diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f49c762c79..42cae340df 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1618,23 +1618,10 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_WEBKIT, test "x$have_webkit" = xyes)
 # Check for librsvg
 ###################
 
-AC_ARG_WITH(librsvg,[  --without-librsvg       build without librsvg support])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SVG, librsvg-2.0 >= rsvg_required_version,,
+                  [add_deps_error([rsvg >= rsvg_required_version])])
 
-have_librsvg=no
-if test "x$with_librsvg" != xno; then
-  have_librsvg=yes
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SVG, librsvg-2.0 >= rsvg_required_version,
-    FILE_SVG='file-svg$(EXEEXT)',
-    have_librsvg="no (librsvg not found)")
-else
-   have_librsvg="no (librsvg support disabled)"
-fi
-
-if test "x$have_librsvg" = xyes; then
-  MIME_TYPES="$MIME_TYPES;image/svg+xml"
-fi
-
-AC_SUBST(FILE_SVG)
+MIME_TYPES="$MIME_TYPES;image/svg+xml"
 
 
 ####################################
diff --git a/plug-ins/common/Makefile.am b/plug-ins/common/Makefile.am
index 318bedc61b..e9ea6b28e4 100644
--- a/plug-ins/common/Makefile.am
+++ b/plug-ins/common/Makefile.am
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ libexec_PROGRAMS = \
 	file-psp \
 	file-raw-data \
 	file-sunras \
-	$(FILE_SVG) \
+	file-svg \
 	file-tga \
 	$(FILE_WMF) \
 	file-xbm \
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ EXTRA_PROGRAMS = \
 	file-pdf-load \
 	file-pdf-save \
 	file-ps \
-	file-svg \
 	file-wmf \
 	file-xmc \
 	file-xpm \
diff --git a/plug-ins/common/plugin-defs.pl b/plug-ins/common/plugin-defs.pl
index 8ec60736a1..324e7da565 100644
--- a/plug-ins/common/plugin-defs.pl
+++ b/plug-ins/common/plugin-defs.pl
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     'file-psp' => { ui => 1, gegl => 1, libs => 'Z_LIBS' },
     'file-raw-data' => { ui => 1, gegl => 1 },
     'file-sunras' => { ui => 1, gegl => 1 },
-    'file-svg' => { ui => 1, optional => 1, libs => 'SVG_LIBS', cflags => 'SVG_CFLAGS' },
+    'file-svg' => { ui => 1, libs => 'SVG_LIBS', cflags => 'SVG_CFLAGS' },
     'file-tga' => { ui => 1, gegl => 1 },
     'file-wmf' => { ui => 1, gegl => 1, optional => 1, libs => 'WMF_LIBS', cflags => 'WMF_CFLAGS' },
     'file-xbm' => { ui => 1, gegl => 1 },