diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/2.x.nix
index 8bef9d92f5fa..4286d6a73fb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/2.x.nix
@@ -26,21 +26,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   setupHooks =  [
-    ./gtk2-clean-immodules-cache.sh
-    ./drop-icon-theme-cache.sh
+    ./hooks/gtk2-clean-immodules-cache.sh
+    ./hooks/drop-icon-theme-cache.sh
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ setupHooks perl pkgconfig gettext gobject-introspection ];
 
   patches = [
-    ./2.0-immodules.cache.patch
-    ./gtk2-theme-paths.patch
+    ./patches/2.0-immodules.cache.patch
+    ./patches/gtk2-theme-paths.patch
   ] ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     (fetchpatch {
       url = https://bug557780.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=306776;
       sha256 = "0sp8f1r5c4j2nlnbqgv7s7nxa4cfwigvm033hvhb1ld652pjag4r";
     })
-    ./2.0-darwin-x11.patch
+    ./patches/2.0-darwin-x11.patch
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with xorg;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix
index 4a7cf07d2e62..0e4fddaa010f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   outputBin = "dev";
 
   setupHooks = [
-    ./gtk3-clean-immodules-cache.sh
-    ./drop-icon-theme-cache.sh
+    ./hooks/gtk3-clean-immodules-cache.sh
+    ./hooks/drop-icon-theme-cache.sh
   ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -60,19 +60,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   patches = [
-    ./3.0-immodules.cache.patch
+    ./patches/3.0-immodules.cache.patch
     (fetchpatch {
       name = "Xft-setting-fallback-compute-DPI-properly.patch";
       url = "https://bug757142.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=344123";
       sha256 = "0g6fhqcv8spfy3mfmxpyji93k8d4p4q4fz1v9a1c1cgcwkz41d7p";
     })
     # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/merge_requests/1002
-    ./01-build-Fix-path-handling-in-pkgconfig.patch
+    ./patches/01-build-Fix-path-handling-in-pkgconfig.patch
   ] ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     # X11 module requires <gio/gdesktopappinfo.h> which is not installed on Darwin
     # let’s drop that dependency in similar way to how other parts of the library do it
     # e.g. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/blob/3.24.4/gtk/gtk-launch.c#L31-33
-    ./3.0-darwin-x11.patch
+    ./patches/3.0-darwin-x11.patch
   ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/drop-icon-theme-cache.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/hooks/drop-icon-theme-cache.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/drop-icon-theme-cache.sh
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/hooks/drop-icon-theme-cache.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/gtk2-clean-immodules-cache.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/hooks/gtk2-clean-immodules-cache.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/gtk2-clean-immodules-cache.sh
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/hooks/gtk2-clean-immodules-cache.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/gtk3-clean-immodules-cache.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/hooks/gtk3-clean-immodules-cache.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/gtk3-clean-immodules-cache.sh
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/hooks/gtk3-clean-immodules-cache.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/01-build-Fix-path-handling-in-pkgconfig.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/01-build-Fix-path-handling-in-pkgconfig.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/01-build-Fix-path-handling-in-pkgconfig.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/01-build-Fix-path-handling-in-pkgconfig.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/2.0-darwin-x11.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/2.0-darwin-x11.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/2.0-darwin-x11.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/2.0-darwin-x11.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/2.0-immodules.cache.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/2.0-immodules.cache.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/2.0-immodules.cache.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/2.0-immodules.cache.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.0-darwin-x11.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/3.0-darwin-x11.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.0-darwin-x11.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/3.0-darwin-x11.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.0-immodules.cache.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/3.0-immodules.cache.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.0-immodules.cache.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/3.0-immodules.cache.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/gtk2-theme-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/gtk2-theme-paths.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/gtk2-theme-paths.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/gtk2-theme-paths.patch