diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gconf/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gconf/default.nix
index cfe2b2e44659..9ca9c227d586 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gconf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gconf/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, dbus_glib, gnome3, libxml2
-, intltool, dbus_libs, polkit }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, dbus_glib, gtk, glib, libxml2
+, intltool, polkit, orbit }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   moduleName   = "GConf";
 
   origName = "${moduleName}-${versionMajor}.${versionMinor}";
-  
+
   name = "gconf-${versionMajor}.${versionMinor}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1ijqks0jxc4dyfxg4vnbqds4aj6miyahlsmlqlkf2bi1798akpjd";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ dbus_libs dbus_glib libxml2 polkit gnome3.gtk ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gnome3.glib ];
-  buildNativeInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
+  buildInputs = [ libxml2 polkit gtk orbit ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib dbus_glib  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
+
+  # ToDo: ldap reported as not found but afterwards reported as supported
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/;
+    description = "A system for storing application preferences";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix
index ccd827b8d5db..9d2ecdba476b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cairo, libxml2, libxslt, gnome3, pango
-, gnome_doc_utils, intltool, libX11, which, GConf3 }:
+, gnome_doc_utils, intltool, libX11, which, gconf }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   configureFlags = "--disable-scrollkeeper";
-  buildInputs = [ gnome3.gtk gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas gnome3.vte GConf3 ];
+  buildInputs = [ gnome3.gtk gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas gnome3.vte gconf ];
 
   buildNativeInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gnome_doc_utils which ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/GConf/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/GConf/3.x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 82c0c1f2c435..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/GConf/3.x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, glib, dbus_glib, pkgconfig, libxml2, gtk3, intltool, polkit }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "GConf-3.2.3";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/GConf/3.2/GConf-3.2.3.tar.xz;
-    sha256 = "0jd1z9gb1b7mv4g07qm554va6idasf3swgrfqflypdh9s38mvdcy";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib dbus_glib ];
-  buildInputs = [ polkit gtk3 libxml2 ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
-
-  configureFlags = "--disable-orbit";
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/;
-    description = "A system for storing application preferences";
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.urkud ];
-    inherit (gtk3.meta) platforms;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c6458b72e4c2..0b7668877812 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3636,8 +3636,6 @@ let
 
   gav = callPackage ../games/gav { };
 
-  GConf3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/GConf/3.x.nix { };
-
   gdome2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdome2 {
     inherit (gnome) gtkdoc;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
index 05a78a099f75..3641005dc74b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ in
   gcj44 = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   gcj46 = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   gcl = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
-  GConf3 = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   gdb = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   gdbCross = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   gdk_pixbuf = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };