diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gucharmap/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gucharmap/default.nix
index e30676e3c7c..45a4a97205b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gucharmap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gucharmap/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, intltool, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk3
+{ stdenv, intltool, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk3, defaultIconTheme
 , glib, desktop-file-utils, bash, appdata-tools
 , wrapGAppsHook, gnome3, itstool, libxml2
 , callPackage, unzip, gobjectIntrospection }:
 
-# TODO: icons and theme still does not work
-# use packaged gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gucharmap-${version}";
   version = "10.0.4";
@@ -21,8 +18,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gnome3.gnome-themes-standard ];
-
   preConfigure = "patchShebangs gucharmap/gen-guch-unicode-tables.pl";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -30,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gnome3.yelp-tools libxml2 desktop-file-utils gobjectIntrospection
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ gtk3 glib gnome3.gsettings-desktop-schemas ];
+  buildInputs = [ gtk3 glib gnome3.gsettings-desktop-schemas defaultIconTheme ];
 
   unicode-data = callPackage ./unicode-data.nix {};