diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix
index c3cac531263a..a4a0bd1a263c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # patch taken from gtk_doc
     ./respect-xml-catalog-files-var.patch
     ./use-flatpak-from-path.patch
+    ./unset-env-vars.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/unset-env-vars.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/unset-env-vars.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..798e388b23c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/flatpak/unset-env-vars.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/common/flatpak-run.c
++++ b/common/flatpak-run.c
+@@ -1192,6 +1192,7 @@ static const ExportData default_exports[] = {
+   {"PERLLIB", NULL},
+   {"PERL5LIB", NULL},
+   {"XCURSOR_PATH", NULL},
++  {"GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE", NULL},
+ };
+ 
+ static const ExportData no_ld_so_cache_exports[] = {