diff --git a/gtk/main.c b/gtk/main.c
index 5e967242b..d283d3c80 100644
--- a/gtk/main.c
+++ b/gtk/main.c
@@ -2082,18 +2082,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 	/*for pulseaudio:*/
 	g_setenv("PULSE_PROP_media.role", "phone", TRUE);
 #endif
-	
-	/* Add the data directory of the install prefix to XDG_DATA_DIRS
-	 * This environment variable is used by GTK+ to locate the directory
-	 * which stores icon images. */
-	tmp = g_getenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS");
-	if(tmp && strlen(tmp) > 0) {
-		char *xdg_data_dirs = g_strdup_printf("%s:%s", PACKAGE_DATA_DIR, tmp);
-		g_setenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS", xdg_data_dirs, TRUE);
-		g_free(xdg_data_dirs);
-	} else {
-		g_setenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS", PACKAGE_DATA_DIR, FALSE);
-	}
 
 	lang=linphone_gtk_get_lang(config_file);
 	if (lang == NULL || lang[0]=='\0'){