diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5094be821f..0762d7de2d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -30356,7 +30356,7 @@ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
                                         wx_cv_lib_gtk=none
                 else
                                                             wx_cv_cflags_gtk=$GTK_CFLAGS
-                    wx_cv_libs_gtk=`echo $GTK_LIBS | sed -e 's/ -l[^ ]*cairo[^ ]*//g'`
+                    wx_cv_libs_gtk=$GTK_LIBS
                 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index da733e0626..0a188f26f5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2962,7 +2962,7 @@ if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
                     dnl we need to cache GTK_CFLAGS and GTK_LIBS for the
                     dnl subsequent runs
                     wx_cv_cflags_gtk=$GTK_CFLAGS
-                    wx_cv_libs_gtk=`echo $GTK_LIBS | sed -e 's/ -l[[^ ]]*cairo[[^ ]]*//g'`
+                    wx_cv_libs_gtk=$GTK_LIBS
                 fi
             ]
         )