diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gdm/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gdm/default.nix
index 46e30038364..a939a8d4fd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gdm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gdm/default.nix
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace daemon/gdm-launch-environment.c --replace 'BINDIR "/dbus-launch' '"${dbus.tools}/bin/dbus-launch'
   '';
 
-  # Disable Access Control because our X does not support FamilyServerInterpreted yet
-  patches = [ ./xserver_path.patch ./sessions_dir.patch ./disable_x_access_control.patch ./propagate_env.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./xserver_path.patch ./sessions_dir.patch ./propagate_env.patch ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GDM;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gdm/disable_x_access_control.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gdm/disable_x_access_control.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5985dbe0e01..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gdm/disable_x_access_control.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/daemon/gdm-display.c b/daemon/gdm-display.c
-index 1afe48e..e3d1ec2 100644
---- a/daemon/gdm-display.c
-+++ b/daemon/gdm-display.c
-@@ -291,9 +291,10 @@ gdm_slave_connect_to_x11_display (GdmSlave *slave)
-
-                 gdm_error_trap_push ();
-
--                for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (host_entries); i++) {
-+                /*for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (host_entries); i++) {
-                         XAddHost (slave->priv->server_display, &host_entries[i]);
--                }
-+                }*/
-+               XDisableAccessControl(slave->priv->server_display);
-
-                 XSync (slave->priv->server_display, False);
-                 if (gdm_error_trap_pop ()) {
-