diff -r cf55bdaccfb0 -r 9506fb3fe6a2 libpurple/dbus-server.c
--- a/libpurple/dbus-server.c	Mon Nov 27 20:55:41 2017 -0600
+++ b/libpurple/dbus-server.c	Thu Dec 07 23:03:41 2017 -0600
@@ -691,13 +691,7 @@
 		gboolean xboolean;
 		gpointer ptr = NULL;
 		gpointer val;
-#if 0
-		if (purple_value_is_outgoing(purple_values[i]))
-		{
-			ptr = my_arg(gpointer);
-			g_return_val_if_fail(ptr, TRUE);
-		}
-#endif
+
 		switch (types[i])
 		{
 		case G_TYPE_INT:
@@ -768,13 +762,8 @@
 	DBusMessageIter iter;
 	char *newname;
 
-#if 0 /* this is noisy with no dbus connection */
-	g_return_if_fail(purple_dbus_connection);
-#else
 	if (purple_dbus_connection == NULL)
 		return;
-#endif
-
 
 	/*
 	 * The test below is a hack that prevents our "dbus-method-called"