diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcanberra/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcanberra/default.nix
index db2feeecb12..691294d4a85 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcanberra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcanberra/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libtool, gtk
-, alsaLib, pulseaudio, gstreamer, libvorbis, libcap }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libtool, gtk ? null
+, alsaLib, pulseaudio, gstreamer ? null, libvorbis, libcap }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libcanberra-0.23";
+  name = "libcanberra-0.28";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libcanberra/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0q09gasvm5dc9d4640lzb5nnmy2cpyi74aq83kjd3j4z58lczl57";
+    sha256 = "1346d2y24wiyanyr5bvdnjjgq7iysy8nlq2dwjv0fzxdmcn8n7zb";
   };
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig libtool alsaLib pulseaudio gstreamer libvorbis libcap ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gtk ];
+    [ pkgconfig libtool alsaLib pulseaudio gstreamer libvorbis libcap gtk ];
 
-  configureFlags = "--disable-oss";
+  configureFlags = "--disable-oss --disable-schemas-install";
 
   meta = {
     description = "libcanberra, an implementation of the XDG Sound Theme and Name Specifications";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e296cd90d4c..3a102f36f98 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3564,13 +3564,7 @@ let
   libcaca = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcaca { };
 
   libcanberra = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcanberra {
-    /* Using GNU Make 3.82 leads to this:
-
-         Makefile:939: *** missing separator (did you mean TAB instead of 8 spaces?).  Stop.
-
-       So use 3.81.  */
-    stdenv = overrideInStdenv stdenv [gnumake381];
-    gstreamer = gst_all.gstreamer;
+    # gstreamer = gst_all.gstreamer;
   };
 
   libcdaudio = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcdaudio { };