diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5c7cd4333..af80a727c 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ For C64 SID support.
 libfluidsynth - http://fluidsynth.resonance.org/
 For MIDI support.
 
-libwildmidi - http://wildmidi.sourceforge.net/
+libwildmidi 0.2.3 - http://wildmidi.sourceforge.net/
 For MIDI support.
 
 libsndfile - http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9e5f29df0..65f7fe070 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1080,10 +1080,6 @@ if test x$enable_wildmidi = xyes; then
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(WildMidi, WildMidi_Init,,
 		AC_MSG_ERROR([libwildmidi not found]))
 
-	AC_CHECK_LIB(WildMidi, WildMidi_SampledSeek,
-		[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_WILDMIDI_SAMPLED_SEEK, 1,
-			[Defined if WildMidi_SampledSeek() is available (libwildmidi <= 0.2.2)])])
-
 	CFLAGS=$oldcflags
 	LIBS=$oldlibs
 	CPPFLAGS=$oldcppflags
diff --git a/src/decoder/WildmidiDecoderPlugin.cxx b/src/decoder/WildmidiDecoderPlugin.cxx
index 1a390706f..a1d29a35e 100644
--- a/src/decoder/WildmidiDecoderPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/WildmidiDecoderPlugin.cxx
@@ -106,11 +106,7 @@ wildmidi_file_decode(struct decoder *decoder, const char *path_fs)
 			unsigned long seek_where = WILDMIDI_SAMPLE_RATE *
 				decoder_seek_where(decoder);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_WILDMIDI_SAMPLED_SEEK
-			WildMidi_SampledSeek(wm, &seek_where);
-#else
 			WildMidi_FastSeek(wm, &seek_where);
-#endif
 			decoder_command_finished(decoder);
 			cmd = DecoderCommand::NONE;
 		}