diff --git a/README.Git b/README.Git
index f101c058a..fcf877a37 100644
--- a/README.Git
+++ b/README.Git
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ following:
 
 	* Texinfo 5.2 or later, to build the documentation.
 
-	* Gimp --  2.8.2 is known to work
+	* ImageMagick -- 7.0.10 is known to work
 
 After you install PSPP's prerequisites, you must obtain a copy of
 Gnulib, then bootstrap the tree, as described in the sections below.
diff --git a/Smake b/Smake
index 577e31ef4..12016e579 100644
--- a/Smake
+++ b/Smake
@@ -401,12 +401,6 @@ clean:
 .PHONY: all gettextize clean
 
 
-# The "convert" program from imagemagick can be used to create png from svg but doesn't properly deal
-# with the alpha channels.  Therefore, it is not recommended for production pspp builds, but might
-# be useful to get something working on a platform which doesn't have a working gimp.
-
-#svg2png=convert -background transparent $1 $3
-
 # Graphical layout of icons and our portfolio
 # ===========================================
 #
diff --git a/build-aux/svg2png b/build-aux/svg2png
index d00e10952..f731d83c2 100755
--- a/build-aux/svg2png
+++ b/build-aux/svg2png
@@ -24,9 +24,4 @@ esac
 echo "Converting" $1 "to" $3 "size" $width"x"$width
 
 comment=`cat $2`
-gimp -i -b "\
-(let* ((image (car (file-svg-load 1 \"$1\" \"$1\" 90 $width $width 0 ))))
-      (gimp-image-attach-parasite image '(\"gimp-comment\" 0 \"$comment\"))
-      (gimp-file-save 1 image (car (gimp-image-get-active-drawable image))
-		      \"$3\" \"$3\"))
-    (gimp-quit 1)"
+convert -size ${width}x${width} -transparent white -comment "$comment" $1 PNG32:$3