diff --git a/src/orca/orca.in b/src/orca/orca.in
--- a/src/orca/orca.in
+++ b/src/orca/orca.in
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ runOrca()
 # all set and we don't need to muck around.
 #
 if [ "x$LOGNAME" != "xgdm" ] ; then
-    ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED=`gsettings \
-        get org.gnome.desktop.interface toolkit-accessibility`
+    ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED=`gconftool-2 \
+        --get /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility`
     if [ "x$ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED" != "xtrue" ] ; then
         # Because we will be running Orca in text-setup mode, we want to
         # make sure it is run in a terminal window.  If we're already in