diff -u gnome-panel-2.24.0.orig/configure.in gnome-panel-2.24.0/configure.in
--- gnome-panel-2.24.0.orig/configure.in	2008-09-22 17:21:55.000000000 -0400
+++ gnome-panel-2.24.0/configure.in	2008-11-04 15:32:39.000000000 -0500
@@ -296,9 +296,9 @@
 dnl scrollkeeper checks
 
 AC_PATH_PROG(SCROLLKEEPER_CONFIG, scrollkeeper-config,no)
-if test x$SCROLLKEEPER_CONFIG = xno; then
-  AC_MSG_ERROR(Couldn't find scrollkeeper-config. Please install the scrollkeeper package)
-fi
+dnl if test x$SCROLLKEEPER_CONFIG = xno; then
+dnl   AC_MSG_ERROR(Couldn't find scrollkeeper-config. Please install the scrollkeeper package)
+dnl fi
 
 AM_GCONF_SOURCE_2