diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix b/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix
index 2f6d6f356475..87b6fea92ba4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ with lib;
       graphviz = super.graphviz-nox;
       gst_all_1 = super.gst_all_1 // {
         gst-plugins-bad = super.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-bad.override { guiSupport = false; };
-        gst-plugins-base = super.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base.override { enableWayland = false; enableX11 = false; };
+        gst-plugins-base = super.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base.override { enableGl = false; enableWayland = false; enableX11 = false; };
         gst-plugins-good = super.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good.override { enableWayland = false; enableX11 = false; gtkSupport = false; qt5Support = false; qt6Support = false; };
+        gst-plugins-rs = super.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-rs.override { withGtkPlugins = false; };
       };
       imagemagick = super.imagemagick.override { libX11Support = false; libXtSupport = false; };
       imagemagickBig = super.imagemagickBig.override { libX11Support = false; libXtSupport = false; };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
index b94769af76f4..8cc7bdc71a64 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gobject-introspection
   ] ++ lib.optionals enableDocumentation [
     hotdoc
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (gst-plugins-base.waylandEnabled && stdenv.isLinux) [
     wayland # for wayland-scanner
   ];
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     bluez
   ] ++ lib.optionals microdnsSupport [
     libmicrodns
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (gst-plugins-base.waylandEnabled && stdenv.isLinux) [
     libva # vaapi requires libva -> libdrm -> libpciaccess, which is Linux-only in nixpkgs
     wayland
     wayland-protocols
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isLinux) [
     "-Ddoc=disabled" # needs gstcuda to be enabled which is Linux-only
     "-Dnvcodec=disabled" # Linux-only
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isLinux || !gst-plugins-base.waylandEnabled) [
     "-Dva=disabled" # see comment on `libva` in `buildInputs`
   ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isLinux || !guiSupport) [
     "-Ddirectfb=disabled"
@@ -322,8 +323,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Duvch264=disabled" # requires gudev
     "-Dv4l2codecs=disabled" # requires gudev
     "-Dladspa=disabled" # requires lrdf
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isLinux || !stdenv.isx86_64) [
-    "-Dqsv=disabled" # Linux (and Windows) x86 only
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isLinux || !stdenv.isx86_64 || !gst-plugins-base.waylandEnabled) [
+    "-Dqsv=disabled" # Linux (and Windows) x86 only, makes va required
   ] ++ lib.optionals (!gst-plugins-base.glEnabled) [
     "-Dgl=disabled"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (!gst-plugins-base.waylandEnabled || !guiSupport) [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix
index d1f1259635fa..d4afb8ce7618 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 , nix-update-script
 # specifies a limited subset of plugins to build (the default `null` means all plugins supported on the stdenv platform)
 , plugins ? null
+, withGtkPlugins ? true
 # Checks meson.is_cross_build(), so even canExecute isn't enough.
 , enableDocumentation ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform && plugins == null
 , hotdoc
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ let
       "reqwest" # tests hang on darwin
       "threadshare" # tests cannot bind to localhost on darwin
       "webp" # not supported on darwin (upstream crate issue)
-    ] ++ lib.optionals (!gst-plugins-base.glEnabled) [
+    ] ++ lib.optionals (!gst-plugins-base.glEnabled || !withGtkPlugins) [
       # these require gstreamer-gl
       "gtk4"
       "livesync"