diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
index f67dc13c854..db20e835745 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-{ callPackage, self, stdenv, gettext, gvfs, libunique, bison2, rarian
-, libstartup_notification, overrides ? {} }:
+{ stdenv, pkgs, lib }:
 
-let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
+lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   # Backward compatibility.
   gtkdoc = self.gtk-doc;
-  startup_notification = libstartup_notification;
-  startupnotification = libstartup_notification;
+  startup_notification = pkgs.libstartup_notification;
+  startupnotification = pkgs.libstartup_notification;
   gnomedocutils = self.gnome-doc-utils;
   gnomeicontheme = self.gnome_icon_theme;
   gnome_common = gnome-common;
-  inherit rarian;
+  inherit (pkgs) rarian;
 
 #### PLATFORM
 
   libIDL = callPackage ./platform/libIDL {
-    gettext = if stdenv.isDarwin then gettext else null;
+    gettext = if stdenv.isDarwin then pkgs.gettext else null;
   };
 
   ORBit2 = callPackage ./platform/ORBit2 { };
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
   libglade = callPackage ./platform/libglade { };
 
   libgnomeprint = callPackage ./platform/libgnomeprint {
-    bison = bison2;
+    bison = pkgs.bison2;
   };
 
   libgnomeprintui = callPackage ./platform/libgnomeprintui { };
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
   gnome_python = callPackage ./bindings/gnome-python { };
 
   gnome_python_desktop = callPackage ./bindings/gnome-python-desktop { };
-  python_rsvg = overridden.gnome_python_desktop;
+  python_rsvg = self.gnome_python_desktop;
 
   gnome_vfs = callPackage ./platform/gnome-vfs { };
 
@@ -64,13 +63,13 @@ let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
   gtkhtml4 = callPackage ./platform/gtkhtml/4.x.nix { };
 
   # Required for nautilus
-  inherit (libunique);
+  inherit (pkgs) libunique;
 
   gtkglext = callPackage ./platform/gtkglext { };
 
 #### DESKTOP
 
-  gvfs = gvfs.override { gnome = self; };
+  gvfs = pkgs.gvfs.override { gnome = self; };
 
   # Removed from recent GNOME releases, but still required
   scrollkeeper = callPackage ./desktop/scrollkeeper { };
@@ -85,4 +84,13 @@ let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
 
   libglademm = callPackage ./bindings/libglademm { };
 
-}; in overridden
+  inherit (pkgs)
+    # GTK Libs
+    glib glibmm atk atkmm cairo pango pangomm gdk_pixbuf gtkmm2 libcanberra-gtk2
+
+    # Included for backwards compatibility
+    libsoup libwnck gtk-doc gnome-doc-utils;
+
+  gtk = pkgs.gtk2;
+  gtkmm = pkgs.gtkmm2;
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8879db78cd8..90629c4bd7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21321,20 +21321,7 @@ in
     callPackage = newScope pkgs.enlightenment;
   });
 
-  gnome2 = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../desktops/gnome-2 {
-    callPackage = pkgs.newScope pkgs.gnome2;
-    self = pkgs.gnome2;
-  } // {
-    inherit (pkgs)
-      # GTK Libs
-      glib glibmm atk atkmm cairo pango pangomm gdk_pixbuf gtkmm2 libcanberra-gtk2
-
-      # Included for backwards compatibility
-      libsoup libwnck gtk-doc gnome-doc-utils;
-
-    gtk = res.gtk2;
-    gtkmm = res.gtkmm2;
-  });
+  gnome2 = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../desktops/gnome-2 { });
 
   gnome3 = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../desktops/gnome-3 { });