diff --git a/plugins/gtkgui/dialogs.py b/plugins/gtkgui/dialogs.py
index 7193d60783fa1f6eb5c4925be6abd594311cdda0..3f2638fd87f0aa52eab84cf2da318319ab98de9b 100644
--- a/plugins/gtkgui/dialogs.py
+++ b/plugins/gtkgui/dialogs.py
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ class add_contact_window:
 class About_dialog:
 	"""Class for about dialog"""
 	def __init__(self, plugin):
+		if gtk.check_version(2, 6, 0):
+			return
 		self.plugin = plugin
 		#xml.get_widget('logo_image').set_from_file('plugins/gtkgui/pixmaps/logo.png')
 		dlg = gtk.AboutDialog()
diff --git a/plugins/gtkgui/gtkgui.py b/plugins/gtkgui/gtkgui.py
index 8e2df4f43ce78abaa86ec2f49e981b5139dda51b..091c0d195e0be3df1472ed3fe3ca0ccb0bd948df 100644
--- a/plugins/gtkgui/gtkgui.py
+++ b/plugins/gtkgui/gtkgui.py
@@ -738,8 +738,9 @@ class plugin:
 
 	def __init__(self, quIN, quOUT):
 		gtk.gdk.threads_init()
-		gtk.about_dialog_set_email_hook(self.on_launch_browser_mailer, 'mail')
-		gtk.about_dialog_set_url_hook(self.on_launch_browser_mailer, 'url')
+		if not gtk.check_version(2, 6, 0):
+			gtk.about_dialog_set_email_hook(self.on_launch_browser_mailer, 'mail')
+			gtk.about_dialog_set_url_hook(self.on_launch_browser_mailer, 'url')
 		self.queueIN = quIN
 		self.queueOUT = quOUT
 		self.send('REG_MESSAGE', 'gtkgui', ['ROSTER', 'WARNING', 'STATUS', \