diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/evince/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/evince/default.nix
index 3220e906064..3229d10104d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/evince/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/evince/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, intltool, perl, perlXMLParser, libxml2
 , glib, gtk3, pango, atk, gdk_pixbuf, shared_mime_info, itstool, gnome3
-, poppler, ghostscriptX, djvulibre, libspectre, libsecret , makeWrapper
+, poppler, ghostscriptX, djvulibre, libspectre, libsecret , wrapGAppsHook
 , librsvg, gobjectIntrospection
 , recentListSize ? null # 5 is not enough, allow passing a different number
 , supportXPS ? false    # Open XML Paper Specification via libgxps
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   inherit (import ./src.nix fetchurl) name src;
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook ];
+
   buildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig intltool perl perlXMLParser libxml2
+    intltool perl perlXMLParser libxml2
     glib gtk3 pango atk gdk_pixbuf gobjectIntrospection
     itstool gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme
     gnome3.libgnome_keyring gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas
     poppler ghostscriptX djvulibre libspectre
-    makeWrapper libsecret librsvg gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme
+    libsecret librsvg gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme gnome3.dconf
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional supportXPS gnome3.libgxps;
 
   configureFlags = [
@@ -37,15 +39,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       sed -i 's/\(if (++n_items == \)5\(.*\)/\1${builtins.toString recentListSize}\2/' shell/ev-window.c
     '';
 
-  preFixup = ''
-    # Tell Glib/GIO about the MIME info directory, which is used
-    # by `g_file_info_get_content_type ()'.
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/evince" \
-      --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE" \
-      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$XDG_ICON_DIRS:${gtk3}/share:${shared_mime_info}/share:$out/share:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
-
-  '';
-
   doCheck = false; # would need pythonPackages.dogTail, which is missing
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {