diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 535c4bb65c..70ae00e6f2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Nov 17 10:49:28 2002  Jonathan Blandford  <jrb@gnome.org>
+
+	* gtk/gtksettings.c (gtk_settings_get_property): remove bogus
+	gvalue initialization/freeing.
+
 2002-11-16  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* gdk/gdk.def: Add missing entries, needed by gtk.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index 535c4bb65c..70ae00e6f2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Nov 17 10:49:28 2002  Jonathan Blandford  <jrb@gnome.org>
+
+	* gtk/gtksettings.c (gtk_settings_get_property): remove bogus
+	gvalue initialization/freeing.
+
 2002-11-16  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* gdk/gdk.def: Add missing entries, needed by gtk.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-2 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-2
index 535c4bb65c..70ae00e6f2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-2
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-2
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Nov 17 10:49:28 2002  Jonathan Blandford  <jrb@gnome.org>
+
+	* gtk/gtksettings.c (gtk_settings_get_property): remove bogus
+	gvalue initialization/freeing.
+
 2002-11-16  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* gdk/gdk.def: Add missing entries, needed by gtk.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-4 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
index 535c4bb65c..70ae00e6f2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Nov 17 10:49:28 2002  Jonathan Blandford  <jrb@gnome.org>
+
+	* gtk/gtksettings.c (gtk_settings_get_property): remove bogus
+	gvalue initialization/freeing.
+
 2002-11-16  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* gdk/gdk.def: Add missing entries, needed by gtk.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
index 535c4bb65c..70ae00e6f2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Nov 17 10:49:28 2002  Jonathan Blandford  <jrb@gnome.org>
+
+	* gtk/gtksettings.c (gtk_settings_get_property): remove bogus
+	gvalue initialization/freeing.
+
 2002-11-16  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* gdk/gdk.def: Add missing entries, needed by gtk.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
index 535c4bb65c..70ae00e6f2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Nov 17 10:49:28 2002  Jonathan Blandford  <jrb@gnome.org>
+
+	* gtk/gtksettings.c (gtk_settings_get_property): remove bogus
+	gvalue initialization/freeing.
+
 2002-11-16  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* gdk/gdk.def: Add missing entries, needed by gtk.
diff --git a/gtk/gtksettings.c b/gtk/gtksettings.c
index 98ae79b3a7..0b80dacb6d 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksettings.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksettings.c
@@ -360,19 +360,7 @@ gtk_settings_get_property (GObject     *object,
 
       if (settings->property_values[property_id - 1].source == GTK_SETTINGS_SOURCE_APPLICATION)
 	{
-          GValue tmp_value = { 0, };
-          GValue gstring_value = { 0, };
-          
-          g_value_init (&gstring_value, G_TYPE_GSTRING);
-
-          g_value_set_boxed (&gstring_value,
-                             g_string_new (g_value_get_string (&val)));
-
-          g_value_init (&tmp_value, G_PARAM_SPEC_VALUE_TYPE (pspec));
 	  g_value_copy (&settings->property_values[property_id - 1].value, value);
-
-          g_value_unset (&gstring_value);
-          g_value_unset (&tmp_value);
 	}
       else if (!gdk_screen_get_setting (settings->screen, pspec->name, &val))
         {