diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ac/accerciser/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ac/accerciser/package.nix
index 3d5cf0f5885b..9aa630085097 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ac/accerciser/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ac/accerciser/package.nix
@@ -1,44 +1,44 @@
 { lib
 , fetchurl
+, desktop-file-utils
+, meson
+, ninja
 , pkg-config
 , gnome
 , gtk3
 , wrapGAppsHook3
 , gobject-introspection
 , itstool
-, libxml2
 , python3
 , at-spi2-core
-, dbus
 , gettext
 , libwnck
-, adwaita-icon-theme
 , librsvg
 }:
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "accerciser";
-  version = "3.42.0";
+  version = "3.44.1";
 
   format = "other";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-d2m9T09j3ImhQ+hs3ET+rr1/jJab6lwfWoaskxGQL0g=";
+    hash = "sha256-tJz7DTIY+/Vf+kPH96N9a4URn+2VahBjCYBO2+mDkAM=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    desktop-file-utils
     gettext
     gobject-introspection # For setup hook
     itstool
-    libxml2
+    meson
+    ninja
     pkg-config
-    dbus
     wrapGAppsHook3
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    adwaita-icon-theme
     at-spi2-core
     gtk3
     libwnck
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    dbus-python
     ipython
     pyatspi
     pycairo
     pygobject3
-    setuptools
+    pyxdg
+    setuptools # for pkg_resources
   ];
 
   dontWrapGApps = true;