diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 047d07aaae2..03a2f91c1fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ let
   ];
 
   inherit (pkgs) atk glib gobjectIntrospection gtk2 webkitgtk gtk3 gtkmm3 libcanberra-gtk2
-    libgtop libgudev libhttpseverywhere librsvg libsecret gdk_pixbuf
+    libgtop libgudev libhttpseverywhere librsvg libsecret gdk_pixbuf gtksourceview
     easytag meld orca rhythmbox shotwell
     clutter clutter-gst clutter-gtk cogl gtkvnc;
 
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ let
 
   gsound = callPackage ./core/gsound { };
 
-  gtksourceview = callPackage ./core/gtksourceview { };
-
   gtksourceviewmm = callPackage ./core/gtksourceviewmm { };
 
   gucharmap = callPackage ./core/gucharmap { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gtksourceview/nix_share_path.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtksourceview/3.x-nix_share_path.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gtksourceview/nix_share_path.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/gtksourceview/3.x-nix_share_path.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gtksourceview/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtksourceview/3.x.nix
similarity index 89%
rename from pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gtksourceview/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/gtksourceview/3.x.nix
index a870b16f925..fd774039070 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gtksourceview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtksourceview/3.x.nix
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "7aa6bdfebcdc73a763dddeaa42f190c40835e6f8495bb9eb8f78587e2577c188";
   };
 
-  passthru = {
-    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript { packageName = "gtksourceview"; attrPath = "gnome3.gtksourceview"; };
-  };
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     # Required by gtksourceview-3.0.pc
     gtk3
@@ -34,7 +30,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace gtksourceview/gtksourceview-utils.c --replace "@NIX_SHARE_PATH@" "$out/share"
   '';
 
-  patches = [ ./nix_share_path.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./3.x-nix_share_path.patch ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
@@ -46,6 +42,13 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       make check
   '';
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = "gtksourceview";
+      attrPath = "gnome3.gtksourceview";
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GtkSourceView;
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a8ea973db07..1ed1b750c91 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9230,6 +9230,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gtk-mac-bundler = callPackage ../development/tools/gtk-mac-bundler {};
 
+  gtksourceview = gtksourceview3;
+
+  gtksourceview3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtksourceview/3.x.nix { };
+
   gtkspell2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtkspell { };
 
   gtkspell3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtkspell/3.nix { };