disabled)
   enable_fontset="no"
 fi
-if test "x$GUITYPE:$enable_fontset" = "xGTK:yes" -a "0$gtk_major_version" -ge 2; then
+if test "x$GUITYPE:$enable_fontset" = "xGTK:yes"; then
   AC_MSG_RESULT(GTK+ 2 GUI selected; fontset has been disabled)
   enable_fontset="no"
 fi