diff --git a/fedora-live-base.ks b/fedora-live-base.ks
index 8f56cdf..96bd99b 100644
--- a/fedora-live-base.ks
+++ b/fedora-live-base.ks
@@ -196,18 +196,8 @@ chkconfig --level 345 mdmonitor off 2>/dev/null
 # turn off setroubleshoot on the live image to preserve resources
 chkconfig --level 345 setroubleshoot off 2>/dev/null
 
-# don't do packagekit checking by default
-gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -s -t string /apps/gnome-packagekit/update-icon/frequency_get_updates never >/dev/null
-gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -s -t string /apps/gnome-packagekit/update-icon/frequency_get_upgrades never >/dev/null
-gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -s -t string /apps/gnome-packagekit/update-icon/frequency_refresh_cache never >/dev/null
-gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -s -t bool /apps/gnome-packagekit/update-icon/notify_available false >/dev/null
-gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -s -t bool /apps/gnome-packagekit/update-icon/notify_distro_upgrades false >/dev/null
-gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -s -t bool /apps/gnome-packagekit/enable_check_firmware false >/dev/null
-gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -s -t bool /apps/gnome-packagekit/enable_check_hardware false >/dev/null
-gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -s -t bool /apps/gnome-packagekit/enable_codec_helper false >/dev/null
-gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -s -t bool /apps/gnome-packagekit/enable_font_helper false >/dev/null
-gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -s -t bool /apps/gnome-packagekit/enable_mime_type_helper false >/dev/null
-
+# don't enable the gnome-settings-daemon packagekit plugin
+gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.updates active 'false'
 
 # don't start cron/at as they tend to spawn things which are
 # disk intensive that are painful on a live image