diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index b74438100a6..6abee3c4097 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@
 {
   clutter = callPackage ./platform/clutter.nix { };
 
-  GConf = callPackage ./platform/GConf.nix { };
-
   gnome_user_docs = callPackage ./platform/gnome-user-docs.nix { };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/platform/GConf.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/platform/GConf.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 52f3cba7bdb..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/platform/GConf.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl_gnome, glib, dbus_glib, pkgconfig, libxml2, gtk, intltool }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = src.pkgname;
-
-  src = fetchurl_gnome {
-    project = "GConf";
-    major = "3"; minor = "2"; patchlevel = "0"; extension = "xz";
-    sha256 = "02vdm6slc2mdw0yfl6lh7qawqcb2k7sk6br21fdj1vfp55ap8wgk";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib dbus_glib libxml2 gtk ];
-  buildNativeInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
-
-  configureFlags = "--disable-orbit";
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/;
-    description = "A system for storing application preferences";
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.urkud ];
-    inherit (gtk.meta) platforms;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/GConf/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/GConf/3.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f6d5a9a04a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/GConf/3.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, glib, dbus_glib, pkgconfig, libxml2, gtk3, intltool, polkit }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "GConf-3.2.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://gnome/sources/GConf/3.2/GConf-3.2.3.tar.xz;
+    sha256 = "0jd1z9gb1b7mv4g07qm554va6idasf3swgrfqflypdh9s38mvdcy";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib dbus_glib ];
+  buildInputs = [ polkit gtk3 libxml2 ];
+  buildNativeInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
+
+  configureFlags = "--disable-orbit";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/;
+    description = "A system for storing application preferences";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.urkud ];
+    inherit (gtk3.meta) platforms;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 363fb7c6b97..81fb90a32e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3463,6 +3463,8 @@ let
 
   gav = callPackage ../games/gav { };
 
+  GConf3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/GConf/3.x.nix { };
+
   gdome2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdome2 {
     inherit (gnome) gtkdoc;
   };