diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/art/xfce4-icon-theme.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/art/xfce4-icon-theme.nix
index 3c7c425e3790..a0f2ed00d0e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/art/xfce4-icon-theme.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/art/xfce4-icon-theme.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   p_name  = "xfce4-icon-theme";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool gtk ];
+  buildInputs = [ intltool gtk2 ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.xfce.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-embed-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-embed-plugin.nix
index 0d99c2053df7..e6d1f6da26b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-embed-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-embed-plugin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, xfconf, gtk2 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel libxfcegui4 xfconf gtk ];
+  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel xfconf gtk2 ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-13/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-13/default.nix
index 13c1cb3ca695..4809cec839ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-13/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-13/default.nix
@@ -92,4 +92,24 @@ makeScope newScope (self: with self; {
   xfce4-xkb-plugin = callPackage ./xfce4-xkb-plugin { };
 
   xfwm4 = callPackage ./xfwm4 { };
+
+  ## COMMON PARTS WITH XFCE 4.12
+
+  gtk-xfce-engine = callPackage ../xfce/core/gtk-xfce-engine.nix { withGtk3 = false; };
+
+  xfce4-icon-theme = callPackage ../xfce/art/xfce4-icon-theme.nix { };
+
+  xfwm4-themes = callPackage ../xfce/art/xfwm4-themes.nix { };
+
+  xfce4-embed-plugin = callPackage ../xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-embed-plugin.nix { };
+
+  xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin = callPackage ../xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin.nix { };
+
+  ## THIRD PARTY PLIGINS
+
+  xfce4-dockbarx-plugin = callPackage ../xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-dockbarx-plugin.nix { };
+
+  xfce4-namebar-plugin = callPackage ../xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-namebar-plugin.nix { };
+
+  xfce4-windowck-plugin = callPackage ../xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-windowck-plugin.nix { };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-13/xfburn/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-13/xfburn/default.nix
index e5898687098a..b8a61f6cf90c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-13/xfburn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-13/xfburn/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ mkXfceDerivation, docbook_xsl, exo, gtk2, libburn, libICE, libisofs, libSM, libxfce4ui, libxslt }:
+{ mkXfceDerivation, docbook_xsl, exo, gtk2, libburn, libisofs, libxfce4ui, libxslt }:
 
 mkXfceDerivation rec {
   category = "apps";
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ mkXfceDerivation rec {
   sha256 = "1lmv48vqrlap1a2ha72g16vqly18zvcwj8y3f3f00l10pmn52bkp";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ libxslt ];
-  buildInputs = [ exo gtk2 libburn libICE libisofs libSM libxfce4ui ];
+  buildInputs = [ exo gtk2 libburn libisofs libxfce4ui ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-13/xfce4-mixer/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-13/xfce4-mixer/default.nix
index 76cb22b5b5f5..266b05199ddb 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-13/xfce4-mixer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-13/xfce4-mixer/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-{ mkXfceDerivation, automakeAddFlags, dbus-glib, gst-plugins-base, gtk2
-, libICE, libSM, libunique, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, xfconf }:
+{ mkXfceDerivation, automakeAddFlags, dbus-glib, gtk2, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, xfconf }:
 
 mkXfceDerivation rec {
   category = "apps";
@@ -17,11 +16,7 @@ mkXfceDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [
     dbus-glib
-    gst-plugins-base
     gtk2
-    libICE
-    libSM
-    libunique
     libxfce4ui
     libxfce4util
     xfce4-panel