diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
index 6ec5e5d9e0a5..7d349f31e044 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ rec {
 
   gst-libav = callPackage ./libav { inherit gst-plugins-base; };
 
-  gst-python = callPackage ./python { inherit gst-plugins-base gstreamer; };
-
   gnonlin = callPackage ./gnonlin { inherit gst-plugins-base; };
 
   gst-editing-services = callPackage ./ges { inherit gnonlin; };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/python/default.nix
index a91b5d81bb32..c1b94a647b88 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/python/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, python, gstreamer
-  , gst-plugins-base, pygtk, pygobject3
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, python
+, gst-plugins-base, pygobject3
+, ncurses
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -15,15 +16,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [ ./different-path-with-pygobject.patch ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig gst-plugins-base pygtk pygobject3 ]
-    ;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig python ];
+
+  # XXX: in the Libs.private field of python3.pc
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     export configureFlags="$configureFlags --with-pygi-overrides-dir=$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages/gi/overrides"
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gstreamer python ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gst-plugins-base pygobject3 ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a87e71bbfcb0..766426143300 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3758,6 +3758,10 @@ let
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ gdata ];
   };
 
+  gst-python = callPackage ../development/libraries/gstreamer/python {
+    gst-plugins-base = pkgs.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base;
+  };
+
   gtimelog = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "gtimelog-${version}";
     version = "0.9.1";