diff --git a/editors/emacs-devel/Makefile b/editors/emacs-devel/Makefile
index 460a88666b19..5fdaee6aba5d 100644
--- a/editors/emacs-devel/Makefile
+++ b/editors/emacs-devel/Makefile
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ GNUTLS_LIB_DEPENDS=		libgnutls.so:security/gnutls
 GNUTLS_CONFIGURE_WITH=		gnutls
 GSETTINGS_USE=			GNOME=glib20
 GSETTINGS_CONFIGURE_WITH=	gsettings
+GSETTINGS_VARS=			GLIB_SCHEMAS+=org.gnu.emacs.defaults.gschema.xml
 GTK2_LIB_DEPENDS=		libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 				libfreetype.so:print/freetype2
 GTK2_USE=			GNOME=cairo,gtk20
diff --git a/editors/emacs-devel/pkg-plist b/editors/emacs-devel/pkg-plist
index 08a11436f060..32344d122cbc 100644
--- a/editors/emacs-devel/pkg-plist
+++ b/editors/emacs-devel/pkg-plist
@@ -4265,7 +4265,6 @@ share/applications/emacsclient-mail.desktop
 %%SOURCES%%%%DATADIR%%/%%EMACS_VER%%/src/xwidget.c
 %%SOURCES%%%%DATADIR%%/%%EMACS_VER%%/src/xwidget.h
 include/emacs-module.h
-%%GSETTINGS%%share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnu.emacs.defaults.gschema.xml
 share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/emacs.png
 share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/emacs.png
 share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/emacs.png