diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/default.nix
index 84ea02f7cb38..db488c2f670e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, newScope, makeWrapper
-, wrapGAppsHook, gnome3, glib
-, electron_3, xdg_utils, makeDesktopItem
+, electron, xdg_utils, makeDesktopItem
 , auth0ClientID ? "0spuNKfIGeLAQ_Iki9t3fGxbfJl3k8SU"
 , auth0Domain ? "nixpkgs.auth0.com" }:
 
@@ -28,9 +27,8 @@ with self;
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "rambox-${rambox-bare.version}";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper wrapGAppsHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ glib gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas ];
   unpackPhase = ":";
 
   dontWrapGApps = true; # we only want $gappsWrapperArgs here
@@ -43,9 +41,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   postFixup = ''
-    makeWrapper ${electron_3}/bin/electron $out/bin/rambox \
+    makeWrapper ${electron}/bin/electron $out/bin/rambox \
       --add-flags "${rambox-bare} --without-update" \
-      "''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}" \
       --prefix PATH : ${xdg_utils}/bin
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix
index b6f7d0b072b2..fca9bc866fac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, libXScrnSaver, makeWrapper, fetchurl, unzip, atomEnv, libuuid, at-spi2-atk }:
+{ stdenv, libXScrnSaver, makeWrapper, fetchurl, wrapGAppsHook, gtk3, unzip, atomEnv, libuuid, at-spi2-atk }:
 
 let
   version = "4.1.5";
@@ -35,7 +35,15 @@ let
       };
     }.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or throwSystem;
 
-    buildInputs = [ unzip makeWrapper ];
+    buildInputs = [ gtk3 ];
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      unzip
+      makeWrapper
+      wrapGAppsHook
+    ];
+
+    dontWrapGApps = true; # electron is in lib, we need to wrap it manually
 
     buildCommand = ''
       mkdir -p $out/lib/electron $out/bin
@@ -50,7 +58,8 @@ let
         $out/lib/electron/electron
 
       wrapProgram $out/lib/electron/electron \
-        --prefix LD_PRELOAD : ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ libXScrnSaver ]}/libXss.so.1
+        --prefix LD_PRELOAD : ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ libXScrnSaver ]}/libXss.so.1 \
+        "''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}"
     '';
   };