diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
index f0db2b984922..f41e2481fe76 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
@@ -63,18 +63,17 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-control-center";
-  version = "42.3";
+  version = "43.alpha";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.major version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-zgrjZQ3ir368sKfh/JkS7dtu/40lfz/lD/iynBk0HH4=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Tcdvb4qrgY3ybL5bAlZ134HkkjEAORco9my2y0xFjz4=";
   };
 
   patches = [
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./paths.patch;
       gcm = gnome-color-manager;
-      gnome_desktop = gnome-desktop;
       inherit glibc libgnomekbd tzdata;
       inherit cups networkmanagerapplet;
     })
@@ -135,16 +134,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     upower
   ];
 
-  # postPatch = ''
-  #   scriptsToPatch=(
-  #     build-aux/meson/meson_post_install.py
-  #     build-aux/meson/find_xdg_file.py
-  #   )
-  #   # # patchShebangs requires executable file
-  #   # chmod +x "''${scriptsToPatch[@]}"
-  #   # patchShebangs "''${scriptsToPatch[@]}"
-  # '';
-
   preConfigure = ''
     # For ITS rules
     addToSearchPath "XDG_DATA_DIRS" "${polkit.out}/share"
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-control-center/paths.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-control-center/paths.patch
index a6787477b814..565d6ecdef0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-control-center/paths.patch
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-control-center/paths.patch
@@ -54,19 +54,6 @@ index a2376f8a4..98769e08f 100644
  
  typedef struct _TzDB TzDB;
  typedef struct _TzLocation TzLocation;
-diff --git a/panels/info-overview/cc-info-overview-panel.c b/panels/info-overview/cc-info-overview-panel.c
-index bd0e07762..0e71351f8 100644
---- a/panels/info-overview/cc-info-overview-panel.c
-+++ b/panels/info-overview/cc-info-overview-panel.c
-@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ load_gnome_version (char **version,
-   gsize length;
-   g_autoptr(VersionData) data = NULL;
- 
--  if (!g_file_get_contents (DATADIR "/gnome/gnome-version.xml",
-+  if (!g_file_get_contents ("@gnome_desktop@/share/gnome/gnome-version.xml",
-                             &contents,
-                             &length,
-                             &error))
 diff --git a/panels/keyboard/cc-input-list-box.c b/panels/keyboard/cc-input-list-box.c
 index 6c2cb5614..8f57159cc 100644
 --- a/panels/keyboard/cc-input-list-box.c