diff -Naur netactview-0.6.4.orig/configure.ac netactview-0.6.4/configure.ac
--- netactview-0.6.4.orig/configure.ac	2018-09-12 15:12:32.807073000 +0200
+++ netactview-0.6.4/configure.ac	2018-09-12 15:14:11.836589749 +0200
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
 
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NETACTVIEW, [gtk+-2.0 >= 2.8 libglade-2.0 gthread-2.0 glib-2.0 >= 2.8 gconf-2.0 libgtop-2.0 >= 2.12])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NETACTVIEW, [gtk+-2.0 >= 2.8 libglade-2.0 gthread-2.0 glib-2.0 >= 2.8 libgtop-2.0 >= 2.12])
 AC_SUBST(NETACTVIEW_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(NETACTVIEW_LIBS)
 
diff -Naur netactview-0.6.4.orig/src/mainwindow.c netactview-0.6.4/src/mainwindow.c
--- netactview-0.6.4.orig/src/mainwindow.c	2018-09-12 15:12:32.827074000 +0200
+++ netactview-0.6.4/src/mainwindow.c	2018-09-12 15:16:06.949901211 +0200
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <glade/glade.h>
 #include <gdk/gdkkeysyms.h>
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
-#include <gconf/gconf-client.h>
 
 
 /*Column data types as used by compare functions*/
@@ -172,7 +171,6 @@
 	
 	int columns_initial_view_order[MVC_VIEW_COLUMNSNUMBER]; /* [position] = index. */ 
 	
-	char *default_fixed_font;
 	gboolean first_refresh, manual_refresh;
 
 	int window_width, window_height, initial_window_width, initial_window_height;
@@ -2430,19 +2428,6 @@
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
-static void gconf_load ()
-{
-	GConfClient *conf = gconf_client_get_default();
-	
-	Mwd.default_fixed_font = gconf_client_get_string (conf, 
-								"/desktop/gnome/interface/monospace_font_name", NULL);
-	if (Mwd.default_fixed_font == NULL)
-		Mwd.default_fixed_font = g_strdup("Monospace 10");
-	
-	g_object_unref(conf);
-	
-}
-
 
 static void connect_signals (GtkWidget *window)
 {
@@ -2586,7 +2571,7 @@
 	label = GTK_LABEL(gtk_label_new(text));
 	gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC(label), 0, 0.5);
 	
-	font_desc = pango_font_description_from_string(Mwd.default_fixed_font);
+	font_desc = pango_font_description_from_string("Monospace 10");
 	if (font_desc != NULL)
 	{
 		gtk_widget_modify_font(GTK_WIDGET(label), font_desc);
@@ -2634,7 +2619,6 @@
 	Mwd.connections = g_array_sized_new(FALSE, TRUE, sizeof(NetConnection*), 16);
 	
 	load_preferences();
-	gconf_load();
 
 	init_controls();
 	setup_status_bar();
@@ -2684,7 +2668,6 @@
 
 	FreeFilterData();
 	g_string_free(Mwd.filter, TRUE);
-	g_free(Mwd.default_fixed_font);
 }