diff --git a/midori/midori-preferences.c b/midori/midori-preferences.c
index c8894832..25ae3a36 100644
--- a/midori/midori-preferences.c
+++ b/midori/midori-preferences.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Christian Dywan <christian@twotoasts.de>
+ Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Christian Dywan <christian@twotoasts.de>
 
  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
-
-#if HAVE_LIBSOUP
-    #include <libsoup/soup.h>
-#endif
+#include <libsoup/soup.h>
 
 struct _MidoriPreferences
 {
@@ -244,7 +241,6 @@ midori_preferences_notify_preferred_encoding_cb (MidoriWebSettings* settings,
     gtk_widget_set_sensitive (entry, preferred_encoding == MIDORI_ENCODING_CUSTOM);
 }
 
-#if HAVE_LIBSOUP
 static void
 midori_preferences_notify_auto_detect_proxy_cb (MidoriWebSettings* settings,
                                                 GParamSpec*        pspec,
@@ -265,7 +261,6 @@ midori_preferences_notify_identify_as_cb (MidoriWebSettings* settings,
 
     gtk_widget_set_sensitive (entry, identify_as == MIDORI_IDENT_CUSTOM);
 }
-#endif
 
 #if HAVE_OSX
 static void
@@ -332,11 +327,6 @@ midori_preferences_set_settings (MidoriPreferences* preferences,
     GtkWidget* entry;
     GtkWidget* hbox;
     gint icon_width, icon_height;
-    #if HAVE_LIBSOUP
-    #if !WEBKIT_CHECK_VERSION (1, 1, 1)
-    GObjectClass* webkit_class;
-    #endif
-    #endif
 
     g_return_if_fail (MIDORI_IS_PREFERENCES (preferences));
     g_return_if_fail (MIDORI_IS_WEB_SETTINGS (settings));
@@ -583,15 +573,6 @@ midori_preferences_set_settings (MidoriPreferences* preferences,
     WIDGET_ADD (button, 1, 2, 5, 6);
 
     /* Page "Network" */
-    #if HAVE_LIBSOUP
-    #if !WEBKIT_CHECK_VERSION (1, 1, 1)
-    webkit_class = g_type_class_ref (WEBKIT_TYPE_WEB_VIEW);
-    if (g_object_class_find_property (webkit_class, "session") ||
-    /* If a cookie jar was created, WebKit is using Soup */
-        g_type_get_qdata (SOUP_TYPE_COOKIE_JAR,
-        g_quark_from_static_string ("midori-has-jar")))
-    {
-    #endif
     PAGE_NEW (GTK_STOCK_NETWORK, _("Network"));
     FRAME_NEW (_("Network"));
     TABLE_NEW (5, 2);
@@ -623,21 +604,9 @@ midori_preferences_set_settings (MidoriPreferences* preferences,
     gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (hbox), gtk_label_new (_("MB")),
                         FALSE, FALSE, 0);
     FILLED_ADD (hbox, 1, 2, 4, 5);
-    #if !WEBKIT_CHECK_VERSION (1, 1, 1)
-    }
-    #endif
-    #endif
 
     /* Page "Privacy" */
     PAGE_NEW (GTK_STOCK_INDEX, _("Privacy"));
-    #if HAVE_LIBSOUP_2_25_2
-    #if !WEBKIT_CHECK_VERSION (1, 1, 1)
-    if (g_object_class_find_property (webkit_class, "session") ||
-    /* If a cookie jar was created, WebKit is using Soup */
-        g_type_get_qdata (SOUP_TYPE_COOKIE_JAR,
-        g_quark_from_static_string ("midori-has-jar")))
-    {
-    #endif
     FRAME_NEW (_("Web Cookies"));
     TABLE_NEW (3, 2);
     label = katze_property_label (settings, "accept-cookies");
@@ -654,10 +623,6 @@ midori_preferences_set_settings (MidoriPreferences* preferences,
     gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (hbox), gtk_label_new (_("days")),
                         FALSE, FALSE, 0);
     FILLED_ADD (hbox, 1, 2, 2, 3);
-    #if !WEBKIT_CHECK_VERSION (1, 1, 1)
-    }
-    #endif
-    #endif
     FRAME_NEW (_("History"));
     TABLE_NEW (3, 2);
     button = katze_property_proxy (settings, "remember-last-visited-pages", NULL);