--- vertex-theme/configure.ac.orig	2016-10-07 18:04:58.983884972 -0700
+++ vertex-theme/configure.ac	2016-10-07 18:05:32.210976678 -0700
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 VERTEX_ENABLE([UNITY],       [unity],       [Unity],        [disable])
 VERTEX_ENABLE([XFWM],        [xfwm],        [XFWM],         [disable])
 
-VERTEX_GNOME
+AS_IF([test "x$ENABLE_GNOME_SHELL$ENABLE_GTK3" != xnono], [VERTEX_GNOME])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
     common/Makefile