diff --git a/gnome2/gconf/gconf-pkg.conf b/gnome2/gconf/gconf-pkg.conf
index cb8b1ab84..abdaf5562 100644
--- a/gnome2/gconf/gconf-pkg.conf
+++ b/gnome2/gconf/gconf-pkg.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../gconf/gconf-pkg.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2011 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ if [ $pkg != "gconf" ] ; then
 	# exclude some gconf files - so we do not need to patch every
 	# single package ...
 	var_append flistdel '|' "${sysconfdir#/}/gconf/%gconf.xml"
+	# avoid to run 'gconftool-2' to (re)generate '%gconf.xml'
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--disable-schemas-install"
 fi
 
 # exclude some gconf files - so we do not need to patch every