diff -ur alacarte/configure.ac alacarte.new/configure.ac
--- alacarte/configure.ac	2011-11-06 18:54:31 +0000
+++ alacarte.new/configure.ac	2011-11-06 18:56:07 +0000
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 AM_PATH_PYTHON_VERSION(2.7, 2.7.0, 2.6, 2.6.0, 2.5, 2.5.0, 2.4, 2.4.0)
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ALACARTE, libgnome-menu >= 2.27.92)
+#PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ALACARTE, libgnome-menu >= 2.27.92)
 
 dnl Check for correctly installed pygobject
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for pygobject required_pygobject_version installed for python required_python_abi)