diff --git a/cmake/ApiValidation.cmake b/cmake/ApiValidation.cmake
index 0e0f7f5e3c..489e1413dd 100644
--- a/cmake/ApiValidation.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ApiValidation.cmake
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ set(wx_sdl_c_code "
 #endif
 ")
 
-set(wx_gtk3_c_code "
-#include <wx/setup.h>
-
-#ifdef __WXGTK3__
-#error cmake_WX_GTK3
-#endif
-")
-
 function(WX_vs_SDL)
     file(WRITE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wx_sdl.c" "${wx_sdl_c_code}")
     enable_language(C)
@@ -32,41 +24,4 @@ function(WX_vs_SDL)
         Unfortunately you try to build PCSX2 with SDL2 support which is not compatible
         Please use -DSDL2_API=FALSE")
     endif()
-
-endfunction()
-
-function(WX_vs_GTK3)
-    file(WRITE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wx_gtk3.c" "${wx_gtk3_c_code}")
-    enable_language(C)
-
-    try_run(
-            run_result_unused
-            compile_result_unused
-            "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
-            "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wx_gtk3.c"
-            COMPILE_OUTPUT_VARIABLE OUT
-            CMAKE_FLAGS "-DINCLUDE_DIRECTORIES:STRING=${wxWidgets_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
-        )
-
-    if (${OUT} MATCHES "cmake_WX_GTK3")
-        if (NOT GTK3_API)
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Your current WxWidget version requires GTK3. Please use -DGTK3_API=TRUE option")
-        endif()
-    else()
-        if (GTK3_API)
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Your current WxWidget version doesn't support GTK3. Please use -DGTK3_API=FALSE option")
-        endif()
-    endif()
-
-endfunction()
-
-function(WX_version)
-    EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} --version OUTPUT_VARIABLE version)
-    STRING(STRIP ${version} version)
-    if (${version} MATCHES "3.0" AND WX28_API)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Mismatch between wx-config version (${version}) and requested WX API (2.8.x)")
-    endif()
-    if (${version} MATCHES "2.8" AND NOT WX28_API)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Mismatch between wx-config version (${version}) and requested WX API (3.0.x)")
-    endif()
 endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
index 8f172386cd..8c8918e72a 100644
--- a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
@@ -23,28 +23,36 @@ else()
     set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_OPTIONS --unicode=yes)
 endif()
 
-# Temprorary help for Arch-based distros.
-# They have wx2.8, lib32-wx2.8 and wx3.0 but no lib32-wx3.0.
-# wx2.8 => /usr/bin/wx-config-2.8, /usr/bin/wxrc-2.8
-# lib32-wx2.8 => /usr/bin/wx-config32-2.8, /usr/bin/wxrc32-2.8
-# wx3.0 => /usr/bin/wx-config, /usr/bin/wxrc -> /usr/bin/wxrc-3.0
+if(WX28_API)
+    list(APPEND wxWidgets_CONFIG_OPTIONS --version=2.8)
+else()
+    list(APPEND wxWidgets_CONFIG_OPTIONS --version=3.0)
+endif()
+
+if(GTK3_API)
+    list(APPEND wxWidgets_CONFIG_OPTIONS --toolkit=gtk3)
+else()
+    list(APPEND wxWidgets_CONFIG_OPTIONS --toolkit=gtk2)
+endif()
+
+# wx2.8 => /usr/bin/wx-config-2.8
+# lib32-wx2.8 => /usr/bin/wx-config32-2.8
+# wx3.0 => /usr/bin/wx-config-3.0
 # I'm going to take a wild guess and predict this:
-# lib32-wx3.0 => /usr/bin/wx-config32-3.0, /usr/bin/wxrc32-3.0
-# FindwxWidgets only searches for wxrc and wx-config. Therefore only native
-# wx3.0 works since everything else has non-standard naming.
+# lib32-wx3.0 => /usr/bin/wx-config32-3.0
+# FindwxWidgets only searches for wx-config.
 if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     # May need to fix the filenames for lib32-wx3.0.
-    if(NOT WX28_API AND ${PCSX2_TARGET_ARCHITECTURES} MATCHES "i386" AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wx-config32-3.0" AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wxrc32-3.0")
+    if(NOT WX28_API AND ${PCSX2_TARGET_ARCHITECTURES} MATCHES "i386" AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wx-config32-3.0")
         set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/wx-config32-3.0")
-        set(wxWidgets_wxrc_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/wxrc32-3.0")
-    elseif(WX28_API AND ${PCSX2_TARGET_ARCHITECTURES} MATCHES "i386" AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wx-config32-2.8" AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wxrc32-2.8")
+    elseif(WX28_API AND ${PCSX2_TARGET_ARCHITECTURES} MATCHES "i386" AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wx-config32-2.8")
         set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/wx-config32-2.8")
-        set(wxWidgets_wxrc_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/wxrc32-2.8")
     endif()
 else()
-    if(WX28_API AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wx-config-2.8" AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wxrc-2.8")
+    if(NOT WX28_API AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wx-config-3.0")
+        set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/wx-config-3.0")
+    elseif(WX28_API AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wx-config-2.8")
         set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/wx-config-2.8")
-        set(wxWidgets_wxrc_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/wxrc-2.8")
     endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -157,5 +165,3 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/common/include
 #----------------------------------------
 include(ApiValidation)
 WX_vs_SDL()
-WX_vs_GTK3()
-WX_version()