diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix
index 56f6242c09e8..c6d46643ba97 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,21 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, perl, perlXMLParser, pkgconfig, libxml2
-, gettext, intltool, bzip2, glib, python
-, gnomeSupport ? true,  gdk_pixbuf ? null
-, gnome_vfs ? null, libbonobo ? null }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, intltool, gettext, glib, libxml2, zlib, bzip2
+, python
+}:
 
-assert gnomeSupport -> gdk_pixbuf != null && gnome_vfs != null && libbonobo != null
-  && glib != null;
+with { inherit (stdenv.lib) optionals; };
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libgsf-1.14.25";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libgsf/1.14/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "127548f07e07951984fb139c3f89d65b9e471aefe6555387de03e1113944d1a2";
+    sha256 = "18ni8hwi3q83vs3m6mg6xwd4g7jvss4kz70kzf21k587gvq4hx8j";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ intltool pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs =
-    [ perl perlXMLParser gettext bzip2 python ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals gnomeSupport [ gnome_vfs gdk_pixbuf ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
+  buildInputs = [ gettext bzip2 zlib python ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libxml2 glib ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals gnomeSupport [ libbonobo ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libxml2 glib ];
 
   doCheck = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6327afb73239..b6a1feff6bd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4240,9 +4240,7 @@ let
 
   libspectre = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspectre { };
 
-  libgsf = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgsf {
-    inherit (gnome) gnome_vfs libbonobo;
-  };
+  libgsf = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgsf { };
 
   libiconv = callPackage ../development/libraries/libiconv { };