kopete takes about 15 minutes to start up

Every time I start kopete it takes around 15 minutes before the accounts log in. Using 'lsof' I see this line repeated over and over:

stat("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=413, ...}) = 0

This doesn't appear to be the same thing as bug 99815 because I already have the history/stats plugin disabled.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: kopete 4:4.8.4-0ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 12 22:11:56 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/kopete
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100225)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdenetwork
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-26 (137 days ago)
XsessionErrors:
 (process:4031): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
 (software-center:7007): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.4.2/./gdk/x11/gdkwindow-x11.c:4944 drawable is not a native X11 window
 (software-center:7007): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.4.2/./gdk/x11/gdkwindow-x11.c:4944 drawable is not a native X11 window
 (software-center:7007): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.4.2/./gdk/x11/gdkwindow-x11.c:4944 drawable is not a native X11 window
 (process:4031): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed