diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7af592c..a3c2205 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PLUMA, [
 	gio-2.0 >= 2.26.0
 	gtk+-$GTK_API_VERSION >= $GTK_REQUIRED
 	gtksourceview-$GTK_API_VERSION >= 2.9.7
+	mate-desktop-2.0 >= 1.9.0
 ])
 
 if test "$os_osx" = "no" &&
diff --git a/pluma/pluma-commands-help.c b/pluma/pluma-commands-help.c
index db56e23..1b062ef 100644
--- a/pluma/pluma-commands-help.c
+++ b/pluma/pluma-commands-help.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
+#include <libmate-desktop/mate-aboutdialog.h>
 
 #include "pluma-commands.h"
 #include "pluma-debug.h"
@@ -76,14 +77,15 @@ void _pluma_cmd_help_about(GtkAction* action, PlumaWindow* window)
 		"Copyright \xc2\xa9 2000-2002 Chema Celorio, Paolo Maggi\n"
 		"Copyright \xc2\xa9 2003-2006 Paolo Maggi\n"
 		"Copyright \xc2\xa9 2004-2010 Paolo Borelli, Jesse van den Kieboom\nSteve Fr\303\251cinaux, Ignacio Casal Quinteiro\n"
-		"Copyright \xc2\xa9 2011 Perberos";
+		"Copyright \xc2\xa9 2011 Perberos\n"
+		"Copyright \xc2\xa9 2012-2014 MATE developers";
 
 	static const gchar comments[] = \
 		N_("pluma is a small and lightweight text editor for the MATE Desktop");
 
 	pluma_debug (DEBUG_COMMANDS);
 
-	gtk_show_about_dialog(GTK_WINDOW(window),
+	mate_show_about_dialog(GTK_WINDOW(window),
 		"program-name", "Pluma",
 		"authors", authors,
 		"comments", _(comments),
diff --git a/pluma/pluma-utils.c b/pluma/pluma-utils.c
index bf0a686..e631eca 100644
--- a/pluma/pluma-utils.c
+++ b/pluma/pluma-utils.c
@@ -1005,14 +1005,6 @@ pluma_utils_get_current_viewport (GdkScreen    *screen,
 #endif
 }
 
-void
-pluma_utils_activate_url (GtkAboutDialog *about,
-			  const gchar    *url,
-			  gpointer        data)
-{
-	gtk_show_uri (gtk_widget_get_screen (GTK_WIDGET (about)), url, GDK_CURRENT_TIME, NULL);
-}
-
 static gboolean
 is_valid_scheme_character (gchar c)
 {
diff --git a/pluma/pluma-utils.h b/pluma/pluma-utils.h
index d615a4c..066bb43 100644
--- a/pluma/pluma-utils.h
+++ b/pluma/pluma-utils.h
@@ -124,10 +124,6 @@ void		 pluma_utils_get_current_viewport	(GdkScreen    *screen,
 							 gint         *x,
 							 gint         *y);
 
-void		 pluma_utils_activate_url		(GtkAboutDialog *about,
-							 const gchar    *url,
-							 gpointer        data);
-
 gboolean	 pluma_utils_is_valid_uri		(const gchar *uri);
 
 gboolean	 pluma_utils_get_ui_objects		(const gchar  *filename,
diff --git a/pluma/pluma.c b/pluma/pluma.c
index 7fbe58c..9166a74 100644
--- a/pluma/pluma.c
+++ b/pluma/pluma.c
@@ -694,9 +694,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	pluma_debug_message (DEBUG_APP, "Init plugins");
 	engine = pluma_plugins_engine_get_default ();
 
-	#if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3, 0, 0)
-		gtk_about_dialog_set_url_hook(pluma_utils_activate_url, NULL, NULL);
-	#endif
 	/* Initialize session management */
 	pluma_debug_message (DEBUG_APP, "Init session manager");
 	pluma_session_init ();