diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/gnunet/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/gnunet/default.nix
index 5214c294b82..f2fbf704649 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/gnunet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/gnunet/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libextractor, libmicrohttpd, libgcrypt
 , zlib, gmp, curl, libtool, adns, sqlite, pkgconfig
 , libxml2, ncurses, gettext, libunistring
-, gtkSupport ? false, gtk ? null, libglade ? null
 , makeWrapper }:
 
-assert gtkSupport -> (gtk != null) && (libglade != null);
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gnunet-0.9.3";
 
@@ -18,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libextractor libmicrohttpd libgcrypt gmp curl libtool
     zlib adns sqlite libxml2 ncurses
     pkgconfig gettext libunistring makeWrapper
-  ] ++ (if gtkSupport then [ gtk libglade ] else []);
+  ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     # Brute force: since nix-worker chroots don't provide