diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
index 5e03551dceca..5de52723d007 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 , gnome-clocks
 , gnome-settings-daemon
 , gnome-autoar
-, asciidoc-full
+, asciidoc
 , bash-completion
 , mesa
 }:
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     desktop-file-utils
     libxslt.bin
     python3
-    asciidoc-full
+    asciidoc
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     chmod +x meson/postinstall.py
     patchShebangs meson/postinstall.py
 
+    # We can generate it ourselves.
+    rm -f man/gnome-shell.1
+
     substituteInPlace src/gnome-shell-extension-tool.in --replace "@PYTHON@" "${pythonEnv}/bin/python"
     substituteInPlace src/gnome-shell-perf-tool.in --replace "@PYTHON@" "${pythonEnv}/bin/python"
   '';