diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5dd7b45..489b879 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-03-08  Lucas Rocha  <lucasr@gnome.org>
+
+	* configure.in, src/about.c: disable monk easter egg in order to
+	remove gnome-canvas dependency (Fixes #571741). 
+
 2009-03-08  Lucas Rocha  <lucasr@gnome.org>
 
 	* configure.in, src/notification.c: replace deprecated
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7771a7e..e9f1092 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 
 GTK_REQUIRED=2.15.1
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ZENITY],[gtk+-2.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED libglade-2.0 libgnomecanvas-2.0 glib-2.0])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ZENITY],[gtk+-2.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED libglade-2.0 glib-2.0])
 AC_SUBST([ZENITY_CFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([ZENITY_LIBS])
 
diff --git a/src/about.c b/src/about.c
index 434b7bb..b8f1fc0 100644
--- a/src/about.c
+++ b/src/about.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include <gdk/gdkkeysyms.h>
-#include <libgnomecanvas/libgnomecanvas.h>
 
 #define GTK_RESPONSE_CREDITS 0
 #define ZENITY_HELP_PATH ZENITY_DATADIR "/help/"
@@ -75,6 +74,7 @@ static const char *license[] = {
 	   "Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.")
 };
 
+#if 0
 static gint
 zenity_move_clothes_event (GnomeCanvasItem *item, 
                            GdkEvent *event,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ zenity_zen_wisdom (GtkDialog *dialog, GdkEventKey *event, gpointer user_data)
 
   return FALSE;
 }
+#endif
 
 void 
 zenity_about (ZenityData *data)
@@ -301,8 +302,11 @@ zenity_about (ZenityData *data)
 
   g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (dialog), "response",
                     G_CALLBACK (zenity_about_dialog_response), data);
+
+#if 0
   g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (dialog), "key_press_event",
                     G_CALLBACK (zenity_zen_wisdom), NULL);
+#endif
 
   zenity_util_show_dialog (dialog);
   gtk_main ();