diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-software/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-software/default.nix
index df150202cacc..8996a4cc3e93 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-software/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-software/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, meson, ninja, gettext, gnome3, wrapGAppsHook, packagekit, ostree
-, glib, appstream-glib, libsoup, polkit, attr, acl, libyaml, isocodes, gtkspell3, libxslt
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, substituteAll, pkgconfig, meson, ninja, gettext, gnome3, wrapGAppsHook, packagekit, ostree
+, glib, appstream-glib, libsoup, polkit, isocodes, gtkspell3, libxslt
 , json-glib, libsecret, valgrind-light, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_42, gtk-doc, desktop-file-utils }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -11,24 +11,28 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "00lfzvlicqd8gk5ijnjdi36ikmhdzvfjj993rpf7mm04ncw4k0za";
   };
 
-  passthru = {
-    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript { packageName = "gnome-software"; attrPath = "gnome3.gnome-software"; };
-  };
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./fix-paths.patch;
+      inherit isocodes;
+    })
+  ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig meson ninja gettext wrapGAppsHook libxslt docbook_xml_dtd_42
-                        valgrind-light docbook_xsl gtk-doc desktop-file-utils ];
-  buildInputs = [ gnome3.gtk glib packagekit appstream-glib libsoup
-                  gnome3.gsettings-desktop-schemas gnome3.gnome-desktop
-                  gtkspell3 json-glib libsecret ostree
-                  polkit attr acl libyaml ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ isocodes ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson ninja pkgconfig gettext wrapGAppsHook libxslt docbook_xml_dtd_42
+    valgrind-light docbook_xsl gtk-doc desktop-file-utils
+  ];
 
+  buildInputs = [
+    gnome3.gtk glib packagekit appstream-glib libsoup
+    gnome3.gsettings-desktop-schemas gnome3.gnome-desktop
+    gtkspell3 json-glib libsecret ostree
+    polkit
+  ];
+
+  # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/issues/320
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${glib.dev}/include/gio-unix-2.0";
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs meson_post_install.sh
-  '';
-
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Denable-flatpak=false"
     "-Denable-rpm=false"
@@ -38,18 +42,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Denable-gudev=false"
   ];
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/xml/
-    ln -s ${isocodes}/share/xml/iso-codes $out/share/xml/iso-codes
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = "gnome-software";
+      attrPath = "gnome3.gnome-software";
+    };
+  };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;
+    description = "Software store that lets you install and update applications and system extensions";
+    homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
-    description = "GNOME Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions.";
+    maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-software/fix-paths.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-software/fix-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..239e1781bb1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-software/fix-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/gs-language.c
++++ b/src/gs-language.c
+@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
+ 	g_autoptr(GMarkupParseContext) context = NULL;
+ 
+ 	/* find filename */
+-	filename = g_build_filename (DATADIR, "xml", "iso-codes", "iso_639.xml", NULL);
++	filename = g_build_filename ("@isoCodes@", "share", "xml", "iso-codes", "iso_639.xml", NULL);
+ 	if (!g_file_test (filename, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
+ 		g_free (filename);
+ 		filename = g_build_filename ("/usr", "share", "xml", "iso-codes", "iso_639.xml", NULL);