diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c3833d7310de8c1bcb7dde27fdbb66144a7e1f43..09d3afbe0a45c07ab5a9e88fc7fb111fa6ac7387 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2005-12-28  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.[ch]: removed
+	gimp_action_get_accel_closure().
+
+	* app/widgets/gimpactionview.c (gimp_action_view_new): use
+	gtk_action_get_accel_closure() instead.
+
 2005-12-28  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
 
 	* configure.in: bump version to 2.3.7,
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpactionview.c b/app/widgets/gimpactionview.c
index 597d543ed06825a19fb8a916537e6e437fb5d67e..5351a15d9d949e8bb241b737c1ec7628aff7d2fc 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpactionview.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpactionview.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ gimp_action_view_new (GimpUIManager *manager,
 
           if (show_shortcuts)
             {
-              accel_closure = gimp_action_get_accel_closure (action);
+              accel_closure = gtk_action_get_accel_closure (action);
 
               if (accel_closure)
                 {
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.c b/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.c
index 94ddba5153f828ffecdaa47a68baaa1870d8bea3..0fbb5ddee12a61c8c7fb3d06c04d3510e9ae2aaf 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.c
@@ -894,36 +894,6 @@ gimp_toggle_button_set_visible (GtkToggleButton *toggle,
     gtk_widget_hide (widget);
 }
 
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-#warning FIXME: remove this function as soon as we depend on GTK >= 2.8
-#endif
-GClosure *
-gimp_action_get_accel_closure (GtkAction *action)
-{
-  GtkWidget *menu_item;
-  GClosure  *closure = NULL;
-
-  g_return_val_if_fail (GTK_IS_ACTION (action), NULL);
-
-  menu_item = gtk_action_create_menu_item (action);
-
-  if (GTK_IS_MENU_ITEM (menu_item) &&
-      GTK_IS_ACCEL_LABEL (GTK_BIN (menu_item)->child))
-    {
-      GtkWidget *accel_label = GTK_BIN (menu_item)->child;
-
-      g_object_get (accel_label, "accel-closure", &closure, NULL);
-    }
-
-  if (menu_item)
-    gtk_object_sink (GTK_OBJECT (menu_item));
-
-  if (closure)
-    g_closure_unref (closure);
-
-  return closure;
-}
-
 static gboolean
 gimp_widget_accel_find_func (GtkAccelKey *key,
                              GClosure    *closure,
@@ -989,7 +959,7 @@ gimp_widget_set_accel_help (GtkWidget *widget,
 {
   GClosure *accel_closure = NULL;
 
-  accel_closure = gimp_action_get_accel_closure (action);
+  accel_closure = gtk_action_get_accel_closure (action);
 
   if (accel_closure)
     {
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.h b/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.h
index eb1d5e451551658891b07045f6f8f6349730e9ea..4b7e32d3c477827284f45a9499ec7723139b8e1e 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.h
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.h
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ gboolean          gimp_text_buffer_save      (GtkTextBuffer   *buffer,
 void          gimp_toggle_button_set_visible (GtkToggleButton *toggle,
                                               GtkWidget       *widget);
 
-GClosure     * gimp_action_get_accel_closure (GtkAction       *action);
-
 void              gimp_widget_set_accel_help (GtkWidget       *widget,
                                               GtkAction       *action);