1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libbonobo/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libbonobo/default.nix
index 79c41f924d3..2303fb15a6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libbonobo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libbonobo/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0swp4kk6x7hy1rvd1f9jba31lvfc6qvafkvbpg9h0r34fzrd8q4i";
   };
 
-  preConfigure = "export USER=`whoami`";
+  preConfigure = # still using stuff deprecated in new glib versions
+    "sed 's/-DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED//g' -i configure activation-server/Makefile.in";
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ flex bison pkgconfig intltool procps ];
   buildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ popt glib ORBit2 ];