Comment 2 for bug 389067

Thanks for your report and helping make Ubuntu better.

This does seem somewhat inconsistent. This is an Ubuntu specific change, and I don't think it is necessary. Commit 13 of ubuntu packaging:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~gnome-power-manager-team/gnome-power/trunk/revision/13

added

/apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_battery blank

Is this delta (and the other deltas listed there) still required? The best thing to do would be bring this up with the desktop team mailing list:
<email address hidden>

or #ubuntu-desktop on freenode irc.