--- hal-0.5.14.orig/libhal/libhal.c
+++ hal-0.5.14/libhal/libhal.c
@@ -3376,7 +3376,6 @@
 libhal_ctx_init (LibHalContext *ctx, DBusError *error)
 {
 	DBusError _error;
-	dbus_bool_t hald_exists;
 
 	LIBHAL_CHECK_LIBHALCONTEXT(ctx, FALSE);
 
@@ -3384,16 +3383,6 @@
 		return FALSE;
 
 	dbus_error_init (&_error);
-	hald_exists = dbus_bus_name_has_owner (ctx->connection, "org.freedesktop.Hal", &_error);
-	dbus_move_error (&_error, error);
-	if (error != NULL && dbus_error_is_set (error)) {
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
-	if (!hald_exists) {
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
 	
 	if (!dbus_connection_add_filter (ctx->connection, filter_func, ctx, NULL)) {
 		return FALSE;