diff --git a/efl/dbus_mainloop/dbus_mainloop.pxd b/efl/dbus_mainloop/dbus_mainloop.pxd
index 78f73ce..d16562c 100644
--- a/efl/dbus_mainloop/dbus_mainloop.pxd
+++ b/efl/dbus_mainloop/dbus_mainloop.pxd
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ cdef extern from "dbus/dbus-python.h":
     PyObject *DBusPyNativeMainLoop_New4(_dbus_py_conn_setup_func conn_func, _dbus_py_srv_setup_func srv_func, _dbus_py_free_func free_func, void *)
     int import_dbus_bindings(const char *this_module_name)
 
-cdef extern from "Ecore.h":
-    int ecore_init()
-    void ecore_shutdown()
-
 cdef extern from "e_dbus.h":
     ctypedef struct E_DBus_Connection
 
diff --git a/efl/dbus_mainloop/dbus_mainloop.pyx b/efl/dbus_mainloop/dbus_mainloop.pyx
index 68ddfdb..d2fb42b 100644
--- a/efl/dbus_mainloop/dbus_mainloop.pyx
+++ b/efl/dbus_mainloop/dbus_mainloop.pyx
@@ -46,12 +46,10 @@ def DBusEcoreMainLoop(set_as_default = None):
 
 def module_cleanup():
     e_dbus_shutdown()
-    ecore_shutdown()
 
 if import_dbus_bindings("efl.dbus_mainloop") < 0:
     raise ImportError("failed to import D-Bus bindings")
 
-ecore_init()
 e_dbus_init()
 
 atexit.register(module_cleanup)