diff --git a/desktop/xmonad/README b/desktop/xmonad/README
index 927b6bce47..9322c46b96 100644
--- a/desktop/xmonad/README
+++ b/desktop/xmonad/README
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ and configured in Haskell. In a normal WM, you spend half your time
 aligning and searching for windows. xmonad makes work easier, by
 automating this.
 
-This requires ghc, haskell-utf8-string, haskell-transformers,
-haskell-mtl, haskell-syb and haskell-X11.
-
 After installing, use 'xwmconfig' command to reselect xmonad as window
 manager, either as root to do system-wide selection or as normal user
 to do user-specific selection.
diff --git a/desktop/xmonad/xinitrc.xmonad b/desktop/xmonad/xinitrc.xmonad
index e074ed174c..dadfc56d93 100644
--- a/desktop/xmonad/xinitrc.xmonad
+++ b/desktop/xmonad/xinitrc.xmonad
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
 [ -f $usermodmap ] && /usr/bin/xmodmap $usermodmap
 
 if [ -z "$DESKTOP_SESSION" -a -x /usr/bin/ck-launch-session ]; then
-  exec ck-launch-session /usr/bin/xmonad
+  exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/xmonad
 else
   exec /usr/bin/xmonad
 fi