diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
index 59833f83f6e9..3c039bc63108 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 { stdenv
-, fetchFromGitLab
 , fetchpatch
 , substituteAll
 , fetchurl
@@ -43,18 +42,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-settings-daemon";
-  version = "3.38.0";
+  version = "3.38.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-settings-daemon/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0bkrsqzyrxvnw2x1p2a67k3f692ih3i5pafnxqn1kbcsmdgmpvdp";
+    sha256 = "0r010wzw3dj87mapzvq15zv93i86wg0x0rpii3x2wapq3bcj30g2";
   };
 
-  # See https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2020-September/msg00001.html
-  prePatch = (import ../gvc-with-ucm-prePatch.nix {
-    inherit fetchFromGitLab;
-  });
-
   patches = [
     # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/merge_requests/202
     (fetchpatch {