diff --git a/src/daemon/pulseaudio.desktop.in b/src/daemon/pulseaudio.desktop.in
index cc3ac807e..2e85202f7 100644
--- a/src/daemon/pulseaudio.desktop.in
+++ b/src/daemon/pulseaudio.desktop.in
@@ -5,7 +5,5 @@ Comment=Start the PulseAudio Sound System
 Exec=start-pulseaudio-x11
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
-Categories=
-GenericName=
 X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Initialization
 X-KDE-autostart-phase=1