Index: gail/gail.c
===================================================================
--- gail/gail.c	(revision 1268)
+++ gail/gail.c	(working copy)
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "gail.h"
 #include "gailfactory.h"
 
+#define GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY_ENV "GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY"
+
 static gboolean gail_focus_watcher      (GSignalInvocationHint *ihint,
                                          guint                  n_param_values,
                                          const GValue          *param_values,
@@ -869,7 +871,8 @@
   gail_initialized = TRUE;
   quark_focus_object = g_quark_from_static_string ("gail-focus-object");
 
-  fprintf (stderr, "GTK Accessibility Module initialized\n");
+  if (g_getenv (GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY_ENV))
+    fprintf (stderr, "GTK Accessibility Module initialized\n");
 
   GAIL_WIDGET_SET_FACTORY (GTK_TYPE_WIDGET, gail_widget);
   GAIL_WIDGET_SET_FACTORY (GTK_TYPE_CONTAINER, gail_container);
