diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index 8e99b34f..ebfd12aa 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
+sugar.gtkrc: gtkrc.em
+	$(srcdir)/em.py -D theme=\'sugar\' $(srcdir)/gtkrc.em > $(top_builddir)/data/sugar.gtkrc
+
+sugar-xo.gtkrc: gtkrc.em
+	$(srcdir)/em.py -D theme=\'sugar-xo\' $(srcdir)/gtkrc.em > $(top_builddir)/data/sugar-xo.gtkrc
+
 sugardir = $(pkgdatadir)/data
 sugar_DATA =		\
-	sugar.gtkrc	\
-	sugar-xo.gtkrc	\
+	$(GTKRC_FILES)	\
 	gecko-prefs.js	\
 	mime.types
 
+GTKRC_FILES =		\
+	sugar.gtkrc	\
+	sugar-xo.gtkrc
+
 EXTRA_DIST = $(sugar_DATA)
+CLEANFILES = $(GTKRC_FILES)
diff --git a/data/sugar-xo.gtkrc b/data/sugar-xo.gtkrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c6a1a66..00000000
--- a/data/sugar-xo.gtkrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-gtk-theme-name = "sugar-xo"
-gtk-icon-theme-name = "sugar"
-gtk-font-name = "Sans Serif 7"
-gtk-icon-sizes = "gtk-menu=32,32:gtk-button=32,32"
-gtk-cursor-theme-name = "sugar"
-gtk-cursor-theme-size = 48
-gtk-toolbar-style = GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
diff --git a/data/sugar.gtkrc b/data/sugar.gtkrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eef838a..00000000
--- a/data/sugar.gtkrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-gtk-theme-name = "sugar"
-gtk-icon-theme-name = "sugar"
-gtk-font-name = "Sans Serif 10"
-gtk-cursor-theme-name = "sugar"
-gtk-toolbar-style = GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
-gtk-icon-sizes = "gtk-large-toolbar=32,32"