diff -Nuar a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	2019-12-23 20:17:34.000000000 +0300
+++ b/configure.ac	2020-02-13 14:46:07.401950610 +0300
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 dnl ===========================================================================
 
+m4_define(gdk-pixbuf_minver,           2.36.5)
 m4_define(glib_minver,                 2.50.0)
 m4_define(gio_minver,                  2.50.0)
 m4_define(mate_desktop_minver,         1.17.3)
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 AC_SUBST([ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS], ["\${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}"])
 
+AC_SUBST(GDKPIXBUF_REQUIRED, [gdk-pixbuf_minver])
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_REQUIRED, [glib_minver])
 AC_SUBST(GIO_REQUIRED, [gio_minver])
 AC_SUBST(MATE_DESKTOP_REQUIRED, [mate_desktop_minver])
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@
 AC_CHECK_LIB(m, floor)
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ALL, [
+    gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= gdk-pixbuf_minver
     glib-2.0 >= glib_minver
     mate-desktop-2.0 >= mate_desktop_minver
     gthread-2.0
diff -Nuar a/src/file-manager/fm-properties-window.c b/src/file-manager/fm-properties-window.c
--- a/src/file-manager/fm-properties-window.c	2019-12-23 20:17:34.000000000 +0300
+++ b/src/file-manager/fm-properties-window.c	2020-02-13 15:11:38.836946406 +0300
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "fm-properties-window.h"
 #include "fm-ditem-page.h"
 
-#define MATE_DESKTOP_USE_UNSTABLE_API
 
 #include "fm-error-reporting.h"
 #include "libcaja-private/caja-mime-application-chooser.h"
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 #include <gdk/gdkkeysyms.h>
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
-#include <libmate-desktop/mate-desktop-thumbnail.h>
 #include <libcaja-extension/caja-property-page-provider.h>
 #include <libcaja-private/caja-entry.h>
 #include <libcaja-private/caja-extensions.h>
@@ -5622,10 +5620,11 @@
 			scale = (double)gdk_pixbuf_get_height (pixbuf) /
 				gdk_pixbuf_get_width (pixbuf);
 
-			scaled_pixbuf = mate_desktop_thumbnail_scale_down_pixbuf
+			scaled_pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple
 				(pixbuf,
 				 PREVIEW_IMAGE_WIDTH,
-				 scale * PREVIEW_IMAGE_WIDTH);
+				 scale * PREVIEW_IMAGE_WIDTH,
+				 GDK_INTERP_HYPER);
 			g_object_unref (pixbuf);
 			pixbuf = scaled_pixbuf;
 		}