diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
index 949736a38fc..ff853584d46 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,37 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, python
-, gst-plugins-base, orc, bzip2, gettext
-, libv4l, libdv, libavc1394, libiec61883
-, libvpx, speex, flac, taglib, libshout
-, cairo, gdk-pixbuf, aalib, libcaca
-, libsoup, libpulseaudio, libintl
-, darwin, lame, mpg123, twolame
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkgconfig
+, python
+, gst-plugins-base
+, orc
+, bzip2
+, gettext
+, libv4l
+, libdv
+, libavc1394
+, libiec61883
+, libvpx
+, speex
+, flac
+, taglib
+, libshout
+, cairo
+, gdk-pixbuf
+, aalib
+, libcaca
+, libsoup
+, libpulseaudio
+, libintl
+, darwin
+, lame
+, mpg123
+, twolame
 , gtkSupport ? false, gtk3 ? null
-# As of writing, jack2 incurs a Qt dependency (big!) via `ffado`.
-# In the fuure we should probably split `ffado`.
-, enableJack ? false
+  # As of writing, jack2 incurs a Qt dependency (big!) via `ffado`.
+  # In the future we should probably split `ffado`.
+, enableJack ? false, jack2
 , libXdamage
 , libXext
 , libXfixes
@@ -16,7 +39,6 @@
 , xorg
 , libgudev
 , wavpack
-, jack2
 }:
 
 assert gtkSupport -> gtk3 != null;
@@ -26,39 +48,44 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gst-plugins-good";
-  version = "1.16.0";
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Gstreamer Good Plugins";
-    homepage    = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org";
-    longDescription = ''
-      a set of plug-ins that we consider to have good quality code,
-      correct functionality, our preferred license (LGPL for the plug-in
-      code, LGPL or LGPL-compatible for the supporting library).
-    '';
-    license     = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
-    platforms   = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthewbauer ];
-  };
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "${meta.homepage}/src/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1zdhif1mhf0ihkjpjyrh65g2iz2cawkjjb3h5w8h9ml06grxwjk5";
-  };
+  version = "1.16.1";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${meta.homepage}/src/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "07wgz9anf4ram2snp8n1wv6l0q3pd00iaw8bvw3wgklg05lvxflz";
+  };
+
   patches = [ ./fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig python meson ninja gettext ];
-
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lncurses";
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig
+    python
+    meson
+    ninja
+    gettext
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    gst-plugins-base orc bzip2
-    libdv libvpx speex flac taglib
-    cairo gdk-pixbuf aalib libcaca
-    libsoup libshout lame mpg123 twolame libintl
+    gst-plugins-base
+    orc
+    bzip2
+    libdv
+    libvpx
+    speex
+    flac
+    taglib
+    cairo
+    gdk-pixbuf
+    aalib
+    libcaca
+    libsoup
+    libshout
+    lame
+    mpg123
+    twolame
+    libintl
     libXdamage
     libXext
     libXfixes
@@ -66,29 +93,52 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     xorg.libXfixes
     xorg.libXdamage
     wavpack
-  ]
-  ++ optional gtkSupport gtk3 # for gtksink
-  ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa ]
-  ++ optionals stdenv.isLinux [ libv4l libpulseaudio libavc1394 libiec61883 libgudev ]
-  ++ optionals (stdenv.isLinux && enableJack) [
+  ] ++ optional gtkSupport [
+    # for gtksink
+    gtk3
+  ] ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa
+  ] ++ optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+    libv4l
+    libpulseaudio
+    libavc1394
+    libiec61883
+    libgudev
+  ] ++ optionals (stdenv.isLinux && enableJack) [
     jack2
   ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
-    # Enables all features, so that we know when new dependencies are necessary.
-    "-Dauto_features=enabled"
     "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
     "-Dqt5=disabled" # not clear as of writing how to correctly pass in the required qt5 deps
-  ]
-  ++ optional (!gtkSupport) "-Dgtk3=disabled"
-  ++ optionals (!stdenv.isLinux || !enableJack) [
+  ] ++ optionals (!gtkSupport) [
+    "-Dgtk3=disabled"
+  ] ++ optionals (!stdenv.isLinux || !enableJack) [
     "-Djack=disabled" # unclear whether Jack works on Darwin
-  ]
-  ++ optionals (!stdenv.isLinux) [
+  ] ++ optionals (!stdenv.isLinux) [
     "-Dv4l2-gudev=disabled"
   ];
 
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [
+    # linking error on Darwin
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/70690#issuecomment-553694896
+    "-lncurses"
+  ];
+
   # fails 1 tests with "Unexpected critical/warning: g_object_set_is_valid_property: object class 'GstRtpStorage' has no property named ''"
   doCheck = false;
 
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GStreamer Good Plugins";
+    homepage = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org";
+    longDescription = ''
+      a set of plug-ins that we consider to have good quality code,
+      correct functionality, our preferred license (LGPL for the plug-in
+      code, LGPL or LGPL-compatible for the supporting library).
+    '';
+    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthewbauer ];
+  };
 }