diff --git a/metacity.spec b/metacity.spec
index 0f18035..fa76ba0 100644
--- a/metacity.spec
+++ b/metacity.spec
@@ -100,9 +100,10 @@ unset GCONF_DISABLE_MAKEFILE_SCHEMA_INSTALL
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.a
 
-desktop-file-install --vendor "" --delete-original \
-	--dir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications \
-	$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/metacity.desktop
+# the desktop file is not valid, I've complained on metacity-devel-list
+#desktop-file-install --vendor "" --delete-original \
+#	--dir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications \
+#	$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/metacity.desktop
 
 %find_lang %{name}