diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libextractor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libextractor/default.nix
index b532f3283d48..0ea9810e8ae4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libextractor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libextractor/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, libtool, gettext, zlib, bzip2, flac, libvorbis, libmpeg2
-, ffmpeg, exiv2, libgsf, rpm, pkgconfig, glib, gtk }:
+, ffmpeg, exiv2, libgsf, rpm, pkgconfig
+, gtkSupport ? true, glib ? null, gtk ? null}:
+
+assert gtkSupport -> glib != null && gtk != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libextractor-0.6.2";
@@ -18,8 +21,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs =
    [ libtool gettext zlib bzip2 flac libvorbis libmpeg2 exiv2 ffmpeg
      libgsf rpm
-     pkgconfig glib gtk
-   ];
+     pkgconfig
+   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals gtkSupport [ glib gtk ];
 
   configureFlags = "--disable-ltdl-install "
     + "--with-ltdl-include=${libtool}/include "
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix
index 9d36bc3d5f24..01891ccf3603 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, perl, perlXMLParser, pkgconfig, libxml2
-, glib, gettext, intltool, bzip2, gdk_pixbuf
-, gnome_vfs, libbonobo, python }:
+, gettext, intltool, bzip2, python
+, gnomeSupport ? true, glib ? null, gdk_pixbuf ? null
+, gnome_vfs ? null, libbonobo ? null }:
 
+assert gnomeSupport -> gdk_pixbuf != null && gnome_vfs != null && libbonobo != null
+  && glib != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libgsf-1.14.22";
@@ -13,9 +16,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildNativeInputs = [ intltool pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs =
-    [ perl perlXMLParser gettext bzip2 gnome_vfs python gdk_pixbuf ];
+    [ perl perlXMLParser gettext bzip2 gnome_vfs python ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals gnomeSupport [ gnome_vfs gdk_pixbuf python ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib libxml2 libbonobo ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libxml2 ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals gnomeSupport [ libbonobo glib ];
 
   doCheck = true;