--- cairo-1.12.4/configure.ac~	2012-09-13 13:38:21.000000000 +0200
+++ cairo-1.12.4/configure.ac	2012-10-07 07:13:25.814449494 +0200
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ CAIRO_ENABLE_SURFACE_BACKEND(xlib, Xlib,
 		     if test "x$no_x" = xyes; then
 		       use_xlib="no (requires X development libraries)"
 		     else
-		       xlib_NONPKGCONFIG_LIBS="$X_PRE_LIBS $X_LIBS -lX11 -lXext $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
+		       xlib_NONPKGCONFIG_LIBS="$X_LIBS -lX11 -lXext $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
 		       xlib_NONPKGCONFIG_CFLAGS=$X_CFLAGS
 		     fi])
 ])