diff --git a/gnome/src/main.c b/gnome/src/main.c
index 740ca25616f41415748a94638af25141576b2d5f..ba6afc4c7087a2f2f0f32815b822f11359f385c6 100644
--- a/gnome/src/main.c
+++ b/gnome/src/main.c
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     signal(SIGHUP, signal_handler);
     signal(SIGTERM, signal_handler);
 
-    /* Must be called prior to any GLib calls (i.e. in update_schema_dir) */
-    g_type_init();
-
     /* Tell glib to look for our schema in gnome/data in case SFLphone is not
      * installed. We have to do this early for it to work properly for older
      * versions of GLib. */