diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/default.nix
index 46157c2a35f..db488c2f670 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 { stdenv, newScope, makeWrapper
-, wrapGAppsHook, gnome3, glib
 , electron, xdg_utils, makeDesktopItem
 , auth0ClientID ? "0spuNKfIGeLAQ_Iki9t3fGxbfJl3k8SU"
 , auth0Domain ? "nixpkgs.auth0.com" }:
@@ -28,9 +27,8 @@ with self;
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "rambox-${rambox-bare.version}";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper wrapGAppsHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ glib gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas ];
   unpackPhase = ":";
 
   dontWrapGApps = true; # we only want $gappsWrapperArgs here
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   postFixup = ''
     makeWrapper ${electron}/bin/electron $out/bin/rambox \
       --add-flags "${rambox-bare} --without-update" \
-      "''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}" \
       --prefix PATH : ${xdg_utils}/bin
   '';