diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/devtools/nemiver/bool_slot.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/devtools/nemiver/bool_slot.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 83423122110c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/devtools/nemiver/bool_slot.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/dbgengine/nmv-dbg-common.h	2014-07-09 10:36:05.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/src/dbgengine/nmv-dbg-common.h	2016-08-04 22:40:28.447842746 +0200
-@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@
- 
-     bool has_slot () const
-     {
--        return m_slot;
-+        //return m_slot;
-+        // https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=822502
-+        return static_cast<bool> (m_slot);
-     }
- 
-     template<class T>
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/devtools/nemiver/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/devtools/nemiver/default.nix
index 7ebacc99c522..4cd8a5270227 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/devtools/nemiver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/devtools/nemiver/default.nix
@@ -20,8 +20,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   patches = [
-    ./bool_slot.patch
-    ./safe_ptr.patch
+    # build fixes
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nemiver/commit/e0e42221ceb77d88be64fac1c09792dc5c9e2f43.patch;
+      sha256 = "1g0ixll6yqfj6ysf50p0c7nmh3lgmb6ds15703q7ibnw7dyidvj8";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nemiver/commit/7005393a8c4d914eac9705e7f47818d0f4de3578.patch;
+      sha256 = "1mxb1sdqdj7dm204gja8cdygx8579bjriqqbb7cna9rj0m9c8pjg";
+    })
     (fetchpatch {
       url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nemiver/commit/262cf9657f9c2727a816972b348692adcc666008.patch;
       sha256 = "03jv6z54b8nzvplplapk4aj206zl1gvnv6iz0mad19g6yvfbw7a7";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/devtools/nemiver/safe_ptr.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/devtools/nemiver/safe_ptr.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e3413b224977..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/devtools/nemiver/safe_ptr.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/confmgr/nmv-gconf-mgr.cc	2014-07-08 10:24:06.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/src/confmgr/nmv-gconf-mgr.cc	2016-08-04 23:50:08.143060464 +0200
-@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
- NEMIVER_BEGIN_NAMESPACE (nemiver)
- 
- using nemiver::common::GCharSafePtr;
-+using nemiver::common::GErrorSafePtr;
- 
- class GConfMgr : public IConfMgr {
-     GConfMgr (const GConfMgr &);