diff --git a/main/postmarketos-ui-phosh/APKBUILD b/main/postmarketos-ui-phosh/APKBUILD
index 060c37158..fdd7416e6 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-ui-phosh/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/postmarketos-ui-phosh/APKBUILD
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ _pmb_recommends="calls
 _pmb_groups="feedbackd"
 subpackages="$pkgname-qt_tweaks"
 install="$pkgname.post-install $pkgname.post-upgrade"
-replaces="gnome-settings-daemon"
 source="
 	000-gschema.override
 	01-phoc-scaling
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ source="
 	gtk-app-wayland.sh
 	mimeapps.list
 	mpris-proxy.desktop
-	org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.XSettings.desktop
 	osk.sh
 	phosh-qt-mobile-controls.sh
 	phosh-qt-wayland.sh
@@ -79,8 +77,6 @@ package() {
 		"$pkgdir"/etc/dconf/db/postmarketos.d/02-gnome-software-no-first-run
 	install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/mpris-proxy.desktop \
 		"$pkgdir"/etc/xdg/autostart/mpris-proxy.desktop
-	install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.XSettings.desktop \
-		"$pkgdir"/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.XSettings.desktop
 }
 
 qt_tweaks() {
@@ -98,7 +94,6 @@ e00756c2c056f68123d877f2f6a5ad3434ca7851095f021c26831c081728b821cf7947ba08d6742e
 57793bb079c76ba3bdcfca7880aa887de11fe80e7a05557b78435e57feabab70fbaeedc42da3aec6f914c35bba8e8ee9918367516eb45ee247f63f694624f179  gtk-app-wayland.sh
 0a376140da36538fd73cbd8305ff97b54d2b82831bab64a3b7167019f1d005752eda4e81ef7c19fd64fcba3a775c9e87fca1a250b55a522a0ee9728ab712f089  mimeapps.list
 9276b4282860229da47b8b690307a8bf8907370fcdebf0be4c2b71f933593e115572e61d846cb13821d51859ec9e53af6de250afa953b42c06cf0ad4905377c3  mpris-proxy.desktop
-673cd3c947f5a9e62d487ea34ae5664ba4214bb9d002820415c635c2c1852cafc3f9325bf9070700f338de60ddc6dc85dbfad583193f4a83ccffb540660afdcd  org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.XSettings.desktop
 4113ef59267e88d205ef1e1aec0ed11ccf817a25c232f2006a538b56fb466fad5025ad445d109e367ca92ee98d9b25f1f9a1a4b9bae2cb80df12a3739d62d10a  osk.sh
 bf8db527c49fa724e640a90269ba2648a2555f5867b2adbfbd88d1f685261f757339757c09ee08f590c76de4bd3d0c73a47dea9bd340644dd4707e76152cefd1  phosh-qt-mobile-controls.sh
 6e193eca3961a78d47b4656892eae34d019d9317a255a201f5ea61e3300caff04c526a27cd98d0edc072b36e3eaf3a1768f4cd27c5e2be8b19c167d535c820a6  phosh-qt-wayland.sh
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-ui-phosh/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.XSettings.desktop b/main/postmarketos-ui-phosh/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.XSettings.desktop
deleted file mode 100644
index 18ad35b25..000000000
--- a/main/postmarketos-ui-phosh/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.XSettings.desktop
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Type=Application
-Name=GNOME XSettings
-Exec=env -u GDK_BACKEND /usr/libexec/gsd-xsettings
-OnlyShowIn=GNOME;
-NoDisplay=true
-X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Initialization
-X-GNOME-Autostart-Notify=true
-X-GNOME-AutoRestart=true
-X-GNOME-HiddenUnderSystemd=false