--- ../gnome-panel/gnome-panel/menu.c	2005-01-19 16:16:53.000000000 -0800
+++ gnome-panel/menu.c	2005-01-21 17:34:10.347497816 -0800
@@ -416,8 +416,16 @@
 	    (gdk_pixbuf_get_width (pb) != size ||
 	     gdk_pixbuf_get_height (pb) != size)) {
 		GdkPixbuf *pb2;
-		pb2 = gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple (pb, size, size,
-					       GDK_INTERP_BILINEAR);
+		int width = gdk_pixbuf_get_width (pb),
+		    height = gdk_pixbuf_get_height (pb);
+
+		pb2 = gdk_pixbuf_new (GDK_COLORSPACE_RGB, TRUE, 8, size, size);
+		if (pb2 == NULL)
+			return NULL;
+		gdk_pixbuf_fill (pb2, 0);
+		gdk_pixbuf_copy_area (pb, 0, 0, width, height, pb2,
+				(size - width) / 2,
+				(size - height) / 2);
 		g_object_unref (G_OBJECT (pb));
 		pb = pb2;
 	}