diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
index 38ae4c01534..3d76ba72dae 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 
   libgtkhtml = callPackage ./platform/libgtkhtml { };
 
-  intltool = callPackage ./platform/intltool { };
-
   GConf = callPackage ./platform/GConf { };
 
   gconfmm = callPackage ./platform/gconfmm { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/intltool/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/intltool/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 51eaa4a2cf4..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/intltool/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl, perlXMLParser, gettext}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "intltool-0.40.6";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/intltool/0.40/intltool-0.40.6.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "0r1vkvy5xzqk01yl6a0xlrry39bra24alkrx6279b77hc62my7jd";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ perl perlXMLParser gettext ];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/intltool/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/intltool/default.nix
index 0ca8b6eb071..b2a400a6189 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/intltool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/intltool/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, perl, perlXMLParser}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, perlXMLParser, gettext }:
 let
   s = # Generated upstream information
   rec {
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@ let
   propagatedBuildInputs = [perl perlXMLParser];
   buildInputs = [];
   in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit (s) name version;
   src = fetchurl {
     inherit (s) url sha256;
   };
-  inherit propagatedBuildInputs buildInputs;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  # not needed by intltool itself but (probably) needed for its usage
+  propagatedBuildInputs = propagatedBuildInputs ++ [ gettext ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Translation helper tool";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/intltool/default.upstream b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/intltool/default.upstream
index 4a2965b036a..323bf21f45a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/intltool/default.upstream
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/intltool/default.upstream
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-attribute_name intltool_standalone
+attribute_name intltool
 url https://launchpad.net/intltool/+download
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 72db87de9e9..2fefd2eeafb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4049,8 +4049,7 @@ let
 
   inteltbb = callPackage ../development/libraries/intel-tbb { };
 
-  intltool = gnome.intltool;
-  intltool_standalone = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/intltool {};
+  intltool = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/intltool { };
 
   irrlicht3843 = callPackage ../development/libraries/irrlicht { };
 
@@ -6766,7 +6765,6 @@ let
 
   compiz = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/compiz {
     inherit (gnome) GConf ORBit2;
-    intltool = intltool_standalone;
   };
 
   coriander = callPackage ../applications/video/coriander {