diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
index ce1adb0e20c3..1f71baaeb5d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, hostPlatform, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl, python
-, libiconv, libintl, zlib, libffi, pcre, libelf, gnome3
+{ stdenv, hostPlatform, fetchurl, gettext, pkgconfig, perl, python
+, libiconv, zlib, libffi, pcre, libelf, gnome3
 # use utillinuxMinimal to avoid circular dependency (utillinux, systemd, glib)
 , utillinuxMinimal ? null