diff --git a/js/ui/accessDialog.js b/js/ui/accessDialog.js
index 777fd2b3c..cd001a6d9 100644
--- a/js/ui/accessDialog.js
+++ b/js/ui/accessDialog.js
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@ export class AccessDialogDBus {
 
         this._dbusImpl = Gio.DBusExportedObject.wrapJSObject(AccessIface, this);
         this._dbusImpl.export(Gio.DBus.session, '/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop');
-
-        Gio.DBus.session.own_name('org.gnome.Shell.Portal', Gio.BusNameOwnerFlags.REPLACE, null, null);
     }
 
     AccessDialogAsync(params, invocation) {