diff --git a/src/calendar-server/gnome-shell-calendar-server.c b/src/calendar-server/gnome-shell-calendar-server.c
index bdbe17259..e40740942 100644
--- a/src/calendar-server/gnome-shell-calendar-server.c
+++ b/src/calendar-server/gnome-shell-calendar-server.c
@@ -1035,8 +1035,6 @@ main (int    argc,
   name_owner_id = 0;
   stdin_channel = NULL;
 
-  g_type_init ();
-
   introspection_data = g_dbus_node_info_new_for_xml (introspection_xml, NULL);
   g_assert (introspection_data != NULL);