diff -up gnome-panel-2.23.3/applets/clock/system-timezone.c.wakeups gnome-panel-2.23.3/applets/clock/system-timezone.c
--- gnome-panel-2.23.3/applets/clock/system-timezone.c.wakeups	2008-06-10 19:31:19.000000000 -0400
+++ gnome-panel-2.23.3/applets/clock/system-timezone.c	2008-06-10 19:33:02.000000000 -0400
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 #include "system-timezone.h"
 
 /* Files that we look at and that should be monitored */
-#define CHECK_NB 5
+#define CHECK_NB 2
 #ifndef SYSTZ_SET_TEST
 #define ETC_TIMEZONE        "/etc/timezone"
 #define ETC_TIMEZONE_MAJ    "/etc/TIMEZONE"
@@ -90,10 +90,7 @@
 #define TZ_MAGIC "TZif"
 
 static char *files_to_check[CHECK_NB] = {
-        ETC_TIMEZONE,
-        ETC_TIMEZONE_MAJ,
         ETC_SYSCONFIG_CLOCK,
-        ETC_CONF_D_CLOCK,
         ETC_LOCALTIME
 };