diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8b6cc38..e925e64 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ TELEPATHY_GLIB_REQUIRED=0.7.7
 MISSION_CONTROL_REQUIRED=4.61
 ENCHANT_REQUIRED=1.2.0
 ISO_CODES_REQUIRED=0.35
-LIBSEXY_REQUIRED=0.1.11
 
 # Uncomment that to build without deprecated symbols
 # AC_DEFINE(GTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED, 1, [Disable deprecated GTK symbols])
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(EMPATHY,
    x11
    libglade-2.0 >= $LIBGLADE_REQUIRED
    libebook-1.2
-   libsexy >= $LIBSEXY_REQUIRED
    gmodule-2.0
 ])
 
diff --git a/libempathy-gtk/Makefile.am b/libempathy-gtk/Makefile.am
index 3b16362..8bcbf47 100644
--- a/libempathy-gtk/Makefile.am
+++ b/libempathy-gtk/Makefile.am
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS =                                           \
 	-DDATADIR=\""$(datadir)"\"              	\
 	$(EMPATHY_CFLAGS)				\
 	$(ENCHANT_CFLAGS)				\
-	$(WARN_CFLAGS)					\
-	$(LIBSEXY_CFLAGS)
+	$(WARN_CFLAGS)
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = 					\
 	empathy-gtk-marshal.h				\
@@ -59,8 +58,7 @@ nodist_libempathy_gtk_la_SOURCES =\
 libempathy_gtk_la_LIBADD =			\
 	$(EMPATHY_LIBS)				\
 	$(ENCHANT_LIBS)				\
-	$(top_builddir)/libempathy/libempathy.la \
-	$(LIBSEXY_LIBS)
+	$(top_builddir)/libempathy/libempathy.la
 
 libempathy_gtk_la_LDFLAGS =                \
        -version-info ${LIBEMPATHY_GTK_CURRENT}:${LIBEMPATHY_GTK_REVISION}:${LIBEMPATHY_GTK_AGE} \
diff --git a/libempathy-gtk/topic-label.c b/libempathy-gtk/topic-label.c
index 48c7ca2..85c7f4a 100644
--- a/libempathy-gtk/topic-label.c
+++ b/libempathy-gtk/topic-label.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 #include <glade/glade.h>
-#include <libsexy/sexy-url-label.h>
 
 #include "empathy-ui-utils.h"
 
@@ -70,8 +69,8 @@ topic_label_init (TopicLabel *label)
 
 	priv = label->priv = TOPIC_LABEL_GET_PRIVATE (label);
 	priv->expander = gtk_expander_new (NULL);
-	priv->label = sexy_url_label_new ();
-	priv->sizing_label = sexy_url_label_new ();
+	priv->label = gtk_label_new (NULL);
+	priv->sizing_label = gtk_label_new (NULL);
 	gtk_expander_set_expanded (GTK_EXPANDER (priv->expander), FALSE);
 	gtk_label_set_ellipsize (GTK_LABEL (priv->label), PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_END);
 	gtk_label_set_selectable (GTK_LABEL (priv->label), TRUE);
@@ -119,13 +118,8 @@ topic_label_set_topic (TopicLabel *label, const char *topic)
 {
 	TopicLabelPriv *priv = label->priv;
 
-	if (topic) {
-		sexy_url_label_set_markup (SEXY_URL_LABEL (priv->label), topic);
-		sexy_url_label_set_markup (SEXY_URL_LABEL (priv->sizing_label), topic);
-	} else {
-		gtk_label_set_text (GTK_LABEL (priv->label), "");
-		gtk_label_set_text (GTK_LABEL (priv->sizing_label), "");
-	}
+	gtk_label_set_text (GTK_LABEL (priv->label), topic ? topic : "");
+	gtk_label_set_text (GTK_LABEL (priv->sizing_label), topic ? topic : "");
 }
 
 static void
