diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/gnome.xml b/doc/languages-frameworks/gnome.xml
index 3d69d77a1c8..9c3afe127a4 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/gnome.xml
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/gnome.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 preFixup = ''
   for f in $(find $out/bin/ $out/libexec/ -type f -executable); do
     wrapProgram "$f" \
-      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${getLib gnome3.dconf}/lib/gio/modules" \
+      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${getLib dconf}/lib/gio/modules" \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$out/share" \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$out/share/gsettings-schemas/${name}" \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gsettings-desktop-schemas}/share/gsettings-schemas/${gsettings-desktop-schemas.name}" \
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ preFixup = ''
     </listitem>
     <listitem xml:id="ssec-gnome-hooks-dconf">
      <para>
-      <package>gnome3.dconf.lib</package> is a dependency of <package>wrapGAppsHook</package>, which then also adds it to the <envar>GIO_EXTRA_MODULES</envar> variable.
+      <package>dconf.lib</package> is a dependency of <package>wrapGAppsHook</package>, which then also adds it to the <envar>GIO_EXTRA_MODULES</envar> variable.
      </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem xml:id="ssec-gnome-hooks-hicolor-icon-theme">
diff --git a/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/ibus.nix b/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/ibus.nix
index 8109ef76c40..956c521dde0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/ibus.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/ibus.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ in
 
     # Without dconf enabled it is impossible to use IBus
     environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-      gnome3.dconf ibusAutostart
+      dconf ibusAutostart
     ];
 
     environment.variables = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/dconf.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/dconf.nix
index eeebc3558bd..e0e2ffd80cf 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/dconf.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/dconf.nix
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ in
     environment.etc = optionals (cfg.profiles != {})
       (mapAttrsToList mkDconfProfile cfg.profiles);
 
-    services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.gnome3.dconf ];
+    services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.dconf ];
 
     # For dconf executable
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.gnome3.dconf ];
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.dconf ];
 
     # Needed for unwrapped applications
-    environment.variables.GIO_EXTRA_MODULES = mkIf cfg.enable [ "${pkgs.gnome3.dconf.lib}/lib/gio/modules" ];
+    environment.variables.GIO_EXTRA_MODULES = mkIf cfg.enable [ "${pkgs.dconf.lib}/lib/gio/modules" ];
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/gdm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/gdm.nix
index 912ec5bd38e..29a80aac6e6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/gdm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/gdm.nix
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ in
       customDconfDb = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
         name = "gdm-dconf-db";
         buildCommand = ''
-          ${pkgs.gnome3.dconf}/bin/dconf compile $out ${customDconf}/dconf
+          ${pkgs.dconf}/bin/dconf compile $out ${customDconf}/dconf
         '';
       };
     in pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jucipp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jucipp/default.nix
index cb9f10281c7..70b2d3c148d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jucipp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jucipp/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, gnome3, gtksourceview3, at-spi2-core, gtksourceviewmm,
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, dconf, gtksourceview3, at-spi2-core, gtksourceviewmm,
   boost, epoxy, cmake, aspell, llvmPackages, libgit2, pkgconfig, pcre,
   libXdmcp, libxkbcommon, libpthreadstubs, wrapGAppsHook, aspellDicts, gtkmm3,
   coreutils, glibc, dbus, openssl, libxml2, gnumake, ctags }:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gtksourceviewmm
     llvmPackages.clang.cc
     llvmPackages.lldb
-    gnome3.dconf
+    dconf
   ];
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/onboard/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/onboard/default.nix
index 79e3317e64d..1e578cde512 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/onboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/onboard/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 , bash
 , glib
 , glibcLocales
-, gnome3
+, dconf
 , gobject-introspection
 , gsettings-desktop-schemas
 , gtk3
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   buildInputs = [
     bash
     glib
-    gnome3.dconf
+    dconf
     gsettings-desktop-schemas
     gtk3
     hunspell
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [
-    gnome3.dconf
+    dconf
   ];
 
   checkInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/plank/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/plank/default.nix
index dfc92e38f63..0ae9e7379e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/plank/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/plank/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , vala
 , atk
 , cairo
+, dconf
 , glib
 , gnome3
 , gtk3
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gdk-pixbuf
     glib
     gnome-menus
-    gnome3.dconf
+    dconf
     gtk3
     libX11
     libXfixes
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tilix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tilix/default.nix
index 922b3fd2028..2fa193fc8e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/tilix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tilix/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 , python3
 , pkgconfig
 , dmd
-, gnome3
+, dconf
 , dbus
 , gsettings-desktop-schemas
 , desktop-file-utils
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [
     dbus
     gettext
-    gnome3.dconf
+    dconf
     gsettings-desktop-schemas
     gtkd
     libsecret
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cawbird/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cawbird/default.nix
index 5179cc9090d..6462dd49949 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cawbird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cawbird/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 , meson
 , ninja
 , pkgconfig
-, gnome3
+, dconf
 , gst_all_1
 , wrapGAppsHook
 , gobject-introspection
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sqlite
     libsoup
     gettext
-    gnome3.dconf
+    dconf
     gspell
     glib-networking
   ] ++ (with gst_all_1; [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/idle/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/idle/default.nix
index 3368ec1124e..f3d1e6cfd75 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/idle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/idle/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, glib, gnome3, pkgconfig, dbus-glib, telepathy-glib, libxslt, makeWrapper }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, glib, dconf, pkgconfig, dbus-glib, telepathy-glib, libxslt, makeWrapper }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "telepathy-idle";
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ glib telepathy-glib dbus-glib libxslt telepathy-glib.python (stdenv.lib.getLib gnome3.dconf) makeWrapper ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib telepathy-glib dbus-glib libxslt telepathy-glib.python (stdenv.lib.getLib dconf) makeWrapper ];
 
   preFixup = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/libexec/telepathy-idle" \
-      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib gnome3.dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
+      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/logger/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/logger/default.nix
index 8c777cd3f7d..af0ca1589e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/logger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/logger/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, dbus-glib, libxml2, sqlite, telepathy-glib, pkgconfig
-, gnome3, makeWrapper, intltool, libxslt, gobject-introspection, dbus }:
+, dconf, makeWrapper, intltool, libxslt, gobject-introspection, dbus }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   project = "telepathy-logger";
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preFixup = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/libexec/telepathy-logger" \
-      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib gnome3.dconf}/lib/gio/modules" \
+      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib dconf}/lib/gio/modules" \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/mission-control/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/mission-control/default.nix
index 6bbe82c4a28..ef842275a5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/mission-control/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telepathy/mission-control/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , fetchurl
 , pkgconfig
-, gnome3
+, dconf
 , telepathy-glib
 , python3
 , libxslt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preFixup = ''
     wrapProgram "$lib/libexec/mission-control-5" \
-      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib gnome3.dconf}/lib/gio/modules" \
+      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib dconf}/lib/gio/modules" \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/citrix-workspace/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/citrix-workspace/default.nix
index 26e8cf59a9e..dc6f85f2130 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/citrix-workspace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/citrix-workspace/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 , makeDesktopItem
 , tzdata
 , cacert
+, dconf
 , glib
 , gtk2
 , atk
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ let
         gdk-pixbuf
         cairo
         pango
-        gnome3.dconf
+        dconf
         xorg.libX11
         xorg.libXext
         xorg.libXrender
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/zotero/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/zotero/default.nix
index 8ebf0e666ff..a84d9c1b169 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/zotero/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/zotero/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , cups
 , dbus-glib
 , dbus
+, dconf
 , fontconfig
 , freetype
 , gdk-pixbuf
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1dgxzprpb8f5wpmvlvkxix0xxckfgjsi3wfcy9mb221a17cv0029";
   };
 
-  buildInputs= [ wrapGAppsHook gsettings-desktop-schemas gtk3 gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme gnome3.dconf ];
+  buildInputs= [ wrapGAppsHook gsettings-desktop-schemas gtk3 gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme dconf ];
 
   phases = [ "unpackPhase" "patchPhase" "installPhase" "fixupPhase" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/pspp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/pspp/default.nix
index c53e87caa9a..3c263916a0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/pspp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/pspp/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libxml2, readline, zlib, perl, cairo, gtk3, gsl
-, pkgconfig, gtksourceview, pango, gettext
+, pkgconfig, gtksourceview, pango, gettext, dconf
 , makeWrapper, gsettings-desktop-schemas, hicolor-icon-theme
-, gnome3
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$out/share" \
      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$XDG_ICON_DIRS" \
      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH" \
-     --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib gnome3.dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
+     --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/search/catfish/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/search/catfish/default.nix
index bce5795a9c7..3190c5e5d10 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/search/catfish/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/search/catfish/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, file, which, intltool, gobject-introspection,
-  findutils, xdg_utils, gnome3, gtk3, pythonPackages,
+  findutils, xdg_utils, dconf, gtk3, pythonPackages,
   wrapGAppsHook
 }:
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   buildInputs = [
     gtk3
-    gnome3.dconf
+    dconf
     pythonPackages.pyxdg
     pythonPackages.ptyprocess
     pythonPackages.pycairo
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-desktop-schemas/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-desktop-schemas/default.nix
index fe2062a3d96..745b2992c5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-desktop-schemas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-desktop-schemas/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python3, gnome3, glib, deepin-gtk-theme,
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python3, dconf, glib, deepin-gtk-theme,
   deepin-icon-theme, deepin-sound-theme, deepin-wallpapers, deepin }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    gnome3.dconf
+    dconf
     deepin-gtk-theme
     deepin-icon-theme
     deepin-sound-theme
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/dconf-editor/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/dconf-editor/default.nix
index c7a126034f2..5934f56274c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/dconf-editor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/dconf-editor/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, vala, libxslt, pkgconfig, glib, gtk3, gnome3, python3
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, vala, libxslt, pkgconfig, glib, gtk3, gnome3, python3, dconf
 , libxml2, gettext, docbook_xsl, wrapGAppsHook, gobject-introspection }:
 
 let
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gettext docbook_xsl libxml2 gobject-introspection python3
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 gnome3.dconf ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 dconf ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     chmod +x meson_post_install.py
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/default.nix
index 9d1602dfccd..ba660a64418 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, substituteAll, pkgconfig, glib, itstool, libxml2, xorg
-, accountsservice, libX11, gnome3, systemd, autoreconfHook
+, accountsservice, libX11, gnome3, systemd, autoreconfHook, dconf
 , gtk3, libcanberra-gtk3, pam, libtool, gobject-introspection, plymouth
 , librsvg, coreutils, xwayland, nixos-icons, fetchpatch }:
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-udevdir=$(out)/lib/udev"
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig libxml2 itstool autoreconfHook libtool gnome3.dconf ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig libxml2 itstool autoreconfHook libtool dconf ];
   buildInputs = [
     glib accountsservice systemd
     gobject-introspection libX11 gtk3
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index a4e594331c3..605ef95656c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   caribou = callPackage ./core/caribou { };
 
-  dconf = callPackage ./core/dconf { };
   dconf-editor = callPackage ./core/dconf-editor { };
 
   empathy = callPackage ./core/empathy { };
@@ -359,4 +358,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   inherit (pkgs) gjs; # added 2019-01-05
 
   inherit (pkgs) yelp-tools; # added 2019-11-20
+
+  inherit (pkgs) dconf; # added 2019-11-30
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-control-center/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-control-center/default.nix
index e16effed670..836588e7e2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-control-center/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-control-center/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, itstool, libxml2, dbus-glib,
   libxklavier, libcanberra-gtk3, librsvg, libappindicator-gtk3,
-  desktop-file-utils, gnome3, gtk3, mate, hicolor-icon-theme, wrapGAppsHook
+  desktop-file-utils, dconf, gtk3, mate, hicolor-icon-theme, wrapGAppsHook
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     librsvg
     libappindicator-gtk3
     gtk3
-    gnome3.dconf
+    dconf
     hicolor-icon-theme
     mate.mate-desktop
     mate.libmatekbd
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-desktop/default.nix
index 8d157a201be..35cacee5a4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-desktop/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, isocodes, gnome3, gtk3, wrapGAppsHook }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, isocodes, gnome3, gtk3, dconf, wrapGAppsHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mate-desktop";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    gnome3.dconf
+    dconf
     gtk3
     isocodes
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-panel/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-panel/default.nix
index db45dc9c472..09744ecfdaa 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-panel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-panel/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, itstool, glib, libwnck3, librsvg, libxml2, gnome3, gtk3, mate, hicolor-icon-theme, gobject-introspection, wrapGAppsHook }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, itstool, glib, libwnck3, librsvg, libxml2, dconf, gtk3, mate, hicolor-icon-theme, gobject-introspection, wrapGAppsHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mate-panel";
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     librsvg
     libxml2
     gtk3
-    gnome3.dconf
+    dconf
     mate.libmateweather
     mate.mate-desktop
     mate.mate-menus
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-settings-daemon/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-settings-daemon/default.nix
index 73dd7011d49..b7385839242 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-settings-daemon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-settings-daemon/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, dbus-glib, libxklavier,
-  libcanberra-gtk3, libnotify, nss, polkit, gnome3, gtk3, mate,
+  libcanberra-gtk3, libnotify, nss, polkit, dconf, gtk3, mate,
   pulseaudioSupport ? stdenv.config.pulseaudio or true, libpulseaudio,
   wrapGAppsHook, fetchpatch, autoreconfHook }:
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     nss
     polkit
     gtk3
-    gnome3.dconf
+    dconf
     mate.mate-desktop
     mate.libmatekbd
     mate.libmatemixer
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-terminal/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-terminal/default.nix
index 7ec9944aa0e..704db60ff15 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-terminal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-terminal/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, itstool, libxml2, mate, gnome3, gtk3, vte, wrapGAppsHook }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, itstool, libxml2, mate, dconf, gtk3, vte, wrapGAppsHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mate-terminal";
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
      vte
      gtk3
-     gnome3.dconf
+     dconf
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index 07773523b3e..fa666bb556d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   #### NixOS support
 
-  inherit (pkgs.gnome3) dconf;
-
   mkXfceDerivation = callPackage ./mkXfceDerivation.nix { };
 
   automakeAddFlags = pkgs.makeSetupHook { } ./automakeAddFlags.sh;
@@ -217,4 +215,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   thunar-bare = thunar.override {
     thunarPlugins = [];
   };
+
+  # added 2019-11-30
+  inherit (pkgs) dconf;
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/at-spi2-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/at-spi2-core/default.nix
index bda809b1a5a..84a8a6b9026 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/at-spi2-core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/at-spi2-core/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 , dbus
 , glib
+, dconf
 , libX11
 , libXtst # at-spi2-core can be build without X support, but due it is a client-side library, GUI-less usage is a very rare case
 , libXi
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postFixup = ''
     # Cannot use wrapGAppsHook'due to a dependency cycle
     wrapProgram $out/libexec/at-spi-bus-launcher \
-      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib gnome3.dconf}/lib/gio/modules" \
+      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib dconf}/lib/gio/modules" \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : ${gsettings-desktop-schemas}/share/gsettings-schemas/${gsettings-desktop-schemas.name}
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/dconf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/dconf/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/dconf/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/dconf/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix
index c0cbb763d36..945f1d4931f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xml_dtd_42, docbook_xml_dtd_43, docbook_xsl, which, libxml2
 , gobject-introspection, gtk-doc, intltool, libxslt, pkgconfig, xmlto, appstream-glib, substituteAll, glibcLocales, yacc, xdg-dbus-proxy, p11-kit
 , bubblewrap, bzip2, dbus, glib, gpgme, json-glib, libarchive, libcap, libseccomp, coreutils, gettext, hicolor-icon-theme, fuse, nixosTests
-, libsoup, lzma, ostree, polkit, python3, systemd, xorg, valgrind, glib-networking, wrapGAppsHook, gnome3, gsettings-desktop-schemas, librsvg }:
+, libsoup, lzma, ostree, polkit, python3, systemd, xorg, valgrind, glib-networking, wrapGAppsHook, dconf, gsettings-desktop-schemas, librsvg }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "flatpak";
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    bubblewrap bzip2 dbus gnome3.dconf glib gpgme json-glib libarchive libcap libseccomp
+    bubblewrap bzip2 dbus dconf glib gpgme json-glib libarchive libcap libseccomp
     libsoup lzma ostree polkit python3 systemd xorg.libXau fuse
     gsettings-desktop-schemas glib-networking
     librsvg # for flatpak-validate-icon
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
index 2ce78a048c4..da201765e55 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook
 , libsndfile, libtool, makeWrapper, perlPackages
-, xorg, libcap, alsaLib, glib, gnome3
+, xorg, libcap, alsaLib, glib, dconf
 , avahi, libjack2, libasyncns, lirc, dbus
 , sbc, bluez5, udev, openssl, fftwFloat
 , speexdsp, systemd, webrtc-audio-processing
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preFixup = lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
     wrapProgram $out/libexec/pulse/gsettings-helper \
      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$out/share/gsettings-schemas/${name}" \
-     --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${lib.getLib gnome3.dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
+     --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${lib.getLib dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/luxcorerender/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/luxcorerender/default.nix
index 4826bd64984..6a0db954da6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/luxcorerender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/luxcorerender/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, boost165, pkgconfig, python35
 , tbb, openimageio, libjpeg, libpng, zlib, libtiff, ilmbase
 , freetype, openexr, libXdmcp, libxkbcommon, epoxy, at-spi2-core
-, dbus, doxygen, qt5, c-blosc, libGLU, gnome3, gtk3, pcre
+, dbus, doxygen, qt5, c-blosc, libGLU, gnome3, dconf, gtk3, pcre
 , bison, flex, libpthreadstubs, libX11
 , embree2, makeWrapper, gsettings-desktop-schemas, glib
 , withOpenCL ? true , opencl-headers, ocl-icd, opencl-clhpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
      # needed for XDG_ICON_DIRS
      gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme
      makeWrapper
-     (stdenv.lib.getLib gnome3.dconf)
+     (stdenv.lib.getLib dconf)
    ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals withOpenCL [opencl-headers ocl-icd opencl-clhpp];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/luxcoreui" \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH" \
       --suffix XDG_DATA_DIRS : '${gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme}/share' \
-      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib gnome3.dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
+      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/uget/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/uget/default.nix
index 78dcb00eb78..b2da1384557 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/uget/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/uget/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, openssl, curl, libnotify,
-  libappindicator-gtk3, gst_all_1, gtk3, gnome3, wrapGAppsHook, aria2 ? null
+  libappindicator-gtk3, gst_all_1, gtk3, dconf, wrapGAppsHook, aria2 ? null
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libnotify
     libappindicator-gtk3
     gtk3
-    (stdenv.lib.getLib gnome3.dconf)
+    (stdenv.lib.getLib dconf)
   ]
   ++ (with gst_all_1; [ gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good ])
   ++ (stdenv.lib.optional (aria2 != null) aria2);
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 95c268d1c3d..43e1197f257 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ in
   findXMLCatalogs = makeSetupHook { } ../build-support/setup-hooks/find-xml-catalogs.sh;
 
   wrapGAppsHook = makeSetupHook {
-    deps = lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) gnome3.dconf.lib ++ [ gtk3 librsvg makeWrapper ];
+    deps = lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) dconf.lib ++ [ gtk3 librsvg makeWrapper ];
   } ../build-support/setup-hooks/wrap-gapps-hook.sh;
 
   separateDebugInfo = makeSetupHook { } ../build-support/setup-hooks/separate-debug-info.sh;
@@ -1512,6 +1512,8 @@ in
 
   datovka = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/datovka { };
 
+  dconf = callPackage ../development/libraries/dconf { };
+
   ddar = callPackage ../tools/backup/ddar { };
 
   ddate = callPackage ../tools/misc/ddate { };
@@ -2438,9 +2440,7 @@ in
 
   libkkc = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/libkkc { };
 
-  ibus = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus {
-    inherit (gnome3) dconf;
-  };
+  ibus = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus { };
 
   ibus-qt = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus/ibus-qt.nix { };
 
@@ -2461,9 +2461,7 @@ in
       protobuf = pkgs.protobuf.overrideDerivation (oldAttrs: { stdenv = clangStdenv; });
     };
 
-    table = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-table {
-      inherit (gnome3) dconf;
-    };
+    table = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-table { };
 
     table-chinese = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-table-chinese {
       ibus-table = ibus-engines.table;
@@ -2482,9 +2480,7 @@ in
     };
   };
 
-  ibus-with-plugins = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus/wrapper.nix {
-    inherit (gnome3) dconf;
-  };
+  ibus-with-plugins = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus/wrapper.nix { };
 
   interception-tools = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/interception-tools { };
   interception-tools-plugins = {
@@ -13586,11 +13582,11 @@ in
       inherit stdenv fetchurl fetchpatch fetchFromGitHub makeSetupHook makeWrapper;
       bison = bison2; # error: too few arguments to function 'int yylex(...
       inherit cups;
+      inherit dconf;
       inherit harfbuzz;
       inherit libGL;
       inherit perl;
       inherit gtk3;
-      inherit (gnome3) dconf;
       inherit (gst_all_1) gstreamer gst-plugins-base;
       inherit llvmPackages_5;
     });
@@ -19025,9 +19021,7 @@ in
 
   gmrun = callPackage ../applications/misc/gmrun {};
 
-  gnucash = callPackage ../applications/office/gnucash {
-    inherit (gnome3) dconf;
-  };
+  gnucash = callPackage ../applications/office/gnucash { };
 
   goffice = callPackage ../development/libraries/goffice { };
 
@@ -19748,9 +19742,7 @@ in
 
   lifelines = callPackage ../applications/misc/lifelines { };
 
-  liferea = callPackage ../applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea {
-    inherit (gnome3) dconf;
-  };
+  liferea = callPackage ../applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea { };
 
   lightworks = callPackage ../applications/video/lightworks {
     portaudio = portaudio2014;
@@ -19888,7 +19880,7 @@ in
   };
 
   matchbox = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/matchbox { };
-  
+
   matrixcli = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrixcli {
     inherit (python3Packages) buildPythonApplication buildPythonPackage
       pygobject3 pytestrunner requests responses pytest python-olm
@@ -20786,9 +20778,7 @@ in
 
   quantomatic = callPackage ../applications/science/physics/quantomatic { };
 
-  quassel = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/irc/quassel {
-    inherit (gnome3) dconf;
-  };
+  quassel = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/irc/quassel { };
 
   quasselClient = quassel.override {
     monolithic = false;
@@ -21660,7 +21650,6 @@ in
   virt-what = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/virt-what { };
 
   virt-manager = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/virt-manager {
-    dconf = gnome3.dconf;
     system-libvirt = libvirt;
   };