diff -rNaud xfdesktop-4.8.2/src/xfce-desktop.c xfdesktop-4.8.2-new/src/xfce-desktop.c
--- xfdesktop-4.8.2/src/xfce-desktop.c	2011-04-22 20:21:52.000000000 +0200
+++ xfdesktop-4.8.2-new/src/xfce-desktop.c	2011-04-24 18:55:37.639000000 +0200
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@
 set_real_root_window_pixmap(GdkScreen *gscreen,
                             GdkPixmap *pmap)
 {
-#if 0 /* see bug #7442 */
     Window xid;
     GdkWindow *groot;
     
@@ -299,7 +298,6 @@
     /* there really should be a standard for this crap... */
 
     gdk_error_trap_pop();
-#endif
 }
 
 static void
@@ -814,11 +812,10 @@
     gdk_property_delete(groot, gdk_atom_intern("XFCE_DESKTOP_WINDOW", FALSE));
     gdk_property_delete(groot, gdk_atom_intern("NAUTILUS_DESKTOP_WINDOW_ID", FALSE));
 
-#if 0 /* see bug #7442 */
     gdk_property_delete(groot, gdk_atom_intern("_XROOTPMAP_ID", FALSE));
     gdk_property_delete(groot, gdk_atom_intern("ESETROOT_PMAP_ID", FALSE));
     gdk_window_set_back_pixmap(groot, NULL, FALSE);
-#endif
+
 
     if(desktop->priv->backdrops) {
         for(i = 0; i < desktop->priv->nbackdrops; i++) {