diff --git a/src/applets/pager.c b/src/applets/pager.c
index 85a0ad7..a1878ab 100644
--- a/src/applets/pager.c
+++ b/src/applets/pager.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <gdk/gdkx.h>
 #include <X11/Xatom.h>
 #include <System.h>
+#include <Desktop.h>
 #include "Panel/applet.h"
 #define _(string) gettext(string)
 
@@ -118,13 +119,8 @@ static Pager * _pager_init(PanelAppletHelper * helper, GtkWidget ** widget)
 	}
 	pager->helper = helper;
 	orientation = panel_window_get_orientation(helper->window);
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3, 0, 0)
 	pager->box = gtk_box_new(orientation, 0);
 	gtk_box_set_homogeneous(GTK_BOX(pager->box), TRUE);
-#else
-	pager->box = (orientation == GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL)
-		? gtk_hbox_new(TRUE, 0) : gtk_vbox_new(TRUE, 0);
-#endif
 	pager->source = g_signal_connect(pager->box, "screen-changed",
 			G_CALLBACK(_pager_on_screen_changed), pager);
 	pager->widgets = NULL;
diff --git a/src/applets/project.conf b/src/applets/project.conf
index 40bd884..a7ccaf0 100644
--- a/src/applets/project.conf
+++ b/src/applets/project.conf
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ depends=../../include/Panel.h
 [pager]
 type=plugin
 sources=pager.c
-cflags=`pkg-config --cflags x11`
-ldflags=`pkg-config --libs x11`
+cflags=`pkg-config --cflags libDesktop x11`
+ldflags=`pkg-config --libs libDesktop x11`
 install=$(LIBDIR)/Panel/applets
 
 [pager.c]