diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gpaste/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gpaste/default.nix
index 2051f19a37be..2f66d742f969 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gpaste/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gpaste/default.nix
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # TODO: switch to substituteAll with placeholder
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/1846
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/gnome-shell/extension.js \
-      --subst-var-by typelibPath "${placeholder "out"}/lib/girepository-1.0"
-    substituteInPlace src/gnome-shell/prefs.js \
-      --subst-var-by typelibPath "${placeholder "out"}/lib/girepository-1.0"
     substituteInPlace src/libgpaste/gpaste/gpaste-settings.c \
       --subst-var-by gschemasCompiled ${glib.makeSchemaPath (placeholder "out") "${pname}-${version}"}
   '';
@@ -69,6 +65,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Dsystemd-user-unit-dir=${placeholder "out"}/etc/systemd/user"
   ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    # We do not have central location to install typelibs to,
+    # let’s ensure GNOME Shell can still find them.
+    extensionDir="$out/share/gnome-shell/extensions/GPaste@gnome-shell-extensions.gnome.org"
+    mv "$extensionDir/"{extension,.extension-wrapped}.js
+    mv "$extensionDir/"{prefs,.prefs-wrapped}.js
+    substitute "${./wrapper.js}" "$extensionDir/extension.js" \
+      --subst-var-by originalName "extension" \
+      --subst-var-by typelibPath "${placeholder "out"}/lib/girepository-1.0"
+    substitute "${./wrapper.js}" "$extensionDir/prefs.js" \
+      --subst-var-by originalName "prefs" \
+      --subst-var-by typelibPath "${placeholder "out"}/lib/girepository-1.0"
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Keruspe/GPaste";
     description = "Clipboard management system with GNOME 3 integration";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gpaste/fix-paths.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gpaste/fix-paths.patch
index ef782ce374a8..ebebc8a20bd6 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gpaste/fix-paths.patch
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gpaste/fix-paths.patch
@@ -1,48 +1,3 @@
-diff --git a/src/gnome-shell/__nix-prepend-search-paths.js b/src/gnome-shell/__nix-prepend-search-paths.js
-new file mode 100644
-index 00000000..e8e20c67
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/src/gnome-shell/__nix-prepend-search-paths.js
-@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
-+import GIRepository from 'gi://GIRepository';
-+
-+GIRepository.Repository.prepend_search_path('@typelibDir@');
-diff --git a/src/gnome-shell/extension.js b/src/gnome-shell/extension.js
-index cb862a30..980767c9 100644
---- a/src/gnome-shell/extension.js
-+++ b/src/gnome-shell/extension.js
-@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
-  * Copyright (c) 2010-2023, Marc-Antoine Perennou <Marc-Antoine@Perennou.com>
-  */
- 
-+import './__nix-prepend-search-paths.js';
-+
- import * as Main from 'resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js';
- import {Extension, gettext as _} from 'resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensions/extension.js';
- 
-diff --git a/src/gnome-shell/meson.build b/src/gnome-shell/meson.build
-index 86cbb0b2..80fc4d67 100644
---- a/src/gnome-shell/meson.build
-+++ b/src/gnome-shell/meson.build
-@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
- shell_extension_files = [
-+  '__nix-prepend-search-paths.js',
-   'aboutItem.js',
-   'actionButton.js',
-   'actionButtonActor.js',
-diff --git a/src/gnome-shell/prefs.js b/src/gnome-shell/prefs.js
-index 4c0d9bde..58f54f9a 100644
---- a/src/gnome-shell/prefs.js
-+++ b/src/gnome-shell/prefs.js
-@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
-  * Copyright (c) 2010-2023, Marc-Antoine Perennou <Marc-Antoine@Perennou.com>
-  */
- 
-+import './__nix-prepend-search-paths.js';
-+
- import { ExtensionPreferences, gettext as _ } from 'resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/extensions/prefs.js';
- 
- import GPasteGtk from 'gi://GPasteGtk?version=4';
 diff --git a/src/libgpaste/gpaste/gpaste-settings.c b/src/libgpaste/gpaste/gpaste-settings.c
 index 830f5e0b..c8df0e11 100644
 --- a/src/libgpaste/gpaste/gpaste-settings.c
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gpaste/wrapper.js b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gpaste/wrapper.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea6a9cba6f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gpaste/wrapper.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import GIRepository from 'gi://GIRepository';
+
+GIRepository.Repository.prepend_search_path('@typelibDir@');
+
+export default (await import('./.@originalName@-wrapped.js')).default;