diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 48e3f3edac..ebe45a9592 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2740,7 +2740,7 @@ 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=$GTK_LIBS
+                    wx_cv_libs_gtk=`echo $GTK_LIBS | sed -e 's/ -l[[^ ]]*cairo[[^ ]]*//g'`
                 fi
             ]
         )