diff --git a/src/core/mutter.c b/src/core/mutter.c
index 0c8907af5..feb617b52 100644
--- a/src/core/mutter.c
+++ b/src/core/mutter.c
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   GOptionContext *ctx;
   GError *error = NULL;
 
-  g_type_init ();
-
   ctx = meta_get_option_context ();
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (ctx, mutter_options, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
   if (!g_option_context_parse (ctx, &argc, &argv, &error))