diff --git a/gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay-wayland.c b/gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay-wayland.c
index 950b0d5796..39a365f713 100644
--- a/gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay-wayland.c
+++ b/gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay-wayland.c
@@ -1654,6 +1654,11 @@ init_settings (GdkDisplay *display)
   GSettings *settings;
   gint i;
 
+  g_intern_static_string ("antialiasing");
+  g_intern_static_string ("hinting");
+  g_intern_static_string ("rgba-order");
+  g_intern_static_string ("text-scaling-factor");
+
   display_wayland->settings = g_hash_table_new_full (g_str_hash, g_str_equal, NULL, g_object_unref);
 
   source = g_settings_schema_source_get_default ();
@@ -1666,6 +1671,8 @@ init_settings (GdkDisplay *display)
       if (!schema)
         continue;
 
+      g_intern_static_string (translations[i].key);
+
       if (g_hash_table_lookup (display_wayland->settings, (gpointer)translations[i].schema) == NULL)
         {
           settings = g_settings_new_full (schema, NULL, NULL);