diff --git a/widget/src/gtk2/nsDeviceContextSpecG.cpp b/widget/src/gtk2/nsDeviceContextSpecG.cpp
index 4c6af3176dab..590f17731ed1 100644
--- a/widget/src/gtk2/nsDeviceContextSpecG.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/gtk2/nsDeviceContextSpecG.cpp
@@ -973,11 +973,9 @@ nsresult GlobalPrinters::InitializeGlobalPrinters ()
   }
 
   mGlobalPrinterList = new nsTArray<nsString>();
-  if (!mGlobalPrinterList) 
-    return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 
   nsPSPrinterList psMgr;
-  if (NS_SUCCEEDED(psMgr.Init()) && psMgr.Enabled()) {
+  if (psMgr.Enabled()) {
     /* Get the list of PostScript-module printers */
     // XXX: this function is the only user of GetPrinterList
     // So it may be interesting to convert the nsCStrings
diff --git a/widget/src/gtk2/nsPSPrinters.cpp b/widget/src/gtk2/nsPSPrinters.cpp
index 3052ba502dc7..397e43584594 100644
--- a/widget/src/gtk2/nsPSPrinters.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/gtk2/nsPSPrinters.cpp
@@ -58,17 +58,13 @@ using namespace mozilla;
 
 nsCUPSShim gCupsShim;
 
-/* Initialize the printer manager object */
-nsresult
-nsPSPrinterList::Init()
+nsPSPrinterList::nsPSPrinterList()
 {
     // Should we try cups?
-    PRBool useCups =
-        Preferences::GetBool("print.postscript.cups.enabled", PR_TRUE);
-    if (useCups && !gCupsShim.IsInitialized()) {
+    if (Preferences::GetBool("print.postscript.cups.enabled", PR_TRUE) &&
+        !gCupsShim.IsInitialized()) {
         gCupsShim.Init();
     }
-    return NS_OK;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/widget/src/gtk2/nsPSPrinters.h b/widget/src/gtk2/nsPSPrinters.h
index 1bfb81501389..a330a03f088b 100644
--- a/widget/src/gtk2/nsPSPrinters.h
+++ b/widget/src/gtk2/nsPSPrinters.h
@@ -47,12 +47,7 @@ class nsCUPSShim;
 
 class nsPSPrinterList {
     public:
-        /**
-         * Initialize a printer manager object.
-         * @return NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED if unable to access prefs
-         *         NS_OK for successful initialization.
-         */
-        nsresult Init();
+        nsPSPrinterList();
 
         /**
          * Is the PostScript module enabled or disabled?