diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-user-share/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-user-share/default.nix
index 4c33b76b0124..cb1f29c4cbe7 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-user-share/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-user-share/default.nix
@@ -1,52 +1,29 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
+{ stdenv
+, lib
 , gettext
 , meson
 , ninja
 , fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
 , apacheHttpd
-, nautilus
 , pkg-config
-, gtk3
 , glib
 , libxml2
 , systemd
 , wrapGAppsHook
 , itstool
-, libnotify
 , mod_dnssd
 , gnome
-, libcanberra-gtk3
-, python3
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-user-share";
-  version = "3.34.0";
+  version = "43.alpha";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "04r9ck9v4i0d31grbli1d4slw2d6dcsfkpaybkwbzi7wnj72l30x";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-user-share/${lib.versions.major version}/gnome-user-share-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "7XmBH77PI6o0rIUx9j7y4nSw73/CjyXo7Iz3Oy9DPpo=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # fix gio-unix-2.0 lookup
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-user-share/commit/8772980d4732c15505b15dccff2ca3c97e96d49d.patch";
-      sha256 = "03clzhrx72pq1cbmg2y24hvw4i1xsvrg9ip113fi5bc3w4gcji7p";
-    })
-    # fix compilation with meson >=0.61
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-user-share/-/commit/c31b0a8f33b95c0077cd5ee2102a71a49bee8abe.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-kH+cPBmSErWxsw+IyyjWgENi4I3ZcKjSA9+em8u4DYs=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    chmod +x meson_post_install.py
-    patchShebangs meson_post_install.py
-  '';
-
   preConfigure = ''
     sed -e 's,^LoadModule dnssd_module.\+,LoadModule dnssd_module ${mod_dnssd}/modules/mod_dnssd.so,' \
       -e 's,''${HTTP_MODULES_PATH},${apacheHttpd}/modules,' \
@@ -57,9 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Dhttpd=${apacheHttpd.out}/bin/httpd"
     "-Dmodules_path=${apacheHttpd}/modules"
     "-Dsystemduserunitdir=${placeholder "out"}/etc/systemd/user"
-    # In 3.34.0 it defaults to false but it is silently ignored and always installed.
-    # Let’s add it anyway in case they decide to make build respect the option in the future.
-    "-Dnautilus_extension=true"
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -70,15 +44,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     itstool
     libxml2
     wrapGAppsHook
-    python3
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    gtk3
     glib
-    nautilus
-    libnotify
-    libcanberra-gtk3
     systemd
   ];