diff --git a/system/dconf/README b/system/dconf/README
index 99e3ef35a4..4c3668cd85 100644
--- a/system/dconf/README
+++ b/system/dconf/README
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 dconf is a low-level configuration system. Its main purpose is to
 provide a backend to the GSettings API in GLib.
+
+vala is an optional dependency.
diff --git a/system/dconf/dconf.SlackBuild b/system/dconf/dconf.SlackBuild
index 6196c58bd5..b96877484b 100644
--- a/system/dconf/dconf.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/dconf/dconf.SlackBuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Written by David Somero <dsomero@hotmail.com>
 # Derived from Slackware's Slackbuilds.
-#
+
 # Copyright 2008, 2009  Patrick J. Volkerding, Sebeka, Minnesota, USA
 # Copyright 2011  David Somero (dsomero@hotmail.com) Athens, TN, USA
 # All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=dconf
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.8.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.12.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.xz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find . \
@@ -77,12 +77,10 @@ CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
-  --disable-editor \
   --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --localstatedir=/var \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
-  --disable-editor \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
diff --git a/system/dconf/dconf.info b/system/dconf/dconf.info
index 3b8aeeaaf3..a4d2a616f3 100644
--- a/system/dconf/dconf.info
+++ b/system/dconf/dconf.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="dconf"
-VERSION="0.8.0"
+VERSION="0.12.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://live.gnome.org/dconf"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/dconf/0.8/dconf-0.8.0.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="4c5c61a619ea27ffa15f88d142d20663"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/dconf/0.12/dconf-0.12.1.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="0ebbfa50ab69e5d679cf8a1c68e75bf3"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
diff --git a/system/dconf/doinst.sh b/system/dconf/doinst.sh
index 62e237fc36..697dafc5bb 100644
--- a/system/dconf/doinst.sh
+++ b/system/dconf/doinst.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-# Reload messagebus service
-if [ -x etc/rc.d/rc.messagebus ]; then
-  chroot . /etc/rc.d/rc.messagebus reload
-fi
-
 # Try to run these.  If they fail, no biggie.
 chroot . /usr/bin/glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/ 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
 chroot . /usr/bin/gio-querymodules @LIBDIR@/gio/modules/ 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
diff --git a/system/dconf/slack-desc b/system/dconf/slack-desc
index 6ba8eb7c71..e8ff3c831a 100644
--- a/system/dconf/slack-desc
+++ b/system/dconf/slack-desc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
 # customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
 
      |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ dconf:
 dconf: dconf is a low-level configuration system. Its main purpose is to
 dconf: provide a backend to the GSettings API in GLib.
 dconf:
-dconf:
 dconf: Homepage: http://live.gnome.org/dconf
 dconf:
 dconf:
 dconf:
 dconf:
-
+dconf: