diff -up desktop-file-utils-0.13/src/install.c.orig desktop-file-utils-0.13/src/install.c
--- desktop-file-utils-0.13/src/install.c.orig	2007-08-01 21:25:17.000000000 -0400
+++ desktop-file-utils-0.13/src/install.c	2007-08-01 21:25:27.000000000 -0400
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ process_one_file (const char *filename,
                     filename, g_strerror (errno));
     }
 
+#if 0
   /* Load and validate the file we just wrote */
   if (!desktop_file_validate (new_filename, FALSE, TRUE))
     {
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@ process_one_file (const char *filename,
       g_free (new_filename);
       exit (1);
     }
+#endif
 
   if (rebuild_mime_info_cache)
     {