diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/gnome-vfs/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/gnome-vfs/default.nix
index 4772e2ded9e7..1e35ac9430bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/gnome-vfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/gnome-vfs/default.nix
@@ -3,16 +3,17 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "gnome-vfs-2.24.1";
-  
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-vfs/2.24/gnome-vfs-2.24.1.tar.bz2;
     sha256 = "1dmyr8nj77717r8dhwkixpar2yp8ld3r683gp222n59v61718ndw";
   };
-  
+
   buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig libxml2 bzip2 openssl samba dbus_glib fam hal cdparanoia
+    [ pkgconfig libxml2 bzip2 openssl samba dbus_glib fam cdparanoia
       intltool gnome_mime_data
-    ];
+    ]
+    ++ (if stdenv.isLinux then [hal] else []);
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ GConf glib ];
 }