diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/env.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/env.nix
index e59b03beba85..a5ca5775aae3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/env.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, lib, zlib, glib, alsa-lib, dbus, gtk3, atk, pango, freetype, fontconfig
-, libgnome-keyring3, gdk-pixbuf, cairo, cups, expat, libgpg-error, nspr
-, gconf, nss, xorg, libcap, systemd, libnotify, libsecret, libuuid, at-spi2-atk
+, gdk-pixbuf, cairo, cups, expat, libgpg-error, nspr
+, nss, xorg, libcap, systemd, libnotify, libsecret, libuuid, at-spi2-atk
 , at-spi2-core, libdbusmenu, libdrm, mesa
 }:
 
 let
   packages = [
-    stdenv.cc.cc zlib glib dbus gtk3 atk pango freetype libgnome-keyring3
-    fontconfig gdk-pixbuf cairo cups expat libgpg-error alsa-lib nspr gconf nss
+    stdenv.cc.cc zlib glib dbus gtk3 atk pango freetype
+    fontconfig gdk-pixbuf cairo cups expat libgpg-error alsa-lib nspr nss
     xorg.libXrender xorg.libX11 xorg.libXext xorg.libXdamage xorg.libXtst
     xorg.libXcomposite xorg.libXi xorg.libXfixes xorg.libXrandr
     xorg.libXcursor xorg.libxkbfile xorg.libXScrnSaver libcap systemd libnotify
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5716dd88ed2e..36048b450457 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25241,9 +25241,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   atlassian-cli = callPackage ../applications/office/atlassian-cli { };
 
-  atomEnv = callPackage ../applications/editors/atom/env.nix {
-    gconf = gnome2.GConf;
-  };
+  atomEnv = callPackage ../applications/editors/atom/env.nix { };
 
   atomPackages = dontRecurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../applications/editors/atom { });