1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-ems.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-ems.el
index 647c12c27cb..59dd6ae5774 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-ems.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-ems.el
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 (defun gnus-article-display-xface (beg end)
   "Display an XFace header from between BEG and END in the current article.
 Requires support for images in your Emacs and the external programs
-`uncompface', `icontopbm' and `ppmtoxbm'.  On a GNU/Linux system these
+`uncompface', and `icontopbm'.  On a GNU/Linux system these
 might be in packages with names like `compface' or `faces-xface' and
 `netpbm' or `libgr-progs', for instance.
 
@@ -239,18 +239,15 @@ for XEmacs."
                    (eq 0 (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max)
                                               "icontopbm"
                                               'delete '(t nil)))
-                   (eq 0 (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max)
-                                              "pbmtoxbm"
-                                              'delete '(t nil)))
                    ;; Miles Bader says that faces don't look right as
                    ;; light on dark.
                    (if (eq 'dark (cdr-safe (assq 'background-mode
                                                  (frame-parameters))))
-                       (setq image (create-image (buffer-string) 'xbm t
+                       (setq image (create-image (buffer-string) 'pbm t
                                                  :ascent 'center
                                                  :foreground "black"
                                                  :background "white"))
-                     (setq image (create-image (buffer-string) 'xbm t
+                     (setq image (create-image (buffer-string) 'pbm t
                                                :ascent 'center))))))
           (ring-insert gnus-article-xface-ring-internal (cons data image))))
       (when image