diff -ur plasma-workspace-5.17.1/startkde/startplasma.cpp plasma-workspace-5.17.1-startplasma/startkde/startplasma.cpp
--- plasma-workspace-5.17.1/startkde/startplasma.cpp	2019-10-22 17:42:08.000000000 +0200
+++ plasma-workspace-5.17.1-startplasma/startkde/startplasma.cpp	2019-10-24 02:15:01.938913739 +0200
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 void messageBox(const QString &text)
 {
     out << text;
-    runSync(QStringLiteral("xmessage"), {QStringLiteral("-geometry"), QStringLiteral("500x100"), text});
+    runSync(QStringLiteral("xmessage"), {text});
 }
 
 QStringList allServices(const QLatin1String& prefix)
@@ -327,9 +327,7 @@
 
 bool startKDEInit()
 {
-    // We set LD_BIND_NOW to increase the efficiency of kdeinit.
-    // kdeinit unsets this variable before loading applications.
-    const int exitCode = runSync(QStringLiteral(CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBEXECDIR_KF5 "/start_kdeinit_wrapper"), { QStringLiteral("--kded"), QStringLiteral("+kcminit_startup") }, { QStringLiteral("LD_BIND_NOW=true") });
+    const int exitCode = runSync(QStringLiteral(CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBEXECDIR_KF5 "/start_kdeinit_wrapper"), { QStringLiteral("--kded"), QStringLiteral("+kcminit_startup") });
     if (exitCode != 0) {
         messageBox(QStringLiteral("startkde: Could not start kdeinit5. Check your installation."));
         return false;