diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-manager/default.nix
index d4d680f05fa..182d89e5f22 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-manager/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       avahi
       glib
       gobjectIntrospection
+      gsettings_desktop_schemas
     ];
 
   configurePhase = ''
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
             --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : $GI_TYPELIB_PATH \
             --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${dconf}/lib/gio/modules" \
             --prefix GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR : $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas \
-            --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$out/share:${gsettings_desktop_schemas}/share:${gtk3}/share:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH:\$XDG_DATA_DIRS"
+            --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$out/share:${gtk3}/share:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH:\$XDG_DATA_DIRS"
     done
 
     ${glib}/bin/glib-compile-schemas "$out"/share/glib-2.0/schemas