diff --git a/src/NetworkManager.conf b/src/NetworkManager.conf
index 01dfee2590..5f804f9958 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManager.conf
+++ b/src/NetworkManager.conf
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
                 <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/>
                 <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/>
 
-		<allow own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/>
-                <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/>
-                <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/>
+                <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/>
+                       send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/>
         </policy>
         <policy at_console="true">
                 <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/>
@@ -20,9 +19,8 @@
                 <deny send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/>
                 <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/>
 
-                <deny own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/>
-                <deny send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/>
-                <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/>
+                <deny send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/>
+                      send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/>
         </policy>
 
         <limit name="max_replies_per_connection">512</limit>
diff --git a/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c b/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c
index e2f58f5094..73fd1ed880 100644
--- a/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c
+++ b/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c
@@ -136,12 +136,11 @@ constructor (GType type,
 	GObject *object;
 	NMPPPManagerPrivate *priv;
 	DBusGConnection *connection;
-	static gboolean name_requested = FALSE;
 	static guint32 counter = 0;
 
 	object = G_OBJECT_CLASS (nm_ppp_manager_parent_class)->constructor (type,
-														   n_construct_params,
-														   construct_params);
+	                                                                    n_construct_params,
+	                                                                    construct_params);
 	if (!object)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -151,36 +150,8 @@ constructor (GType type,
 		g_object_unref (object);
 		return NULL;
 	}
+
 	connection = nm_dbus_manager_get_connection (priv->dbus_manager);
-
-	/* Only need to request bus name the first time */
-	if (!name_requested) {
-		DBusGProxy *proxy;
-		gboolean success;
-		guint request_name_result;
-		GError *err = NULL;
-
-		proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name (connection,
-									"org.freedesktop.DBus",
-									"/org/freedesktop/DBus",
-									"org.freedesktop.DBus");
-		success = dbus_g_proxy_call (proxy, "RequestName", &err,
-		                             G_TYPE_STRING, NM_DBUS_SERVICE_PPP,
-		                             G_TYPE_UINT, 0,
-		                             G_TYPE_INVALID,
-		                             G_TYPE_UINT, &request_name_result,
-		                             G_TYPE_INVALID);
-		g_object_unref (proxy);
-
-		if (!success) {
-			nm_warning ("Failed to acquire PPP manager service: %s", err->message);
-			g_object_unref (object);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-
-		name_requested = TRUE;
-	}
-
 	priv->dbus_path = g_strdup_printf (NM_DBUS_PATH "/PPP/%d", counter++);
 	dbus_g_connection_register_g_object (connection, priv->dbus_path, object);
 
diff --git a/src/ppp-manager/nm-pppd-plugin.c b/src/ppp-manager/nm-pppd-plugin.c
index 67d46d580c..34701c3499 100644
--- a/src/ppp-manager/nm-pppd-plugin.c
+++ b/src/ppp-manager/nm-pppd-plugin.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <glib-object.h>
 #include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>
 
+#include "NetworkManager.h"
 #include "nm-pppd-plugin.h"
 #include "nm-ppp-status.h"
 #include "nm-dbus-glib-types.h"
@@ -319,10 +320,7 @@ plugin_init (void)
 	/* NM passes in the object path of the corresponding PPPManager
 	 * object as the 'ipparam' argument to pppd.
 	 */
-	proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name (bus,
-	                                   NM_DBUS_SERVICE_PPP,
-	                                   ipparam,
-	                                   NM_DBUS_INTERFACE_PPP);
+	proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name (bus, NM_DBUS_SERVICE, ipparam, NM_DBUS_INTERFACE_PPP);
 
 	dbus_g_connection_unref (bus);
 
diff --git a/src/ppp-manager/nm-pppd-plugin.h b/src/ppp-manager/nm-pppd-plugin.h
index b2acd5e5bc..95a2a18291 100644
--- a/src/ppp-manager/nm-pppd-plugin.h
+++ b/src/ppp-manager/nm-pppd-plugin.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
  */
 
-#define NM_DBUS_SERVICE_PPP    "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"
 #define NM_DBUS_INTERFACE_PPP  "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"
 
 #define NM_PPP_IP4_CONFIG_INTERFACE "interface"