diff --git a/kde.csh b/kde.csh
index 7278d91..8b02aa8 100755
--- a/kde.csh
+++ b/kde.csh
@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@
 if ( ! $?KDEDIRS ) setenv KDEDIRS /usr
 
 ##  When/if using prelinking, avoids (some) use of kdeinit
-if ( -f /etc/sysconfig/prelink ) then
-   set PRELINKING = `grep "^PRELINKING=" /etc/sysconfig/prelink | cut -d"=" -f2`
-   if ( "$PRELINKING" == "yes" )  then
-     if ( ! $?KDE_IS_PRELINKED ) setenv KDE_IS_PRELINKED 1
-   endif
-endif
-
-## if not using IPv6, speeds DNS operations
-# if ( ! $?KDE_NO_IPV6 ) setenv KDE_NO_IPV6 1 
+#if ( -f /etc/sysconfig/prelink ) then
+#   set PRELINKING = `grep "^PRELINKING=" /etc/sysconfig/prelink | cut -d"=" -f2`
+#   if ( "$PRELINKING" == "yes" )  then
+#     if ( ! $?KDE_IS_PRELINKED ) setenv KDE_IS_PRELINKED 1
+#   endif
+#endif
 
diff --git a/kde.sh b/kde.sh
index e011555..0565ce2 100755
--- a/kde.sh
+++ b/kde.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [ -z "$KDEDIRS" ] && KDEDIRS="/usr" && export KDEDIRS
 
 ## When/if using prelinking, avoids (some) use of kdeinit
-if [ -z "$KDE_IS_PRELINKED" ] ; then
-  grep -qs '^PRELINKING=yes' /etc/sysconfig/prelink && \
-  KDE_IS_PRELINKED=1 && export KDE_IS_PRELINKED
-fi
+#if [ -z "$KDE_IS_PRELINKED" ] ; then
+#  grep -qs '^PRELINKING=yes' /etc/sysconfig/prelink && \
+#  KDE_IS_PRELINKED=1 && export KDE_IS_PRELINKED
+#fi
diff --git a/kdelibs3.spec b/kdelibs3.spec
index 2e84824..6aa9260 100644
--- a/kdelibs3.spec
+++ b/kdelibs3.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 Summary: K Desktop Environment 3 - Libraries
 Version: 3.5.10
-Release: 13%{?dist}
+Release: 14%{?dist}
 
 %if 0%{?fedora} > 8
 Name: kdelibs3
@@ -640,6 +640,9 @@ touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/crystalsvg 2> /dev/null || :
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 03 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 3.5.10-14
+- kde.(sh|csh): drop KDE_IS_PRELINKED (workaround bug #515539)
+
 * Sun Jul 26 2009 Kevin Kofler <Kevin@tigcc.ticalc.org> - 3.5.10-13
 - fix CVE-2009-2537 - select length DoS
 - fix CVE-2009-1725 - crash, possible ACE in numeric character references