diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-contacts/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-contacts/default.nix
index f8059f952e6..5b4ca5c3418 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-contacts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-contacts/default.nix
@@ -5,18 +5,16 @@
 , libsoup, vala, dbus_glib, automake114x, autoconf }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gnome-contacts-3.10.1";
+  name = "gnome-contacts-3.12.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-contacts/3.10/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "e119c32bb10136e7190f11f79334fa82ed56468cff5bb7836da0ebf7b572779b";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-contacts/3.12/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "fb3f25d409032b24fb67241e67d4da10cf6f77a48c088709455cea5f6f33e87d";
   };
 
   doCheck = true;
 
   propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gnome3.gnome_themes_standard evolution_data_server ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gdk_pixbuf gnome3.gnome_icon_theme librsvg
-                            hicolor_icon_theme gnome3.gnome_icon_theme_symbolic ];
 
   # force build from vala
   preBuild = ''
@@ -27,17 +25,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                   gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas makeWrapper file libnotify
                   folks gnome3.gnome_desktop telepathy_glib libsecret dbus_glib
                   libxml2 libsoup gnome3.gnome_online_accounts nspr nss
+                  gdk_pixbuf gnome3.gnome_icon_theme librsvg
+                  hicolor_icon_theme gnome3.gnome_icon_theme_symbolic
                   vala automake114x autoconf db ];
 
   preFixup = ''
     for f in "$out/bin/gnome-contacts" "$out/libexec/gnome-contacts-search-provider"; do
       wrapProgram $f \
         --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE" \
-        --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gtk3}/share:${gnome3.gnome_themes_standard}/share:$out/share:$XDG_ICON_DIRS:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
+        --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gnome3.gnome_themes_standard}/share:$out/share:$XDG_ICON_DIRS:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
     done
   '';
 
-  patches = [ ./configure_dbus_glib.patch ./fix_row_selected.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./configure_dbus_glib.patch ];
 
   patchFlags = "-p0";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-contacts/fix_row_selected.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-contacts/fix_row_selected.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b379b4b8ee9..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-contacts/fix_row_selected.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- src/contacts-view.vala.orig	2014-04-08 11:35:36.302252460 +0200
-+++ src/contacts-view.vala	2014-04-08 11:37:37.045343221 +0200
-@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
-     data.destroy ();
-   }
- 
--  public override void row_selected (ListBoxRow row) {
-+  public override void row_selected (ListBoxRow? row) {
-     var data = row as ContactDataRow;
-     var contact = data != null ? data.contact : null;
-     selection_changed (contact);