diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
index ef5328e7a13d..801e0a4d41bb 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
@@ -231,8 +231,6 @@ in {
 
     services.xserver.updateDbusEnvironment = true;
 
-    environment.variables.GIO_EXTRA_MODULES = [ "${pkgs.gnome3.gvfs}/lib/gio/modules" ];
-
     environment.systemPackages = pkgs.gnome3.corePackages ++ cfg.sessionPath
       ++ (pkgs.gnome3.removePackagesByName pkgs.gnome3.optionalPackages config.environment.gnome3.excludePackages) ++ [
       pkgs.xdg-user-dirs # Update user dirs as described in http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/