diff -p -up ./src/npw-player.c.tv ./src/npw-player.c
--- ./src/npw-player.c.tv	2012-09-02 17:38:44.095008251 +0200
+++ ./src/npw-player.c	2012-09-02 17:38:58.257088218 +0200
@@ -2483,7 +2483,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   guint display_height   = DEFAULT_HEIGHT;
   gint i;
 
-  g_thread_init (NULL);
   gdk_threads_init ();
   glibcurl_init ();
   glibcurl_set_callback (on_stream_close_cb, NULL);
diff -p -up ./src/npw-viewer.c.tv ./src/npw-viewer.c
--- ./src/npw-viewer.c.tv	2012-09-02 17:38:44.102008790 +0200
+++ ./src/npw-viewer.c	2012-09-02 17:39:01.445332047 +0200
@@ -4881,7 +4881,6 @@ static int do_main(int argc, char **argv
   XtToolkitInitialize();
   x_app_context = XtCreateApplicationContext();
   x_display = XtOpenDisplay(x_app_context, NULL, "npw-viewer", "npw-viewer", NULL, 0, &argc, argv);
-  g_thread_init(NULL);
   gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
 
   // Initialize RPC communication channel