diff -upr mate-control-center/font-viewer/font-thumbnailer.c mate-control-center-test/font-viewer/font-thumbnailer.c
--- mate-control-center/font-viewer/font-thumbnailer.c	2015-08-30 14:58:37.931678099 +0200
+++ mate-control-center-test/font-viewer/font-thumbnailer.c	2015-08-30 14:57:22.040883000 +0200
@@ -200,8 +200,6 @@ main (int argc,
 
     setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
 
-    g_type_init ();
-
     context = g_option_context_new (NULL);
     g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 
diff -upr mate-control-center/font-viewer/font-view.c mate-control-center-test/font-viewer/font-view.c
--- mate-control-center/font-viewer/font-view.c	2015-08-30 14:58:33.218628780 +0200
+++ mate-control-center-test/font-viewer/font-view.c	2015-08-30 14:57:57.859258000 +0200
@@ -821,8 +821,6 @@ font_view_application_class_init (FontVi
 static GApplication *
 font_view_application_new (void)
 {
-    g_type_init ();
-
     if (!FcInit ())
         g_critical ("Can't initialize fontconfig library");