diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
index 5a5cc9dbecf..9b80276015d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ rec {
   
   # Freedesktop library
   startup_notification = import ./platform/startup-notification {
-    inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl pkgconfig;
-    inherit (pkgs.xlibs) libX11 libxcb libICE xcbutil libSM;
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl pkgconfig xlibs;
   };
   
   # Required for nautilus
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/startup-notification/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/startup-notification/default.nix
index b54f13a39b2..b82b8a50992 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/startup-notification/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/startup-notification/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libX11, libxcb, libICE, xcbutil, libSM}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, xlibs }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "startup-notification-0.9";
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = mirror://gnome/sources/startup-notification/0.9/startup-notification-0.9.tar.bz2;
     sha256 = "03aqkgv8d29yx2vmv6bfdlxq3ahagrb7dbsvhd5d9acy6znimpk1";
   };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libX11 libxcb libICE xcbutil libSM ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig xlibs.xlibs xlibs.xcbutil ];
 }