diff --git a/demos/gtk-demo/main.c b/demos/gtk-demo/main.c
index ac8e5d82a4..6a1553ab69 100644
--- a/demos/gtk-demo/main.c
+++ b/demos/gtk-demo/main.c
@@ -1015,8 +1015,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     }
   /* -- End of hack -- */
 
-  gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
-
   app = gtk_application_new ("org.gtk.Demo", 0);
 
   g_action_map_add_action_entries (G_ACTION_MAP (app),