diff -Nur gnome-control-center-3.30.1.bak/panels/background/bg-wallpapers-source.c gnome-control-center-3.30.1/panels/background/bg-wallpapers-source.c
--- gnome-control-center-3.30.1.bak/panels/background/bg-wallpapers-source.c	2019-01-23 07:15:34.793000000 -0500
+++ gnome-control-center-3.30.1/panels/background/bg-wallpapers-source.c	2019-01-23 07:16:16.286000000 -0500
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 		    G_CALLBACK (item_added), self);
 
   /* Try adding the default background first */
-  load_default_bg (self);
+  //load_default_bg (self);
 
   cc_background_xml_load_list_async (self->xml, NULL, list_load_cb, self);
 }