diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/cinnamon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/cinnamon.nix
index cd5c9e1c948f..7f824680b92e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/cinnamon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/cinnamon.nix
@@ -192,10 +192,7 @@ in
       xdg.portal.enable = true;
       xdg.portal.extraPortals = [
         pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-xapp
-        (pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.override {
-          # Do not build portals that we already have.
-          buildPortalsInGnome = false;
-        })
+        pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
       ];
 
       services.orca.enable = mkDefault (notExcluded pkgs.orca);
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/deepin.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/deepin.nix
index 70149bcf4ae0..4829990acc4f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/deepin.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/deepin.nix
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ in
       xdg.icons.enable = true;
       xdg.portal.enable = mkDefault true;
       xdg.portal.extraPortals = mkDefault [
-        (pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.override {
-          buildPortalsInGnome = false;
-        })
+        pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
       ];
 
       # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/247766#issuecomment-1722839259
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix
index bb2ce03e73a3..372300f34950 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix
@@ -281,10 +281,7 @@ in
       xdg.portal.enable = true;
       xdg.portal.extraPortals = [
         pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
-        (pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.override {
-          # Do not build portals that we already have.
-          buildPortalsInGnome = false;
-        })
+        pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
       ];
       xdg.portal.configPackages = mkDefault [ pkgs.gnome-session ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk/default.nix
index a1d01682f22e..db06dc756248 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 , glib
 , wrapGAppsHook3
 , gsettings-desktop-schemas
-, buildPortalsInGnome ? true
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -36,19 +35,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     glib
     gtk3
     xdg-desktop-portal
-  ] ++ lib.optionals buildPortalsInGnome [
     gsettings-desktop-schemas # settings exposed by settings portal
     gnome-desktop
     gnome-settings-daemon # schemas needed for settings api (mostly useless now that fonts were moved to g-d-s, just mouse and xsettings)
   ];
 
-  mesonFlags = lib.optionals (!buildPortalsInGnome) [
-    "-Dwallpaper=disabled"
-    "-Dsettings=disabled"
-    "-Dappchooser=disabled"
-    "-Dlockdown=disabled"
-  ];
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Desktop integration portals for sandboxed apps";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jtojnar ];