diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix b/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
index e9bde7ded90e..5e3b7bfcbf6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ in buildFHSEnv rec {
     xorg.libXi
     xorg.libSM
     xorg.libICE
-    gnome2.GConf
     curl
     nspr
     nss