diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/gdm-x-session_path.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/gdm-x-session_path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 84081f4786c..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/gdm-x-session_path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/daemon/gdm-x-session.c.orig b/daemon/gdm-x-session.c
-index d835b34..86f0d47 100644
---- a/daemon/gdm-x-session.c.orig
-+++ b/daemon/gdm-x-session.c
-@@ -240,7 +240,13 @@ spawn_x_server (State        *state,
- 
-         display_fd_string = g_strdup_printf ("%d", DISPLAY_FILENO);
- 
--        g_ptr_array_add (arguments, X_SERVER);
-+        if (g_getenv ("GDM_X_SERVER") != NULL) {
-+                g_debug ("using GDM_X_SERVER: %s", g_getenv("GDM_X_SERVER"));
-+		g_ptr_array_add (arguments, g_getenv("GDM_X_SERVER"));
-+        } else {
-+                g_debug ("GDM_X_SERVER not set, using default: %s", X_SERVER);
-+                g_ptr_array_add (arguments, X_SERVER);
-+        }
- 
-         if (vt_string != NULL) {
-                 g_ptr_array_add (arguments, vt_string);
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/src.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/src.nix
index 5223a346766..8d92167a039 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/src.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/src.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Autogenerated by maintainers/scripts/gnome.sh update
 
 fetchurl: {
-  name = "gdm-3.26.0";
+  name = "gdm-3.26.2.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/gdm/3.26/gdm-3.26.0.tar.xz;
-    sha256 = "1ng8vkijwrbq8hjzmmi5ai2m4cq3f1g0rbynx5rddgi7n33cmf5g";
+    url = mirror://gnome/sources/gdm/3.26/gdm-3.26.2.1.tar.xz;
+    sha256 = "17ddcb00602c2b426de58bb4b0d99af9de27450a8557dcc5ec850c080d55ad57";
   };
 }