diff --git a/xdg-user-dirs-gtk.spec b/xdg-user-dirs-gtk.spec
index e6d57f7..0d994bd 100644
--- a/xdg-user-dirs-gtk.spec
+++ b/xdg-user-dirs-gtk.spec
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
-desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/user-dirs-update-gtk.desktop
-
 %find_lang %name
 
 %clean
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %changelog
 * Sat Feb 13 2010 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
 - Work in LXDE too (#563827)
-- Validate the desktop file
 
 * Mon Jul 27 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.8-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild