diff -Naur tdesktop-1.2.6.orig/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/linux_libs.cpp tdesktop-1.2.6/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/linux_libs.cpp
--- tdesktop-1.2.6.orig/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/linux_libs.cpp	2017-12-30 11:13:48.000000000 +0100
+++ tdesktop-1.2.6/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/linux_libs.cpp	2018-01-17 11:41:49.593275952 +0100
@@ -253,24 +253,12 @@
 			indicatorLoaded = setupAppIndicator(lib_indicator);
 		}
 	}
-	if (!gtkLoaded || !indicatorLoaded) {
-		if (loadLibrary(lib_indicator, "appindicator", 1)) {
-			if (loadLibrary(lib_gtk, "gtk-x11-2.0", 0)) {
-				gtkLoaded = indicatorLoaded = false;
-				gtkLoaded = setupGtkBase(lib_gtk);
-				indicatorLoaded = setupAppIndicator(lib_indicator);
-			}
-		}
-	}
 
 	// If no appindicator, try at least load gtk.
 	if (!gtkLoaded && !indicatorLoaded) {
 		if (loadLibrary(lib_gtk, "gtk-3", 0)) {
 			gtkLoaded = setupGtkBase(lib_gtk);
 		}
-		if (!gtkLoaded && loadLibrary(lib_gtk, "gtk-x11-2.0", 0)) {
-			gtkLoaded = setupGtkBase(lib_gtk);
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (gtkLoaded) {