--- shell/source/unix/sysshell/systemshell.cxx	2007-12-29 07:58:28.000000000 +1100
+++ shell/source/unix/sysshell/systemshell.cxx	2007-12-29 20:15:55.000000000 +1100
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ 
 const rtl::OUString LIB_RECENT_FILE = UNISTRING("librecentfile.so");
 const rtl::OUString DEFAULT_CONTEXT = UNISTRING("DefaultContext");
 
+#ifdef GTK_IS_BROKEN
 void * (* sym_gtk_recent_manager_get_default) () = NULL;
 void   (* sym_gtk_recent_manager_add_item) (void *, const char *) = NULL;
+#endif
 
 // We need to re-encode file urls because osl_getFileURLFromSystemPath converts
 // to UTF-8 before encoding non ascii characters, which is not what other apps expect.
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ 
         return url;
     }
     
+#ifdef GTK_IS_BROKEN
     bool init_recent_manager_api()
     {
         oslModule hDefault;
@@ -128,24 +131,28 @@ 
         bool ret = (NULL != sym_gtk_recent_manager_get_default) && (NULL != sym_gtk_recent_manager_add_item);
         return ret;
     }
-            
+#endif
     
     //##############################
     void AddToRecentDocumentList(const rtl::OUString& aFileUrl, const rtl::OUString& aMimeType)
     {
+#ifdef GTK_IS_BROKEN
         static bool bIsRecentManagerPresent = init_recent_manager_api();
+#endif
         
         // Convert file URL for external use (see above)
         rtl::OUString externalUrl = translateToExternalUrl(aFileUrl);
         if( 0 == externalUrl.getLength() )
             externalUrl = aFileUrl;
         
+#ifdef GTK_IS_BROKEN
         if( bIsRecentManagerPresent )
         {
             void * recent_manager = sym_gtk_recent_manager_get_default();
             sym_gtk_recent_manager_add_item(recent_manager, rtl::OUStringToOString(aFileUrl, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8).getStr());
         }
         else
+#endif
         {
             rtl::OUString librecentfile_url = get_absolute_library_url(LIB_RECENT_FILE);