diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
index a94146fdfd5..ae424907a61 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
@@ -319,7 +319,8 @@ rec {
 
   gtkdoc = import ./gtkdoc.nix {
     inherit (platform) gtkdoc;
-    inherit stdenv args;
+    inherit stdenv pkgconfig gnomedocutils perl libxml2
+      xmlto docbook2x docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_412 libxslt;
   };
   
 };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/gtkdoc.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/gtkdoc.nix
index f65c908b6d9..e4f5cdf1c13 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/gtkdoc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/gtkdoc.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, gtkdoc, args }: with args;
+{ stdenv, gtkdoc, pkgconfig, gnomedocutils, perl
+, libxml2, xmlto, docbook2x, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_412
+, libxslt }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit (gtkdoc) name src;
 
   inherit docbook_xml_dtd_412;
-  buildInputs = [ perl 
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig perl gnomedocutils
     libxml2
     xmlto  docbook2x  docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_412 libxslt ];