diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/gradio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/gradio/default.nix
index ed34c3118c68..0e636c532b46 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/gradio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/gradio/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
   postInstall = ''
-    ${glib.dev}/bin/glib-compile-schemas $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+    glib-compile-schemas "$out"/share/glib-2.0/schemas
   '';
 
   patches = [ ./0001-Remove-post-install-script-that-hardcodes-paths.patch ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/tlaplus/toolbox.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/tlaplus/toolbox.nix
index 342d91cf5825..f1116a27c0be 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/tlaplus/toolbox.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/tlaplus/toolbox.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
       --run "set -x; cd $out/toolbox" \
       --add-flags "-data ~/.tla-toolbox" \
       --prefix PATH : "${jre}/bin" \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${swt}/lib:${gtk}/lib:${libXtst}/lib:${glib}/lib"
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ swt gtk libXtst glib ]}"
 
     echo -e "\nCreating TLA Toolbox icons..."
     pushd "$src"
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-documents/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-documents/default.nix
index 9948f9d909b2..f8ce9545a33d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-documents/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-documents/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   preFixup = ''
-    substituteInPlace $out/bin/gnome-documents --replace gapplication "${glib.dev}/bin/gapplication"
+    substituteInPlace $out/bin/gnome-documents --replace gapplication "${glib.bin}/bin/gapplication"
   '';
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-user-share/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-user-share/default.nix
index da117a536911..5ae579417aec 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-user-share/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-user-share/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/gsettings-schemas/$name
     mv $out/share/glib-2.0 $out/share/gsettings-schemas/$name
-    ${glib.dev}/bin/glib-compile-schemas $out/share/gsettings-schemas/$name/glib-2.0/schemas
+    glib-compile-schemas "$out/share/gsettings-schemas/$name/glib-2.0/schemas"
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/tracker-miners/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/tracker-miners/default.nix
index 67c43311123c..f33970251d5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/tracker-miners/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/tracker-miners/default.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
-    ${glib.dev}/bin/glib-compile-schemas $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+    glib-compile-schemas "$out/share/glib-2.0/schemas"
   '';
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/tracker/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/tracker/default.nix
index a0da1b7147d2..5d6b326d21d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/tracker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/tracker/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
-    ${glib.dev}/bin/glib-compile-schemas $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+    glib-compile-schemas "$out/share/glib-2.0/schemas"
   '';
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/caffeine/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/caffeine/default.nix
index d556c5e55ca4..cc9451597169 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/caffeine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/caffeine/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildPhase = ''
     ${bash}/bin/bash ./update-locale.sh
-    ${glib.dev}/bin/glib-compile-schemas --strict --targetdir=caffeine@patapon.info/schemas/ caffeine@patapon.info/schemas
+    glib-compile-schemas --strict --targetdir=caffeine@patapon.info/schemas/ caffeine@patapon.info/schemas
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/system-monitor/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/system-monitor/default.nix
index 395e90d263ef..b4b34d91c18e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/system-monitor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/system-monitor/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
-    ${glib.dev}/bin/glib-compile-schemas --targetdir=${uuid}/schemas ${uuid}/schemas
+    glib-compile-schemas --targetdir=${uuid}/schemas ${uuid}/schemas
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/volume-mixer.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/volume-mixer.nix
index 1487efe0a23f..19ced0b5252c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/volume-mixer.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/volume-mixer.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
-    ${glib.dev}/bin/glib-compile-schemas --targetdir=${uuid}/schemas ${uuid}/schemas
+    glib-compile-schemas --targetdir=${uuid}/schemas ${uuid}/schemas
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/pidgin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/pidgin/default.nix
index a5dd1480d3db..c11fdfa6099e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/pidgin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/pidgin/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     schemas_dir="$share_dir/gsettings-schemas/${name}/glib-2.0/schemas"
     mkdir -p "$schemas_dir"
     mv schemas/* "$schemas_dir" # fix Emacs syntax highlighting: */
-    ${glib.dev}/bin/glib-compile-schemas "$schemas_dir"
+    glib-compile-schemas "$schemas_dir"
 
     locale_dir="$share_dir/locale"
     mkdir -p "$locale_dir"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
index 428b9ee482ec..f03ddfc48b2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       ./gobject_init_on_demand.patch
     ] ++ [ ./schema-override-variable.patch ];
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
+  outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
   outputBin = "dev";
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
@@ -104,12 +104,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   DETERMINISTIC_BUILD = 1;
 
   postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $bin/bin
+    for app in gapplication gdbus gio gsettings; do
+      mv "$dev/bin/$app" "$bin/bin"
+    done
+
     moveToOutput "share/glib-2.0" "$dev"
     substituteInPlace "$dev/bin/gdbus-codegen" --replace "$out" "$dev"
     sed -i "$dev/bin/glib-gettextize" -e "s|^gettext_dir=.*|gettext_dir=$dev/share/glib-2.0/gettext|"
-  ''
-  # This file is *included* in gtk3 and would introduce runtime reference via __FILE__.
-  + ''
+
+    # This file is *included* in gtk3 and would introduce runtime reference via __FILE__.
     sed '1i#line 1 "${name}/include/glib-2.0/gobject/gobjectnotifyqueue.c"' \
       -i "$dev"/include/glib-2.0/gobject/gobjectnotifyqueue.c
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkd/default.nix
index c0dc0753cd01..d89b00af4ced 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkd/default.nix
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace libpango-1.0.0.dylib ${pango.out}/lib/libpango-1.0.0.dylib \
       --replace libpangocairo-1.0.0.dylib ${pango.out}/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.0.dylib
     substituteInPlace generated/gtkd/gobject/c/functions.d \
-      --replace libgobject-2.0.so.0 ${glib}/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 \
-      --replace libgobject-2.0.0.dylib ${glib}/lib/libgobject-2.0.0.dylib
+      --replace libgobject-2.0.so.0 ${glib.out}/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 \
+      --replace libgobject-2.0.0.dylib ${glib.out}/lib/libgobject-2.0.0.dylib
     substituteInPlace generated/gtkd/rsvg/c/functions.d \
       --replace librsvg-2.so.2 ${librsvg}/lib/librsvg-2.so.2 \
       --replace librsvg-2.2.dylib ${librsvg}/lib/librsvg-2.2.dylib
@@ -63,15 +63,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace libgtksourceview-3.0.so.1 ${gtksourceview}/lib/libgtksourceview-3.0.so.1 \
       --replace libgtksourceview-3.0.1.dylib ${gtksourceview}/lib/libgtksourceview-3.0.1.dylib
     substituteInPlace generated/gtkd/glib/c/functions.d \
-      --replace libglib-2.0.so.0 ${glib}/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 \
-      --replace libgmodule-2.0.so.0 ${glib}/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 \
-      --replace libgobject-2.0.so.0 ${glib}/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 \
-      --replace libglib-2.0.0.dylib ${glib}/lib/libglib-2.0.0.dylib \
-      --replace libgmodule-2.0.0.dylib ${glib}/lib/libgmodule-2.0.0.dylib \
-      --replace libgobject-2.0.0.dylib ${glib}/lib/libgobject-2.0.0.dylib
+      --replace libglib-2.0.so.0 ${glib.out}/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 \
+      --replace libgmodule-2.0.so.0 ${glib.out}/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 \
+      --replace libgobject-2.0.so.0 ${glib.out}/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 \
+      --replace libglib-2.0.0.dylib ${glib.out}/lib/libglib-2.0.0.dylib \
+      --replace libgmodule-2.0.0.dylib ${glib.out}/lib/libgmodule-2.0.0.dylib \
+      --replace libgobject-2.0.0.dylib ${glib.out}/lib/libgobject-2.0.0.dylib
     substituteInPlace generated/gtkd/gio/c/functions.d \
-      --replace libgio-2.0.so.0 ${glib}/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 \
-      --replace libgio-2.0.0.dylib ${glib}/lib/libgio-2.0.0.dylib
+      --replace libgio-2.0.so.0 ${glib.out}/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 \
+      --replace libgio-2.0.0.dylib ${glib.out}/lib/libgio-2.0.0.dylib
     substituteInPlace generated/gstreamer/gstreamer/c/functions.d \
       --replace libgstreamer-1.0.so.0 ${gstreamer}/lib/libgstreamer-1.0.so.0 \
       --replace libgstreamer-1.0.0.dylib ${gstreamer}/lib/libgstreamer-1.0.0.dylib