diff --git a/wmshutdown/README b/wmshutdown/README
index f59d285..db2f40e 100644
--- a/wmshutdown/README
+++ b/wmshutdown/README
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
    	Prior to version 1.1, wmshutdown used a setuid program (Shutdown or
       	wmshutdown-run) to actually shut down the computer, introducing
 	potential security risks.  Beginning in version 1.1, wmshutdown uses
-	logind instead.  In version 1.2, ConsoleKit support was added.
+	logind instead.
 
 3. Install/Uninstall
 
-	./configure (or ./configure --with-consolekit to use ConsoleKit)
+	./configure
 	make
 	make install [as root]
 
diff --git a/wmshutdown/configure.ac b/wmshutdown/configure.ac
index 72ecfe4..f5f2993 100644
--- a/wmshutdown/configure.ac
+++ b/wmshutdown/configure.ac
@@ -3,15 +3,6 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 
-AC_ARG_WITH([consolekit],
-	[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-consolekit],
-		[use ConsoleKit instead of logind])],
-	[AC_DEFINE([CONSOLEKIT], 1,
-		[Define to 1 if ConsoleKit is used instead of logind.])
-	AC_MSG_NOTICE([use ConsoleKit])
-	],
-	[AC_MSG_NOTICE([use logind])])
-
 AC_PROG_CC
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([gtk],[gtk+-3.0])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([x11],[x11])
diff --git a/wmshutdown/wmshutdown.c b/wmshutdown/wmshutdown.c
index 429a500..a55662c 100644
--- a/wmshutdown/wmshutdown.c
+++ b/wmshutdown/wmshutdown.c
@@ -27,19 +27,11 @@
 #define GTK_RESPONSE_HALT   1
 #define GTK_RESPONSE_REBOOT 2
 
-#ifdef CONSOLEKIT
-#define HALT_METHOD      "Stop"
-#define REBOOT_METHOD    "Restart"
-#define DBUS_PATH        "/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Manager"
-#define DBUS_INTERFACE   "org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager"
-#define DBUS_DESTINATION "org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit"
-#else
 #define HALT_METHOD      "PowerOff"
 #define REBOOT_METHOD    "Reboot"
 #define DBUS_PATH        "/org/freedesktop/login1"
 #define DBUS_INTERFACE   "org.freedesktop.login1.Manager"
 #define DBUS_DESTINATION "org.freedesktop.login1"
-#endif
 
 static int showVersion;
 GtkWidget *dialog = NULL;
@@ -116,9 +108,7 @@ void handle_click(GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
 			DBUS_PATH,
 			DBUS_INTERFACE,
 			method);
-#ifndef CONSOLEKIT
 	g_dbus_message_set_body(message, g_variant_new("(b)", TRUE));
-#endif
 	g_dbus_message_set_destination(message, DBUS_DESTINATION);
 	reply = g_dbus_connection_send_message_with_reply_sync(
 		connection, message, 0, -1, NULL, NULL, &error);