diff -Naur phonon-backend-vlc-0.7.1.orig/src/utils/libvlc.cpp phonon-backend-vlc-0.7.1/src/utils/libvlc.cpp
--- phonon-backend-vlc-0.7.1.orig/src/utils/libvlc.cpp	      2013-11-04 17:49:24.000000000 +0100
+++ phonon-backend-vlc-0.7.1/src/utils/libvlc.cpp	      2013-11-23 22:19:04.950326439 +0100
@@ -93,10 +93,6 @@
     args << "--no-xlib";
     // Do not preload services discovery modules, we don't use them.
     args << "--services-discovery=''";
-    // Allow multiple starts (one gets to wonder whether that makes a difference).
-#if (LIBVLC_VERSION_INT > LIBVLC_VERSION(2, 1, 0, 0) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)) || defined( Q_OS_WIN) || !defined(PHONON_NO_DBUS)
-    args << "--no-one-instance";
-#endif
     args << "--no-audio";
     args << "--no-video";