diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-gsettings-schemas/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-gsettings-schemas/default.nix
index 38e57539de42..2580907a5923 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-gsettings-schemas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-gsettings-schemas/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ runCommand "elementary-gsettings-desktop-schemas" {}
      schema_dir=$out/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides/glib-2.0/schemas
 
      mkdir -p $schema_dir
-     cp -rf ${glib.getSchemaPath gsettings-desktop-schemas}/*.xml $schema_dir
+
+     cp -rf ${glib.getSchemaPath gala}/*.gschema.override $schema_dir
 
      ${concatMapStrings (pkg: "cp -rf ${glib.getSchemaPath pkg}/*.xml $schema_dir\n") gsettingsOverridePackages}