diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
index 6af4fd032d8..f62f93f4ede 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ rec {
 
   intltool = import ./intltool.nix {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser;
-    input = platform.intltool;
   };
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/intltool.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/intltool.nix
index 8807f7ab897..57262e11dd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/intltool.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/intltool.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-{input, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl, perlXMLParser}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl, perlXMLParser}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  inherit (input) name src;
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser];
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "intltool-0.40.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/intltool/0.40/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0r1vkvy5xzqk01yl6a0xlrry39bra24alkrx6279b77hc62my7jd";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ perl perlXMLParser ];
 }