diff --git a/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGConfService.cpp b/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGConfService.cpp
index 25292b9a44c3..4ba6644db4ca 100644
--- a/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGConfService.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGConfService.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ nsGConfService::~nsGConfService()
 nsresult
 nsGConfService::Init()
 {
-  g_type_init();
   mClient = gconf_client_get_default();
   return mClient ? NS_OK : NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
 }
diff --git a/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGIOService.cpp b/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGIOService.cpp
index 94e2c9195308..788d3e49a626 100644
--- a/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGIOService.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGIOService.cpp
@@ -299,13 +299,6 @@ nsGIOMimeApp::SetAsDefaultForURIScheme(nsACString const& aURIScheme)
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
-nsresult
-nsGIOService::Init()
-{
-  // do nothing, gvfs/gio does not init.
-  return NS_OK;
-}
-
 NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS1(nsGIOService, nsIGIOService)
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP
diff --git a/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGIOService.h b/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGIOService.h
index 865e5109dc44..1349e383b422 100644
--- a/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGIOService.h
+++ b/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGIOService.h
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ class nsGIOService : public nsIGIOService
 public:
   NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS
   NS_DECL_NSIGIOSERVICE
-
-  NS_HIDDEN_(nsresult) Init();
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGnomeModule.cpp b/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGnomeModule.cpp
index 368954e687cb..13dbbb7bf1ed 100644
--- a/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGnomeModule.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/system/gnome/nsGnomeModule.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ NS_GENERIC_FACTORY_CONSTRUCTOR_INIT(nsGnomeVFSService, Init)
 #ifdef MOZ_ENABLE_GIO
 #include "nsGIOService.h"
 #include "nsGSettingsService.h"
-NS_GENERIC_FACTORY_CONSTRUCTOR_INIT(nsGIOService, Init)
+NS_GENERIC_FACTORY_CONSTRUCTOR(nsGIOService)
 NS_GENERIC_FACTORY_CONSTRUCTOR_INIT(nsGSettingsService, Init)
 #endif
 #ifdef MOZ_ENABLE_LIBNOTIFY
@@ -107,10 +107,20 @@ static const mozilla::Module::ContractIDEntry kGnomeContracts[] = {
   { NULL }
 };
 
+static nsresult
+InitGType ()
+{
+  g_type_init();
+  return NS_OK;
+}
+
 static const mozilla::Module kGnomeModule = {
   mozilla::Module::kVersion,
   kGnomeCIDs,
-  kGnomeContracts
+  kGnomeContracts,
+  NULL,
+  NULL,
+  InitGType
 };
 
 NSMODULE_DEFN(mozgnome) = &kGnomeModule;