diff -Nru soundconverter-3.0.0/debian/changelog soundconverter-3.0.0/debian/changelog
--- soundconverter-3.0.0/debian/changelog	2018-04-04 23:27:34.000000000 +0000
+++ soundconverter-3.0.0/debian/changelog	2018-04-07 16:02:43.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+soundconverter (3.0.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/patches: Only fetch profiles if gconf is available. (Closes: #886046)
+
+ -- Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>  Sat, 07 Apr 2018 18:02:43 +0200
+
 soundconverter (3.0.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Ondřej Nový ]
diff -Nru soundconverter-3.0.0/debian/patches/0002-Only-fetch-profiles-if-GConf-is-still-available.patch soundconverter-3.0.0/debian/patches/0002-Only-fetch-profiles-if-GConf-is-still-available.patch
--- soundconverter-3.0.0/debian/patches/0002-Only-fetch-profiles-if-GConf-is-still-available.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ soundconverter-3.0.0/debian/patches/0002-Only-fetch-profiles-if-GConf-is-still-available.patch	2018-04-07 15:57:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+From: Sebastian Ramacher <sebastian@ramacher.at>
+Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 13:25:35 +0200
+Subject: Only fetch profiles if GConf is still available
+
+---
+ bin/soundconverter.py       |  1 -
+ soundconverter/gstreamer.py | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
+ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/bin/soundconverter.py b/bin/soundconverter.py
+index 39055ce..5198443 100644
+--- a/bin/soundconverter.py
++++ b/bin/soundconverter.py
+@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ def _check_libs():
+         import gi
+         gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0')
+         gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
+-        gi.require_version('GConf', '2.0')
+         from gi.repository import GObject
+         # force GIL creation - see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=710447
+         import threading
+diff --git a/soundconverter/gstreamer.py b/soundconverter/gstreamer.py
+index 23aaa9b..211b052 100644
+--- a/soundconverter/gstreamer.py
++++ b/soundconverter/gstreamer.py
+@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse
+ from gettext import gettext as _
+ 
+ import gi
+-from gi.repository import Gst, Gtk, GObject, GConf, Gio
++from gi.repository import Gst, Gtk, GObject, Gio
+ 
+ from soundconverter.fileoperations import vfs_encode_filename, file_encode_filename
+ from soundconverter.fileoperations import unquote_filename, vfs_makedirs, vfs_unlink
+@@ -66,25 +66,29 @@ _GCONF_PROFILE_LIST_PATH = "/system/gstreamer/1.0/audio/global/profile_list"
+ audio_profiles_list = []
+ audio_profiles_dict = {}
+ 
+-_GCONF = GConf.Client.get_default()
+-profiles = _GCONF.all_dirs(_GCONF_PROFILE_LIST_PATH)
+-for name in profiles:
+-    if _GCONF.get_bool(_GCONF_PROFILE_PATH + name + "/active"):
+-        # get profile
+-        description = _GCONF.get_string(_GCONF_PROFILE_PATH + name + "/name")
+-        extension = _GCONF.get_string(_GCONF_PROFILE_PATH + name + "/extension")
+-        pipeline = _GCONF.get_string(_GCONF_PROFILE_PATH + name + "/pipeline")
+-        # check profile validity
+-        if not extension or not pipeline:
+-            continue
+-        if not description:
+-            description = extension
+-        if description in audio_profiles_dict:
+-            continue
+-            # store
+-        profile = description, extension, pipeline
+-        audio_profiles_list.append(profile)
+-        audio_profiles_dict[description] = profile
++try:
++    from gi.repository import GConf
++    _GCONF = GConf.Client.get_default()
++    profiles = _GCONF.all_dirs(_GCONF_PROFILE_LIST_PATH)
++    for name in profiles:
++        if _GCONF.get_bool(_GCONF_PROFILE_PATH + name + "/active"):
++            # get profile
++            description = _GCONF.get_string(_GCONF_PROFILE_PATH + name + "/name")
++            extension = _GCONF.get_string(_GCONF_PROFILE_PATH + name + "/extension")
++            pipeline = _GCONF.get_string(_GCONF_PROFILE_PATH + name + "/pipeline")
++            # check profile validity
++            if not extension or not pipeline:
++                continue
++            if not description:
++                description = extension
++            if description in audio_profiles_dict:
++                continue
++                # store
++            profile = description, extension, pipeline
++            audio_profiles_list.append(profile)
++            audio_profiles_dict[description] = profile
++except ImportError:
++    pass
+ 
+ required_elements = ('decodebin', 'fakesink', 'audioconvert', 'typefind', 'audiorate')
+ for element in required_elements:
diff -Nru soundconverter-3.0.0/debian/patches/series soundconverter-3.0.0/debian/patches/series
--- soundconverter-3.0.0/debian/patches/series	2018-04-04 23:23:54.000000000 +0000
+++ soundconverter-3.0.0/debian/patches/series	2018-04-07 15:57:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 0001-Fix-installation-location-of-AppStream-metadata.patch
+0002-Only-fetch-profiles-if-GConf-is-still-available.patch