diff --git a/modules/services/system/dbus.nix b/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
index fedb5efff06..e083707751a 100644
--- a/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
+++ b/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ in
         config.system.path
       ];
 
+    environment.pathsToLink = [ "/etc/dbus-1" "/share/dbus-1" ];
+    
   };
  
 }
diff --git a/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/kde4.nix b/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/kde4.nix
index 4b6f770c694..12dea185674 100644
--- a/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/kde4.nix
+++ b/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/kde4.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ in
 
       x11Packages = config.environment.kdePackages;
 
-      pathsToLink = [ "/etc/xdg" "/etc/dbus-1" "/share" ];
+      pathsToLink = [ "/etc/xdg" "/share" ];
 
       etc = singleton
       { source = "${pkgs.xkeyboard_config}/etc/X11/xkb";