diff -rub a/scripts/startxfce4.in b/scripts/startxfce4.in
--- a/scripts/startxfce4.in	2019-05-13 13:08:40.936637683 +0800
+++ b/scripts/startxfce4.in	2019-05-13 13:16:44.378397419 +0800
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@
 then
   XDG_DATA_DIRS="$XDG_DATA_DIRS:@_datadir_@"
 fi
+if test -d "@_datadir_@/xfce"
+then
+  XDG_DATA_DIRS="@_datadir_@/xfce:$XDG_DATA_DIRS"
+fi
 export XDG_DATA_DIRS
 
 if test "x$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS" = "x"
diff -rub a/scripts/xinitrc.in.in b/scripts/xinitrc.in.in
--- a/scripts/xinitrc.in.in	2019-05-13 13:08:40.936637683 +0800
+++ b/scripts/xinitrc.in.in	2019-05-13 13:20:51.177252943 +0800
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@
 fi
 [ -d "$XDG_CACHE_HOME" ] || mkdir "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"
 
-# set up XDG user directores.  see
-# http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs
-if command -v xdg-user-dirs-update >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    xdg-user-dirs-update
-fi
-
 # For now, start with an empty list
 XRESOURCES=""
 
@@ -81,14 +75,11 @@
 # check if we start xfce4-session with ck-launch-session. this is only
 # required for starting from a console, not a login manager
 if test "x$XFCE4_SESSION_WITH_CK" = "x1"; then
-  if command -v ck-launch-session >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    exec ck-launch-session xfce4-session
-  else
-    echo
-    echo "You have tried to start Xfce with consolekit support, but"
-    echo "ck-launch-session is not installed."
-    echo "Aborted startup..."
-    echo
+    if ! ck-launch-session xfce4-session; then
+       cat >&2 <<'EOF'
+Failed to start Xfce with consolekit support.
+Aborted startup...
+EOF
     exit 1
   fi
 else