diff -ruN thunar.orig/thunar-preferences.c thunar/thunar-preferences.c
--- thunar.orig/thunar-preferences.c	2015-03-07 00:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ thunar/thunar-preferences.c	2015-03-07 00:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -815,9 +815,7 @@
                                  GParamSpec *pspec)
 {
   ThunarPreferences  *preferences = THUNAR_PREFERENCES (object);
-  GValue              src = { 0, };
   gchar               prop_name[64];
-  gchar             **array;
 
   /* only set defaults if channel is not set */
   if (G_UNLIKELY (preferences->channel == NULL))
@@ -829,25 +827,9 @@
   /* build property name */
   g_snprintf (prop_name, sizeof (prop_name), "/%s", g_param_spec_get_name (pspec));
 
-  if (G_VALUE_TYPE (value) == G_TYPE_STRV)
-    {
-      /* handle arrays directly since we cannot transform those */
-      array = xfconf_channel_get_string_list (preferences->channel, prop_name);
-      g_value_take_boxed (value, array);
-    }
-  else if (xfconf_channel_get_property (preferences->channel, prop_name, &src))
-    {
-      if (G_VALUE_TYPE (value) == G_VALUE_TYPE (&src))
-        g_value_copy (&src, value);
-      else if (!g_value_transform (&src, value))
-        g_printerr ("Thunar: Failed to transform property %s\n", prop_name);
-      g_value_unset (&src);
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      /* value is not found, return default */
-      g_param_value_set_default (pspec, value);
-    }
+  g_print("\"%s\": \"%s\"\n", prop_name, xfconf_channel_has_property (preferences->channel, prop_name) ? "true" : "false");
+
+  g_param_value_set_default (pspec, value);
 }