diff --git a/src/frontends/gnome/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/gnome/ChangeLog
index 873f3691be..3e28aefc68 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gnome/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/gnome/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-12-16  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
+
+	* Makefile.am: remove the if USE_BASIC_IMAGE_LOADER test.
+
 2002-12-01  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@gullik.net>
 
 	* several files: ws changes
diff --git a/src/frontends/gnome/Makefile.am b/src/frontends/gnome/Makefile.am
index 39c585ec54..2551c5813b 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gnome/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/frontends/gnome/Makefile.am
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ INCLUDES = $(FRONTEND_INCLUDES) -I$(top_srcdir)/src/ \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/frontends/controllers \
 	$(BOOST_INCLUDES)
 
-if USE_BASIC_IMAGE_LOADER
-else
-XFORMSIMAGE = ../xforms/xformsImage.lo
-endif
-
 # alphabetised
 xforms_objects = \
 	../xforms/Alert_pimpl.lo \
@@ -52,7 +47,8 @@ xforms_objects = \
 	../xforms/xformsBC.lo \
 	../xforms/XFormsView.lo \
 	../xforms/XPainter.lo \
-	../xforms/XWorkArea.lo $(XFORMSIMAGE)
+	../xforms/XWorkArea.lo \
+	../xforms/xformsImage.lo
 
 libgnome.la: xforms.lo $(libgnome_la_OBJECTS) $(libgnome_la_DEPENDENCIES)