diff --git a/plugins/policy/suspend/ohm-plugin-suspend.c b/plugins/policy/suspend/ohm-plugin-suspend.c
index 712464d..477b99a 100644
--- a/plugins/policy/suspend/ohm-plugin-suspend.c
+++ b/plugins/policy/suspend/ohm-plugin-suspend.c
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
  */
 
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <gmodule.h>
 #include <glib.h>
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
+#include <glib/gprintf.h>
 #include <ohm-plugin.h>
 #include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>
 
@@ -38,40 +41,26 @@ enum {
 static gboolean
 system_suspend (OhmPlugin *plugin)
 {
-	DBusGConnection *connection;
-	DBusGProxy *proxy;
-	GError *error;
-	gboolean ret;
-	gint retval;
-
 	/* Tell the DPMS plugin to kill the backlight. */
 	ohm_plugin_conf_set_key (plugin, "backlight.state", 0);
 
-	connection = dbus_g_bus_get (DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, NULL);
-
-	/* reuse the connection from HAL */
-	proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name (connection,
-					   HAL_DBUS_SERVICE,
-					   HAL_ROOT_COMPUTER,
-					   HAL_DBUS_INTERFACE_POWER);
-
-	/* get the brightness from HAL */
-	error = NULL;
-	ret = dbus_g_proxy_call (proxy, "Suspend", &error,
-				 G_TYPE_INT, 0,
-				 G_TYPE_INVALID,
-				 G_TYPE_UINT, &retval,
-				 G_TYPE_INVALID);
-	if (error != NULL) {
-		g_printerr ("Error: %s\n", error->message);
-		g_error_free (error);
-	}
-	g_object_unref (proxy);
+    FILE *fp;
+
+    fp = g_fopen("/sys/power/state", "w");
+    if (!fp) {
+        g_warning ("Couldn't open /sys/power/state.");
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    if (g_fprintf(fp, "mem\n") < 0)
+        g_warning ("Couldn't write to /sys/power/state.");
+
+    fclose(fp);
 
 	/* We've resumed now.  Bring the backlight back. */
 	ohm_plugin_conf_set_key (plugin, "backlight.state", 1);
 
-	return ret;
+	return TRUE;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/po/ChangeLog b/po/ChangeLog
diff --git a/po/Makefile.in.in b/po/Makefile.in.in
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
diff --git a/po/en_GB.po b/po/en_GB.po