--- ../gnome-panel/gnome-panel/menu.c	2005-01-19 16:16:53.000000000 -0800
+++ gnome-panel/menu.c	2005-01-21 17:43:26.961879568 -0800
@@ -416,10 +416,18 @@
 	    (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);
-		g_object_unref (G_OBJECT (pb));
-		pb = pb2;
+		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){
+			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;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (loaded) {