diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/gsettings-desktop-schemas/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/gsettings-desktop-schemas/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c934863d75d7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/data/misc/gsettings-desktop-schemas/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, glib, pkgconfig, intltool }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.2.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/gsettings-desktop-schemas/3.2/gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.2.0.tar.xz;
-    sha256 = "0772axkd1nlf3j1lcg0zi5x5jh4zmr25k98dhn7pzppahljaj3hi";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ glib ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
-
-  meta = {
-    inherit (glib.meta) maintainers platforms;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gsettings-desktop-schemas/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gsettings-desktop-schemas/default.nix
index 97c4fe336b2b..47dbd545379c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gsettings-desktop-schemas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gsettings-desktop-schemas/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cairo, libxml2, libxslt, gnome3, pango
-, gnome_doc_utils, intltool, libX11, which }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
-  versionMajor = "3.5";
-  versionMinor = "3";
+  versionMajor = "3.6";
+  versionMinor = "1";
   moduleName   = "gsettings-desktop-schemas";
 
   name = "${moduleName}-${versionMajor}.${versionMinor}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${moduleName}/${versionMajor}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0vxbpwqvm55a4ssaddfsw2jy0q8bvsv8wbjps4yyyi9iykfylwli";
+    sha256 = "1rk71q2rky9nzy0zb5jsvxa62vhg7dk65kdgdifq8s761797ga6r";
   };
 
-  configureFlags = "--disable-scrollkeeper";
-  buildInputs = [ gnome3.glib libxml2 libxslt libX11 ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gnome_doc_utils which ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e7fd31644b34..a38aad96a848 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6425,7 +6425,7 @@ let
 
   gnome_user_docs = callPackage ../data/documentation/gnome-user-docs { };
 
-  gsettings_desktop_schemas = callPackage ../data/misc/gsettings-desktop-schemas {};
+  inherit (gnome3) gsettings_desktop_schemas;
 
   hicolor_icon_theme = callPackage ../data/misc/hicolor-icon-theme { };