diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome-extension-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome-extension-manager/default.nix
index bcc66b19cf2b..28a4fa84caeb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome-extension-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome-extension-manager/default.nix
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     text-engine
   ];
 
-  # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/36468.
-  mesonFlags = [ "-Dc_args=-I${glib.dev}/include/gio-unix-2.0" ];
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Desktop app for managing GNOME shell extensions";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mjakeman/extension-manager";