diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
index 8a87be97db0b..d2c856fc9332 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ in {
           export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS''${XDG_DATA_DIRS:+:}${mimeAppsList}/share
 
           # Override gsettings-desktop-schema
-          export XDG_DATA_DIRS=${nixos-gsettings-desktop-schemas}/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides''${XDG_DATA_DIRS:+:}$XDG_DATA_DIRS
+          export NIX_GSETTINGS_OVERRIDES_DIR=${nixos-gsettings-desktop-schemas}/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides/glib-2.0/schemas
 
           # Let nautilus find extensions
           export NAUTILUS_EXTENSION_DIR=${config.system.path}/lib/nautilus/extensions-3.0/