diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index 830b0c2efcd3..de94b40cdb26 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -690,6 +690,13 @@
           before, you will need to have it enabled using GSettings.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <literal>services.telepathy</literal> will no longer be
+          enabled by default for GNOME desktops, one should enable it in
+          their configs if using Empathy or Polari.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           If you previously used
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index 91ca2882ef12..5a2f9a0fbf74 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - `services.gnome.experimental-features.realtime-scheduling` option has been removed, as GNOME Shell now [uses rtkit](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/2060). Use `security.rtkit.enable = true;` instead. As before, you will need to have it enabled using GSettings.
 
+- `services.telepathy` will no longer be enabled by default for GNOME desktops, one should enable it in their configs if using Empathy or Polari.
+
 - If you previously used `/etc/docker/daemon.json`, you need to incorporate the changes into the new option `virtualisation.docker.daemon.settings`.
 
 - Ntopng (`services.ntopng`) is updated to 5.2.1 and uses a separate Redis instance if `system.stateVersion` is at least `22.05`. Existing setups shouldn't be affected.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix
index 4a54de5e766e..b308ed736ff8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ in
       services.gnome.rygel.enable = mkDefault true;
       services.gvfs.enable = true;
       services.system-config-printer.enable = (mkIf config.services.printing.enable (mkDefault true));
-      services.telepathy.enable = mkDefault true;
 
       systemd.packages = with pkgs.gnome; [
         gnome-session
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-keyring/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-keyring/default.nix
index 8c9815509e2d..afbec6f8c5d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-keyring/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-keyring/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 , dbus
 , libgcrypt
 , pam
-, python2
+, python3
 , glib
 , libxslt
 , gettext
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     p11-kit
   ];
 
-  # In 3.20.1, tests do not support Python 3
-  checkInputs = [ dbus python2 ];
+  checkInputs = [ dbus python3 ];
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-pkcs11-config=${placeholder "out"}/etc/pkcs11/" # installation directories