diff -rup xournal-0.4.8-orig/src/Makefile.am xournal-0.4.8/src/Makefile.am
--- xournal-0.4.8-orig/src/Makefile.am	2012-07-04 23:12:47.000000000 +0200
+++ xournal-0.4.8/src/Makefile.am	2016-12-25 03:04:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -31,6 +31,5 @@ if WIN32
   xournal_LDFLAGS = -mwindows
   xournal_LDADD = win32/xournal.res ttsubset/libttsubset.a @PACKAGE_LIBS@ $(INTLLIBS) -lz
 else
-  xournal_LDADD = ttsubset/libttsubset.a @PACKAGE_LIBS@ $(INTLLIBS) -lX11 -lz -lm
+  xournal_LDADD = ttsubset/libttsubset.a @PACKAGE_LIBS@ $(INTLLIBS) -lz -lm
 endif
-
diff -rup xournal-0.4.8-orig/src/xo-file.c xournal-0.4.8/src/xo-file.c
--- xournal-0.4.8-orig/src/xo-file.c	2014-06-28 21:52:25.000000000 +0200
+++ xournal-0.4.8/src/xo-file.c	2016-12-25 03:07:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>
 #include <poppler/glib/poppler.h>
 
-#ifndef WIN32
- #include <gdk/gdkx.h>
- #include <X11/Xlib.h>
-#endif
-
 #include "xournal.h"
 #include "xo-interface.h"
 #include "xo-support.h"
@@ -1275,50 +1270,8 @@ GList *attempt_load_gv_bg(char *filename
 
 struct Background *attempt_screenshot_bg(void)
 {
-#ifndef WIN32
-  struct Background *bg;
-  GdkPixbuf *pix;
-  XEvent x_event;
-  GdkWindow *window;
-  GdkColormap *cmap;
-  int x,y,w,h;
-  Window x_root, x_win;
-
-  x_root = gdk_x11_get_default_root_xwindow();
-  
-  if (!XGrabButton(GDK_DISPLAY(), AnyButton, AnyModifier, x_root, 
-      False, ButtonReleaseMask, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeSync, None, None))
-    return NULL;
-
-  XWindowEvent (GDK_DISPLAY(), x_root, ButtonReleaseMask, &x_event);
-  XUngrabButton(GDK_DISPLAY(), AnyButton, AnyModifier, x_root);
-
-  x_win = x_event.xbutton.subwindow;
-  if (x_win == None) x_win = x_root;
-
-  window = gdk_window_foreign_new_for_display(gdk_display_get_default(), x_win);
-    
-  gdk_window_get_geometry(window, &x, &y, &w, &h, NULL);
-  cmap = gdk_drawable_get_colormap(window);
-  if (cmap == NULL) cmap = gdk_colormap_get_system();
-  
-  pix = gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable(NULL, window,
-     cmap, 0, 0, 0, 0, w, h);
-    
-  if (pix == NULL) return NULL;
-  
-  bg = g_new(struct Background, 1);
-  bg->type = BG_PIXMAP;
-  bg->canvas_item = NULL;
-  bg->pixbuf = pix;
-  bg->pixbuf_scale = DEFAULT_ZOOM;
-  bg->filename = new_refstring(NULL);
-  bg->file_domain = DOMAIN_ATTACH;
-  return bg;
-#else
   // not implemented under WIN32
   return FALSE;
-#endif
 }
 
 /************** pdf annotation ***************/
diff -rup xournal-0.4.8-orig/src/xo-misc.c xournal-0.4.8/src/xo-misc.c
--- xournal-0.4.8-orig/src/xo-misc.c	2014-06-28 15:17:44.000000000 +0200
+++ xournal-0.4.8/src/xo-misc.c	2016-12-25 03:05:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -2288,9 +2288,7 @@ void hide_unimplemented(void)
   }  
   
   /* screenshot feature doesn't work yet in Win32 */
-#ifdef WIN32
   gtk_widget_hide(GET_COMPONENT("journalScreenshot"));
-#endif
 }  
 
 // toggle fullscreen mode