diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index 740963f1583f4e02c04d5dcb3e919eaf011ee093..5624b12936411adef14e06b209cb326603741a32 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ Gajim is a GTK+ app that loves GNOME. You can do 'make' so you don't require gno
 <li>notification-daemon or notify-python (and D-Bus) to get cooler popups</li>
 <li>D-Bus running to have gajim-remote working. Some distributions split dbus-x11, which is needed for dbus to work with Gajim. Version >= 0.80 is required.</li>
 <li>python-dbus bindings (>=0.81)</li>
-<li>python-sexy to have clickable URLs in chat windows</li>
 <li>python-kerberos to use GSSAPI authentification. Note: version1.1 or higher is required</li>
 </ul>
 
diff --git a/data/glade/message_window.glade b/data/glade/message_window.glade
index 7e86aad151586bd45e0d4b93f0cfd19914f65207..e58931f0d079a94ff130e1d65272b8ac280a0696 100644
--- a/data/glade/message_window.glade
+++ b/data/glade/message_window.glade
@@ -69,7 +69,17 @@
                                           </packing>
                                         </child>
                                         <child>
-                                          <placeholder/>
+                                          <widget class="GtkLabel" id="banner_label">
+                                            <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                            <property name="xalign">0</property>
+                                            <property name="label" translatable="yes">label</property>
+                                            <property name="use_markup">True</property>
+                                            <property name="selectable">True</property>
+                                            <signal name="populate_popup" handler="on_banner_label_populate_popup"/>
+                                          </widget>
+                                          <packing>
+                                            <property name="position">1</property>
+                                          </packing>
                                         </child>
                                       </widget>
                                       <packing>
@@ -948,7 +958,16 @@
                                   </packing>
                                 </child>
                                 <child>
-                                  <placeholder/>
+                                  <widget class="GtkLabel" id="banner_label">
+                                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                    <property name="xalign">0</property>
+                                    <property name="label" translatable="yes">label</property>
+                                    <property name="use_markup">True</property>
+                                    <property name="selectable">True</property>
+                                  </widget>
+                                  <packing>
+                                    <property name="position">1</property>
+                                  </packing>
                                 </child>
                               </widget>
                               <packing>
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 377940f115d6dec32ff2aa86b567db22e1ab49d1..8832ee1b2f18c75aa80451d95c4c60abea261e55 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Architecture: any
 XB-Python-Version: ${python:Versions}
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, python-support (>= 0.7.1), python-glade2 (>= 2.12.0), python-gtk2 (>= 2.12.0), dnsutils
 Recommends: dbus, python-dbus, notification-daemon, python-gnupginterface, python-openssl, python-crypto
-Suggests: python-gconf, python-gnome2, nautilus-sendto, avahi-daemon, python-avahi, network-manager, libgtkspell0, aspell-en, python-gnomekeyring, gnome-keyring, python-sexy, python-kerberos (>= 1.1), texlive-latex-base, dvipng
+Suggests: python-gconf, python-gnome2, nautilus-sendto, avahi-daemon, python-avahi, network-manager, libgtkspell0, aspell-en, python-gnomekeyring, gnome-keyring, python-kerberos (>= 1.1), texlive-latex-base, dvipng
 Description: Jabber client written in PyGTK
  Gajim is a Jabber client. It has a tabbed user interface with normal chats,
  group chats, and has many features such as, TLS, GPG, SSL, multiple accounts,
diff --git a/src/chat_control.py b/src/chat_control.py
index ca5ce6e586520dcc1e8edfcd3f5f8f25fa123820..263e53df4efd84e7d37a487076ddc9473d50d5eb 100644
--- a/src/chat_control.py
+++ b/src/chat_control.py
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ class ChatControlBase(MessageControl, ChatCommandProcessor, CommandTools):
 
 	def make_href(self, match):
 		url_color = gajim.config.get('urlmsgcolor')
-		return '<a href="%s"><span color="%s">%s</span></a>' % (match.group(),
+		url = match.group()
+		if not '://' in url:
+			url = 'http://' + url
+		return '<a href="%s"><span color="%s">%s</span></a>' % (url,
 			url_color, match.group())
 
 	def get_font_attrs(self):
@@ -257,21 +260,10 @@ class ChatControlBase(MessageControl, ChatCommandProcessor, CommandTools):
 		self.urlfinder = re.compile(
 			r"(www\.(?!\.)|[a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*://)[^\s<>'\"]+[^!,\.\s<>\)'\"\]]")
 
-		if gajim.HAVE_PYSEXY:
-			import sexy
-			self.banner_status_label = sexy.UrlLabel()
-			self.banner_status_label.connect('url_activated',
-				self.status_url_clicked)
-		else:
-			self.banner_status_label = gtk.Label()
-		self.banner_status_label.set_selectable(True)
-		self.banner_status_label.set_alignment(0,0.5)
-		self.banner_status_label.connect('populate_popup',
+		self.banner_status_label = self.xml.get_widget('banner_label')
+		id_ = self.banner_status_label.connect('populate_popup',
 			self.on_banner_label_populate_popup)
-
-		banner_vbox = self.xml.get_widget('banner_vbox')
-		banner_vbox.pack_start(self.banner_status_label)
-		self.banner_status_label.show()
+		self.handlers[id_] = self.banner_status_label
 
 		# Init DND
 		self.TARGET_TYPE_URI_LIST = 80
@@ -1843,14 +1835,11 @@ class ChatControl(ChatControlBase):
 			label_tooltip = '%s%s' % (name, acct_info)
 
 		if status_escaped:
-			if gajim.HAVE_PYSEXY:
-				status_text = self.urlfinder.sub(self.make_href, status_escaped)
-				status_text = '<span %s>%s</span>' % (font_attrs_small, status_text)
-			else:
-				status_text = '<span %s>%s</span>' % (font_attrs_small, status_escaped)
+			status_text = self.urlfinder.sub(self.make_href, status_escaped)
+			status_text = '<span %s>%s</span>' % (font_attrs_small, status_escaped)
 			self.banner_status_label.set_tooltip_text(status)
-			self.banner_status_label.show()
 			self.banner_status_label.set_no_show_all(False)
+			self.banner_status_label.show()
 		else:
 			status_text = ''
 			self.banner_status_label.hide()
diff --git a/src/common/gajim.py b/src/common/gajim.py
index aef963e8b6d51f10c5816b7ebcedd082fe4ae0a2..7be22b2fc7ad9c508158502b63ec3704591243a8 100644
--- a/src/common/gajim.py
+++ b/src/common/gajim.py
@@ -166,12 +166,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
 	HAVE_PYCRYPTO = False
 
-HAVE_PYSEXY = True
-try:
-	import sexy
-except ImportError:
-	HAVE_PYSEXY = False
-
 HAVE_GPG = True
 try:
 	import GnuPGInterface
diff --git a/src/features_window.py b/src/features_window.py
index b806eed88afebc86d1f85078992944c57677a515..336bbd4675310112f0be8b2402ccac01e85d0a9d 100644
--- a/src/features_window.py
+++ b/src/features_window.py
@@ -101,10 +101,6 @@ class FeaturesWindow:
 				_('Generate XHTML output from RST code (see http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html).'),
 				_('Requires python-docutils.'),
 				_('Requires python-docutils.')),
-			_('Banners and clickable links'): (self.pysexy_available,
-				_('Ability to have clickable URLs in chat and groupchat window banners.'),
-				_('Requires python-sexy.'),
-				_('Requires python-sexy.')),
 			_('Audio / Video'): (self.farsight_available,
 				_('Ability to start audio and video chat.'),
 				_('Requires python-farsight.'),
@@ -256,9 +252,6 @@ class FeaturesWindow:
 			return False
 		return True
 
-	def pysexy_available(self):
-		return gajim.HAVE_PYSEXY
-
 	def farsight_available(self):
 		return gajim.HAVE_FARSIGHT
 
diff --git a/src/groupchat_control.py b/src/groupchat_control.py
index 2b512bab37577c7e65ceddfd023f332e79e85fe9..e5ebd439e2c1773b9f2ae81dcc69227a6a7684cf 100644
--- a/src/groupchat_control.py
+++ b/src/groupchat_control.py
@@ -634,17 +634,13 @@ class GroupchatControl(ChatControlBase):
 		if self.subject:
 			subject = helpers.reduce_chars_newlines(self.subject, max_lines=2)
 			subject = gobject.markup_escape_text(subject)
-			if gajim.HAVE_PYSEXY:
-				subject_text = self.urlfinder.sub(self.make_href, subject)
-				subject_text = '<span %s>%s</span>' % (font_attrs_small,
-					subject_text)
-			else:
-				subject_text = '<span %s>%s</span>' % (font_attrs_small, subject)
+			subject_text = self.urlfinder.sub(self.make_href, subject)
+			subject_text = '<span %s>%s</span>' % (font_attrs_small, subject_text)
 
 			# tooltip must always hold ALL the subject
 			self.event_box.set_tooltip_text(self.subject)
-			self.banner_status_label.show()
 			self.banner_status_label.set_no_show_all(False)
+			self.banner_status_label.show()
 		else:
 			subject_text = ''
 			self.event_box.set_has_tooltip(False)