diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/dconf.nix b/hosts/common/programs/dconf.nix
index 2dbd4248..6fc3bb77 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/dconf.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/dconf.nix
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ in
       ".config/dconf"
     ];
 
-    # supposedly necessary for packages which haven't been wrapped (i.e. wrapGtkApp?).
-    # TODO: try removing this.
-    env.GIO_EXTRA_MODULES = "${pkgs.dconf.lib}/lib/gio/modules";
+    # supposedly necessary for packages which haven't been wrapped (i.e. wrapGtkApp?),
+    # but in practice seems unnecessary.
+    # env.GIO_EXTRA_MODULES = "${pkgs.dconf.lib}/lib/gio/modules";
 
     config.site = [
       (pkgs.writeTextFile {