--- a/components/gnome/glib2/Makefile	Fri May 13 14:04:54 2016 -0700
+++ b/components/gnome/glib2/Makefile	Fri May 13 15:29:15 2016 -0700
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
 
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES += data/docbook
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES += developer/documentation-tool/gtk-doc
-REQUIRED_PACKAGES += gnome/preferences/control-center
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES += library/file-monitor/gamin
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES += library/libffi
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES += library/pcre

--- a/components/gnome/glib2/glib2.p5m	Fri May 13 14:04:54 2016 -0700
+++ b/components/gnome/glib2/glib2.p5m	Fri May 13 15:29:15 2016 -0700
@@ -525,5 +525,7 @@
 file files/gnome-interfaces.7 path=usr/share/man/man7/gnome-interfaces.7
 license COPYING license=LGPLv2
 # code in gio/gdesktopappinfo.c execs update-desktop-database
-depend type=require fmri=__TBD \
-    pkg.debug.depend.file=usr/bin/update-desktop-database
+# disabled until update-desktop-database is split out of control-center so
+# we don't suck half of gnome into the text install cd and fill the ramdisk
+#depend type=require fmri=__TBD
+#    pkg.debug.depend.file=usr/bin/update-desktop-database