diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1ed086ec2..40fb1d31e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ test_pdf=no
 any2ppm_pdf=no
 if test "x$use_pdf" = "xyes"; then
   poppler_DEPENDENCY="poppler-glib >= $POPPLER_VERSION_REQUIRED"
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(POPPLER, $poppler_DEPENDENCY pango gtk+-2.0,
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(POPPLER, $poppler_DEPENDENCY,
 		    [CAIRO_CHECK_FUNCS_WITH_FLAGS(poppler_page_render, [$POPPLER_CFLAGS], [$POPPLER_LIBS],
                     [test_pdf=yes; any2ppm_pdf=yes],
 		    [AC_MSG_RESULT(no); test_pdf="no (requires $poppler_DEPENDENCY)"])],
diff --git a/test/pdf2png.c b/test/pdf2png.c
index 543a996e2..8471a186d 100644
--- a/test/pdf2png.c
+++ b/test/pdf2png.c
@@ -36,21 +36,21 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     PopplerDocument *document;
     PopplerPage *page;
-    GdkPixbuf *pixbuf;
     double width, height;
-    GError *error;
     const char *filename = argv[1];
     const char *output_filename = argv[2];
     const char *page_label = argv[3];
     gchar *absolute, *uri;
+    cairo_surface_t *surface;
+    cairo_t *cr;
+    cairo_status_t status;
+    GError *error = NULL;
 
     if (argc != 4)
 	FAIL ("usage: pdf2png input_file.pdf output_file.png page");
 
     g_type_init ();
 
-    error = NULL;
-
     if (g_path_is_absolute(filename)) {
 	absolute = g_strdup (filename);
     } else {
@@ -74,16 +74,22 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
     poppler_page_get_size (page, &width, &height);
 
-    pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new (GDK_COLORSPACE_RGB, FALSE, 8,
-			     width * PIXELS_PER_POINT,
-			     height * PIXELS_PER_POINT);
-    gdk_pixbuf_fill (pixbuf, 0xffffffff);
-    poppler_page_render_to_pixbuf (page, 0, 0, width , height,
-				   PIXELS_PER_POINT, 0, pixbuf);
+    surface = cairo_image_surface_create (CAIRO_FORMAT_RGB24, width, height);
+    cr = cairo_create (surface);
+    cairo_surface_destroy (surface);
 
-    gdk_pixbuf_save (pixbuf, output_filename, "png", &error, NULL);
-    if (error != NULL)
-	FAIL (error->message);
+    cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 1., 1., 1.);
+    cairo_paint (cr);
+
+    poppler_page_render (page, cr);
+    g_object_unref (page);
+
+    status = cairo_surface_write_to_png (cairo_get_target (cr),
+					 output_filename);
+    cairo_destroy (cr);
+
+    if (status)
+	FAIL (cairo_status_to_string (status));
 
     return 0;
 }