diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/arc-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/arc-icon-theme/default.nix
index 6529e5c571c2..b0a8a05fc68d 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/arc-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/arc-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, gtk3, moka-icon-theme }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, gtk3, moka-icon-theme, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${package-name}-${version}";
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook gtk3 moka-icon-theme ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   postFixup = "gtk-update-icon-cache $out/share/icons/Arc";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/elementary-xfce-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/elementary-xfce-icon-theme/default.nix
index 5a566bef6ef9..c17e14bb3c18 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/elementary-xfce-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/elementary-xfce-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "16msdrazhbv80cvh5ffvgj13xmkpf87r7mq6xz071fza6nv7g0jn";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gdk-pixbuf librsvg optipng gtk3 hicolor-icon-theme ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gdk-pixbuf librsvg optipng gtk3 ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace svgtopng/Makefile --replace "-O0" "-O"
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/faba-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/faba-icon-theme/default.nix
index c15e0f4e5510..efce0a16e130 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/faba-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/faba-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, python3, gtk3, pantheon }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, python3, gtk3, pantheon, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${package-name}-${version}";
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja python3 gtk3 pantheon.elementary-icon-theme ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs meson/post_install.py
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/faba-mono-icons/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/faba-mono-icons/default.nix
index 99488a26f2b6..96bd40311503 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/faba-mono-icons/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/faba-mono-icons/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, gtk3, moka-icon-theme }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, gtk3, moka-icon-theme, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "faba-mono-icons";
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook gtk3 moka-icon-theme ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   postFixup = ''
     for theme in $out/share/icons/*; do
       gtk-update-icon-cache $theme
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/iconpack-obsidian/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/iconpack-obsidian/default.nix
index f7015621853c..f48c3cbf3f74 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/iconpack-obsidian/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/iconpack-obsidian/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "iconpack-obsidian";
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gtk3 ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   installPhase = ''
      mkdir -p $out/share/icons
      mv Obsidian* $out/share/icons
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/maia-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/maia-icon-theme/default.nix
index a623af206048..20bc8dc0a589 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/maia-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/maia-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     kdeFrameworks.kwindowsystem
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   postFixup = ''
     for theme in $out/share/icons/*; do
       gtk-update-icon-cache $theme
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/moka-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/moka-icon-theme/default.nix
index 83c4b19472a3..539dfaa2d109 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/moka-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/moka-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, gtk3, python3, faba-icon-theme }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, gtk3, python3, faba-icon-theme, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "moka-icon-theme";
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja gtk3 python3 faba-icon-theme ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs meson/post_install.py
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/numix-icon-theme-circle/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/numix-icon-theme-circle/default.nix
index b545856f703f..fb02309992b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/numix-icon-theme-circle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/numix-icon-theme-circle/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3, numix-icon-theme }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3, numix-icon-theme, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "numix-icon-theme-circle";
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gtk3 numix-icon-theme ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   installPhase = ''
     install -dm 755 $out/share/icons
     cp -dr --no-preserve='ownership' Numix-Circle{,-Light} $out/share/icons/
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/numix-icon-theme-square/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/numix-icon-theme-square/default.nix
index ddec15e5f318..cc917d953371 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/numix-icon-theme-square/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/numix-icon-theme-square/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3, numix-icon-theme }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3, numix-icon-theme, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "numix-icon-theme-square";
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gtk3 numix-icon-theme ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/icons
     cp -a Numix-Square{,-Light} $out/share/icons/
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/numix-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/numix-icon-theme/default.nix
index e41373f536ff..8b2f07ce00a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/numix-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/numix-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0clh55kmhc52d33dfm2c6h3lg6ddfh8a088ir9lv1camn9kj55bd";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ gtk3 hicolor-icon-theme ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ gtk3 ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/icons
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/paper-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/paper-icon-theme/default.nix
index 5359b2229f39..477960972a75 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/paper-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/paper-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, gtk3, python3 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, gtk3, python3, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "paper-icon-theme";
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja gtk3 python3 ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs meson/post_install.py
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/papirus-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/papirus-icon-theme/default.nix
index 3f9cff62ee4f..671f03bd837c 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/papirus-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/papirus-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "papirus-icon-theme";
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gtk3 ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   installPhase = ''
      mkdir -p $out/share/icons
      mv {,e}Papirus* $out/share/icons
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/tango-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/tango-icon-theme/default.nix
index d38f6485f135..a4a7237f9740 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/tango-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/tango-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, iconnamingutils, imagemagick, librsvg
-, gtk/*any version*/
+, gtk/*any version*/, hicolor-icon-theme
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ intltool iconnamingutils imagemagick librsvg ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-png-creation" ];
 
   postInstall = '''${gtk.out}/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache' "$out/share/icons/Tango" '';
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/vanilla-dmz/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/vanilla-dmz/default.nix
index c4a8fd44a610..f271d7a44e65 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/vanilla-dmz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/vanilla-dmz/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchzip, xorg }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchzip, xorg, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "vanilla-dmz";
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1l0c0svk7dy0d7icg7j2181wdn3fvks5gmyqnvjk749ppy5ks8mj";
   };
   buildInputs = [ xorg.xcursorgen ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
   buildPhase = ''
     cd DMZ-White/pngs; ./make.sh; cd -
     cd DMZ-Black/pngs; ./make.sh; cd -
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/zafiro-icons/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/zafiro-icons/default.nix
index 942f79ca6e45..0b28a02ba4d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/zafiro-icons/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/zafiro-icons/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "zafiro-icons";
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gtk3 ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/icons/Zafiro-icons
     cp -a * $out/share/icons/Zafiro-icons
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-icon-theme/default.nix
index e63a228d0cbe..51b67e055541 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3, xcursorgen, papirus-icon-theme, deepin }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3, xcursorgen, papirus-icon-theme, deepin, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "deepin-icon-theme";
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ papirus-icon-theme ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs tools/hicolor.links
     patchShebangs tools/display_unused_links.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-icon-theme-faenza/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-icon-theme-faenza/default.nix
index 7db01f598164..1e1b2b837c37 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-icon-theme-faenza/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-icon-theme-faenza/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook gtk3 ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ mate.mate-icon-theme hicolor-icon-theme ];
+  buildInputs = [ mate.mate-icon-theme ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
 
   postInstall = ''
     for theme in "$out"/share/icons/*; do
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-icon-theme/default.nix
index 9df0d0ce5a88..0d1dc5f4c8ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, iconnamingutils, librsvg, hicolor-icon-theme, gtk3 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, iconnamingutils, librsvg, gtk3, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mate-icon-theme";
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool iconnamingutils ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ librsvg hicolor-icon-theme ];
+  buildInputs = [ librsvg ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
 
   postInstall = ''
     for theme in "$out"/share/icons/*; do
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/artwork/elementary-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/artwork/elementary-icon-theme/default.nix
index bdf42b1c1ef0..7467bd124ac9 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/artwork/elementary-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/artwork/elementary-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dvolume_icons=false" # Tries to install some icons to /
     "-Dpalettes=false" # Don't install gimp and inkscape palette files
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/breeze-icons.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/breeze-icons.nix
index c8382ed3408b..d9192b940364 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/breeze-icons.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/breeze-icons.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-{ mkDerivation, lib, extra-cmake-modules, gtk3, qtsvg }:
+{ mkDerivation, lib, extra-cmake-modules, gtk3, qtsvg, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 mkDerivation {
   name = "breeze-icons";
   meta = { maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ttuegel ]; };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules gtk3 ];
   buildInputs = [ qtsvg ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
   outputs = [ "out" ]; # only runtime outputs
   postInstall = ''
     gtk-update-icon-cache "''${out:?}/share/icons/breeze"