diff --git a/_desktop/install-desktop.sh b/_desktop/install-desktop.sh
index 125463b..1762e18 100644
--- a/_desktop/install-desktop.sh
+++ b/_desktop/install-desktop.sh
@@ -9,5 +9,11 @@ for i in clipit dunst zathura; do
   ln -sf $XDG_DATA_HOME/repos/dotfiles/_desktop/${i} ~/.config
 done
 
+# delete not needed items in ~/.config
+for i in dconf gtk-3.0; do
+  rm -rf ~/.config/${i}
+  ln -sf /dev/null ~/.config/${i}
+done
+
 # copy firefox wrapper
 ln -sf $XDG_DATA_HOME/repos/dotfiles/_desktop/firefox ~/.local/bin