diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 98d5395b7..ce06fe701 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2007-07-18  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
+	* configure.in: Revert checks for pycairo to 1.2.0.
+
 2007-07-18  Johan Gonqvist <johan.gronqvist@gmail.com>
 	* src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py:
 	Narrative web-site plugin chrashes due to handling of notes. (#0001085)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 08d45114f..f7233cc14 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ then
 fi
 AC_MSG_RESULT($has_pygtk)
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(Python bindings for cairo (python-cairo>=1.2.6))
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(Python bindings for cairo (python-cairo>=1.2.0))
 cat > conftest.py <<EOF
 $pygtk_require
 try:
     import cairo
     version = cairo.version_info
-    if version >= (1,2,6):
+    if version >= (1,2,0):
         print_version = '.'.join([[str(i) for i in version]])
         out(print_version)
     else:
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ if test NO = "$has_cairo"
 then
    AC_MSG_ERROR([
 
-**** The python bindings for cairo (python-cairo>=1.2.6) could not be found.])
+**** The python bindings for cairo (python-cairo>=1.2.0) could not be found.])
 fi
 AC_MSG_RESULT($has_cairo)