diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardev b/gtk2_ardour/ardev
index aee9a48102..1c6b24ec54 100755
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardev
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardev
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 . `dirname "$0"`/../build/gtk2_ardour/ardev_common_waf.sh
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=""
 exec $TOP/$EXECUTABLE "$@"