diff --git a/gui/cfg.c b/gui/cfg.c
index 36332904bd..c703eb6025 100644
--- a/gui/cfg.c
+++ b/gui/cfg.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ gtkASS_t gtkASS;
 
 extern int    stop_xscreensaver;
 extern int    m_config_parse_config_file(m_config_t* config, char *conffile);
-int disable_gui_conf=0;
+extern int    disable_gui_conf;
 
 static m_config_t * gui_conf;
 static const m_option_t gui_opts[] =
diff --git a/mpcommon.c b/mpcommon.c
index d603623964..d1d7316230 100644
--- a/mpcommon.c
+++ b/mpcommon.c
@@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ int select_audio(demuxer_t* demuxer, int audio_id, char* audio_lang)
 /* Parse -noconfig common to both programs */
 int disable_system_conf=0;
 int disable_user_conf=0;
-extern int disable_gui_conf;
+#ifdef HAVE_NEW_GUI
+int disable_gui_conf=0;
+#endif /* HAVE_NEW_GUI */
 
 /* Disable all configuration files */
 static void noconfig_all(void)