diff --git a/src/xpra/client/gobject_client_base.py b/src/xpra/client/gobject_client_base.py
index 2220f1eb15..a31ac48ed3 100644
--- a/src/xpra/client/gobject_client_base.py
+++ b/src/xpra/client/gobject_client_base.py
@@ -126,10 +126,9 @@ def _process_connection_lost(self, packet):
         self.quit(EXIT_OK)
 
     def server_connection_established(self):
-        #don't parse all the server caps, just the network (so we can use rencode, auth, etc):
-        if not XpraClientBase.parse_network_capabilities(self):
-            self.quit(1)
-            return
+        #don't bother parsing the network caps:
+        #* it would cause errors because the caps will be missing
+        #* we don't care about sending anything back after hello
         log("server_capabilities: %s", self.server_capabilities)
         log("protocol state: %s", self._protocol.save_state())
         self.do_command()