diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/backintime/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/backintime/common.nix
index fa722747e5f..e77fc5a522a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/backintime/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/backintime/common.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, gettext, python2, python2Packages }:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, gettext, python3, python3Packages, rsync, cron, openssh, sshfsFuse, encfs }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.0.36";
+  version = "1.1.0";
 
   name = "backintime-common-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://launchpad.net/backintime/1.0/${version}/+download/backintime-${version}.tar.gz";
-    md5 = "28630bc7bd5f663ba8fcfb9ca6a742d8";
+    url = "https://launchpad.net/backintime/1.1/${version}/+download/backintime-${version}.tar.gz";
+    md5 = "21e15538c38d0c440c1281457319c7f1";
   };
 
-  # because upstream tarball has no top-level directory.
-  # https://bugs.launchpad.net/backintime/+bug/1359076
-  sourceRoot = ".";
-
-  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper gettext python2 python2Packages.dbus ];
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper gettext python3 python3Packages.dbus python3Packages.keyring openssh cron rsync sshfsFuse encfs ];
 
   installFlags = [ "DEST=$(out)" ];
 
@@ -43,4 +39,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       done by taking snapshots of a specified set of directories.
     '';
   };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/backintime/gnome.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/backintime/gnome.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 56d0f6c5481..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/backintime/gnome.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, gettext, python2, python2Packages, gnome2, pkgconfig, pygobject, glib, libtool, backintime-common }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  inherit (backintime-common) version src sourceRoot installFlags meta;
-
-  name = "backintime-gnome-${version}";
-
-  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper gettext python2 python2Packages.dbus backintime-common python2Packages.pygtk python2Packages.notify gnome2.gnome_python ];
-
-  preConfigure = "cd gnome";
-  configureFlags = [ "--no-check" ];
-
-  preFixup =
-      ''
-      # Make sure all Python files refer to $prefix/share/backintime
-      # instead of config.get_app_path() which returns the path of the
-      # 'common' module, not the path of the 'gnome' module.
-      filelist=$(mktemp)
-      find "$out/share/backintime/gnome" -name "*.py" -print0 > $filelist
-      while IFS="" read -r -d "" file <&9; do
-      substituteInPlace "$file" \
-         --replace "glade_file = os.path.join(config.get_app_path()," \
-                   "glade_file = os.path.join('$prefix/share/backintime'," \
-         --replace "glade_file = os.path.join(self.config.get_app_path()," \
-                   "glade_file = os.path.join('$prefix/share/backintime',"
-      done 9< "$filelist"
-      rm "$filelist"
-
-      substituteInPlace "$out/bin/backintime-gnome" \
-        --replace "=\"/usr/share" "=\"$prefix/share"
-
-      wrapProgram "$out/bin/backintime-gnome" \
-        --prefix PYTHONPATH : "${gnome2.gnome_python}/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0:${backintime-common}/share/backintime/common:$PYTHONPATH" \
-        --prefix PATH : "${backintime-common}/bin:$PATH"
-    '';
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/backintime/qt4.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/backintime/qt4.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67d521d272a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/backintime/qt4.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, gettext, pkgconfig, libtool, backintime-common, python3, python3Packages }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  inherit (backintime-common) version src installFlags meta;
+
+  name = "backintime-gnome-${version}";
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper gettext python3 python3Packages.pyqt4 backintime-common python3 ];
+
+  preConfigure = "cd qt4";
+  configureFlags = [  ];
+
+  dontAddPrefix = true;
+  
+  preFixup =
+      ''
+      substituteInPlace "$out/bin/backintime-qt4" \
+        --replace "=\"/usr/share" "=\"$prefix/share"
+
+      wrapProgram "$out/bin/backintime-qt4" \
+        --prefix PYTHONPATH : "${backintime-common}/share/backintime/common:$PYTHONPATH" \
+        --prefix PATH : "${backintime-common}/bin:$PATH"
+    '';
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 66dba26f70c..3e6bcb2a982 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9279,9 +9279,9 @@ let
 
   backintime-common = callPackage ../applications/networking/sync/backintime/common.nix { };
 
-  backintime-gnome = callPackage ../applications/networking/sync/backintime/gnome.nix { };
+  backintime-qt4 = callPackage ../applications/networking/sync/backintime/qt4.nix { };
 
-  backintime = backintime-gnome;
+  backintime = backintime-qt4;
 
   bar = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/bar { };