diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 8950c3de..43eb153c 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ configure has the following medit-specific options:
                           Use this if you experience crashes on startup
                           and you are using Suse 9.
 
-  --with-fam              whether to use FAM (or gamin) for file monitoring
-                          (default = NO)
-    FAM seems to work well, but gamin seems to be much less stable. This option
-    is not recommended if FAM is provided by gamin on your system.
-    Note that file monitoring will work even without FAM, so it's unlikely you
-    want to use this option.
-
   --with-python           whether to compile python support (default = YES)
     This option tells whether pygtk bindings should be built. If medit is built
     without python, then python plugins (builtin terminal and project support in
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 91754f55..ac944a5b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ echo "    OS ...................................... $MOO_OS_NAME"
 echo "    use python .............................. $use_python"
 echo "    use xml ................................. $MOO_USE_XML"
 echo "    build pcre library ...................... $MOO_BUILD_PCRE"
-echo "    use FAM ................................. $MOO_USE_FAM"
 echo
 echo "    prefix .................................. $prefix"
 echo "    editor lang files go to ................. $MOO_TEXT_LANG_FILES_DIR"
diff --git a/m4/moo-fam.m4 b/m4/moo-fam.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index a20ade67..00000000
--- a/m4/moo-fam.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-##############################################################################
-# _MOO_AC_CHECK_FAM(action-if-found,action-if-not-found)
-#
-AC_DEFUN_ONCE([_MOO_AC_CHECK_FAM],[
-    moo_ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-    moo_ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-
-    if test x$FAM_LIBS = x; then
-        FAM_LIBS=-lfam
-    fi
-
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $FAM_CFLAGS"
-    LIBS="$LIBS $FAM_LIBS"
-
-    AC_CHECK_HEADERS(fam.h,[
-        AC_CHECK_FUNCS([FAMMonitorDirectory FAMOpen],[fam_found=yes],[fam_found=no])
-    ],[fam_found=no])
-
-    if test x$fam_found != xno; then
-        AC_SUBST(FAM_CFLAGS)
-        AC_SUBST(FAM_LIBS)
-
-        AC_MSG_CHECKING(for FAM_CFLAGS)
-        if test -z $FAM_CFLAGS; then
-            AC_MSG_RESULT(None)
-        else
-            AC_MSG_RESULT($FAM_CFLAGS)
-        fi
-
-        AC_MSG_CHECKING(for FAM_LIBS)
-        if test -z $FAM_LIBS; then
-            AC_MSG_RESULT(None)
-        else
-            AC_MSG_RESULT($FAM_LIBS)
-        fi
-
-        AC_CHECK_DECL([FAMNoExists],[
-          AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FAMNOEXISTS, 1, [fam.h has FAMNoExists defined])
-          AC_DEFINE(MOO_USE_GAMIN, 1, [whether libfam is provided by gamin])
-        ],[],[#include <fam.h>])
-
-        MOO_FAM_CFLAGS="$FAM_CFLAGS"
-        MOO_FAM_LIBS="$FAM_LIBS"
-        ifelse([$1], , :, [$1])
-    else
-        unset FAM_CFLAGS
-        unset FAM_LIBS
-        MOO_FAM_LIBS=
-        MOO_FAM_CFLAGS=
-        ifelse([$2], , [AC_MSG_ERROR(libfam not found)], [$2])
-    fi
-
-    AC_SUBST(MOO_FAM_CFLAGS)
-    AC_SUBST(MOO_FAM_LIBS)
-    CFLAGS="$moo_ac_save_CFLAGS"
-    LIBS="$moo_ac_save_LIBS"
-])
-
-
-AC_DEFUN_ONCE([MOO_AC_FAM],[
-   AC_REQUIRE([MOO_AC_CHECK_OS])
-
-   AC_ARG_WITH([fam], AC_HELP_STRING([--with-fam], [whether to use fam or gamin for monitoring files in the editor (default = NO)]), [
-           if test x$with_fam = "xyes"; then
-               MOO_USE_FAM="yes"
-           else
-               MOO_USE_FAM="no"
-           fi
-       ],[
-           MOO_USE_FAM="no"
-   ])
-
-   if test x$MOO_OS_UNIX = xyes -a x$MOO_USE_FAM = xyes; then
-       _MOO_AC_CHECK_FAM([moo_has_fam=yes],[moo_has_fam=no])
-       if test x$moo_has_fam = xyes; then
-           MOO_USE_FAM="yes"
-           AC_DEFINE(MOO_USE_FAM, 1, [use libfam for monitoring files])
-       else
-           AC_MSG_ERROR([FAM or gamin not found.])
-       fi
-   fi
-
-    AM_CONDITIONAL(MOO_USE_FAM, test x$MOO_USE_FAM = "xyes")
-])
diff --git a/m4/moo-flags.m4 b/m4/moo-flags.m4
index bfba9016..a22a0a57 100644
--- a/m4/moo-flags.m4
+++ b/m4/moo-flags.m4
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ AC_DEFUN_ONCE([MOO_AC_PRIV_FLAGS],[
   MOO_AC_FLAGS
 
   MOO_AC_FUNCS
-  MOO_AC_FAM
   MOO_AC_XML
   MOO_AC_PCRE
   MOO_AC_PYTHON
@@ -41,12 +40,6 @@ AC_DEFUN_ONCE([MOO_AC_PRIV_FLAGS],[
   fi
 
   MOO_CFLAGS="-I`cd "$srcdir/doc" && pwd` $MOO_CFLAGS"
-
-  if test x$MOO_USE_FAM = xyes; then
-    MOO_CFLAGS="$MOO_CFLAGS $MOO_FAM_CFLAGS"
-    MOO_LIBS="$MOO_LIBS $MOO_FAM_LIBS"
-  fi
-
   MOO_CXXFLAGS="$MOO_CFLAGS"
 
   if $MOO_GCC; then
diff --git a/m4/ugly-stamp.m4 b/m4/ugly-stamp.m4
index fb0c522c..cb3550d3 100644
--- a/m4/ugly-stamp.m4
+++ b/m4/ugly-stamp.m4
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ bf3d04c32399bca1bbe75282947e1041 moo-version.m4
 7e6e4832fed0fed1850ee168e65d9d4f moo-comps.m4
 ab00dc3cc5a6899ecd789fa5d5070abd moo-debug.m4
 d86d9c0fc3a7e74d0cad083d0b7fee15 moo-dirs.m4
-b565f96116bc6c9837db6eb489c0c172 moo-fam.m4
-3b5f9fe9a72732d13f2483bbcd6c855d moo-flags.m4
+b94f8246a99633b4902a33a33bde0aa3 moo-flags.m4
 aae979a52da05cfabfe337509c845a91 moo-funcs.m4
 cf9fe469f85df08f35c8fed330680b3e moo-gtk.m4
 66b338bc4f134fc00cc0c9dd422fb6b0 moo-i18n.m4
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ d5aeeaa47fa88297cc36e17fbbc47102 moo-lib.m4
 87cb0e8cdecb72d87d7404eb20546f26 moo-python-cross-mingw.m4
 bda375dcb0e9befabf652b123ce042ad moo-python.m4
 9b1a1ecc886394e26ba9ff62a057d687 moo-xml.m4
-65286b801f4b3fbf3a078f4fd9857436 configure.ac
+9a6c92ed0fba7a76b866a4b8bf16f4df configure.ac
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([UGLY_STAMP],[])
diff --git a/moo.mprj b/moo.mprj
index c8a0a628..8b398072 100644
--- a/moo.mprj
+++ b/moo.mprj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <medit-project version="2.0" type="C" name="moo">
- <active>mingw</active>
+ <active>debug</active>
  <configurations>
   <configuration name="debug">
    <build_dir>build/debug</build_dir>
diff --git a/moo/mooapp/mooappabout.c b/moo/mooapp/mooappabout.c
index af22c980..60634621 100644
--- a/moo/mooapp/mooappabout.c
+++ b/moo/mooapp/mooappabout.c
@@ -266,14 +266,6 @@ moo_app_get_system_info (MooApp *app)
     g_string_append_printf (text, "libxml2: %s\n", LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef MOO_USE_FAM
-#ifdef MOO_USE_GAMIN
-    g_string_append_printf (text, "FAM support: gamin\n");
-#else
-    g_string_append_printf (text, "FAM support: yes\n");
-#endif
-#endif
-
     g_string_append (text, "Data dirs: ");
     dirs = moo_get_data_dirs (MOO_DATA_SHARE, NULL);
     for (p = dirs; p && *p; ++p)
diff --git a/moo/mooutils/moofilewatch.h b/moo/mooutils/moofilewatch.h
index 7cac6a50..2b69146d 100644
--- a/moo/mooutils/moofilewatch.h
+++ b/moo/mooutils/moofilewatch.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  *   moofilewatch.h
  *
- *   Copyright (C) 2004-2008 by Yevgen Muntyan <muntyan@tamu.edu>
+ *   Copyright (C) 2004-2009 by Yevgen Muntyan <muntyan@tamu.edu>
  *
  *   This file is part of medit.  medit is free software; you can
  *   redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *   License along with medit.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-/* Files and directory monitor. Uses FAM if present, or stat() otherwise.
+/* Files and directory monitor. Uses stat().
    On win32 does FindFirstChangeNotification and ReadDirectoryChangesW. */
 
 #ifndef MOO_FILE_WATCH_H