diff --git a/data/dconf/make-dconf-override-db.sh b/data/dconf/make-dconf-override-db.sh
index 601c1c3f..fcb7305d 100755
--- a/data/dconf/make-dconf-override-db.sh
+++ b/data/dconf/make-dconf-override-db.sh
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$TMPDIR/cache"
 export GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR="$TMPDIR/schemas"
 mkdir -p $XDG_CONFIG_HOME $XDG_CACHE_HOME $GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR
 
-eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax`
-
-trap 'rm -rf $TMPDIR; kill $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID' ERR
-
 # in case that schema is not installed on the system
 glib-compile-schemas --targetdir "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR" "$PWD"
 
@@ -52,5 +48,3 @@ if [ -d $TMPDIR/cache/gvfs ] ; then
     umount $TMPDIR/cache/gvfs
 fi
 rm -rf $TMPDIR
-
-kill $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID