Index: xfconfd/xfconf-backend-perchannel-xml.c
===================================================================
--- xfconfd/xfconf-backend-perchannel-xml.c	(revision 27616)
+++ xfconfd/xfconf-backend-perchannel-xml.c	(working copy)
@@ -428,33 +428,16 @@
             return FALSE;
     }
 
-    if(property_base[0] && property_base[1]) {
-        /* it's not "" or "/" */
-        cur = xfconf_proptree_lookup_node(props_tree, property_base);
-        if(!cur) {
-            if(error) {
-                g_set_error(error, XFCONF_ERROR, XFCONF_ERROR_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND,
-                             _("Property \"%s\" does not exist on channel \"%s\""),
-                             property_base, channel);
-            }
-            return FALSE;
-        }
-
-        g_strlcpy(cur_path, property_base, sizeof(cur_path));
+    /* need to hit each child directly to avoid having a
+     * double root property at the beginning of each prop */
+    for(cur = g_node_first_child(props_tree);
+        cur;
+        cur = g_node_next_sibling(cur))
+    {
+        cur_path[0] = 0;
         xfconf_proptree_node_to_hash_table(cur, properties, cur_path);
-    } else {
-        /* need to hit each child directly to avoid having a
-         * double '/' at the beginning of each prop */
-        for(cur = g_node_first_child(props_tree);
-            cur;
-            cur = g_node_next_sibling(cur))
-        {
-            cur_path[0] = 0;
-            xfconf_proptree_node_to_hash_table(cur, properties, cur_path);
-        }
     }
 
-
     return TRUE;
 }