diff --git a/linux/my_application.cc b/linux/my_application.cc
index 28b18cf0e..eeb0b3f2d 100644
--- a/linux/my_application.cc
+++ b/linux/my_application.cc
@@ -139,6 +139,6 @@ MyApplication *my_application_new()
 {
   return MY_APPLICATION(g_object_new(my_application_get_type(),
                                      "application-id", APPLICATION_ID,
-                                     "flags", G_APPLICATION_DEFAULT_FLAGS,
+                                     "flags", 0,
                                      nullptr));
 }