diff --git a/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2img.py b/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2img.py
index 202b731276..a405fb112c 100644
--- a/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2img.py
+++ b/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2img.py
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@
 import sys, os, glob, getopt
 from wxPython.wx import *
 
-if wxPlatform == "__WXGTK__":
-    # some bitmap related things need to have a wxApp initialized...
-    app = wxPySimpleApp()
-
-wxInitAllImageHandlers()
 
 def convert(file, maskClr, outputDir, outputName, outType, outExt):
     if os.path.splitext(file)[1].lower() == ".ico":
diff --git a/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2png.py b/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2png.py
index 2ddfee329e..60201a4cf3 100644
--- a/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2png.py
+++ b/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2png.py
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ import img2img
 from wxPython import wx
 
 def main():
+    # some bitmap related things need to have a wxApp initialized...
+    if wx.wxGetApp() is None:
+        app = wx.wxPySimpleApp()
     img2img.main(sys.argv[1:], wx.wxBITMAP_TYPE_PNG, ".png", __doc__)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2py.py b/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2py.py
index 719b19d483..bd510ff3e9 100644
--- a/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2py.py
+++ b/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2py.py
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ def main(args):
         print __doc__
         return
 
+    # some bitmap related things need to have a wxApp initialized...
+    if wx.wxGetApp() is None:
+        app = wx.wxPySimpleApp()
+
     append = 0
     compressed = 1
     maskClr = None
diff --git a/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2xpm.py b/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2xpm.py
index e49bff180a..08c1b97437 100644
--- a/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2xpm.py
+++ b/wxPython/wxPython/tools/img2xpm.py
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ import img2img
 from wxPython import wx
 
 def main():
+    # some bitmap related things need to have a wxApp initialized...
+    if wx.wxGetApp() is None:
+        app = wx.wxPySimpleApp()
     img2img.main(sys.argv[1:], wx.wxBITMAP_TYPE_XPM, ".xpm", __doc__)