diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/src-gnome-platform-2.16.3.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/src-gnome-platform-2.16.3.nix
index d53ae9807392..28c458ea7dfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/src-gnome-platform-2.16.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/src-gnome-platform-2.16.3.nix
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@
     };
   };
   libglade = {
-    name = "libglade-2.6.0";
+    name = "libglade-2.6.2";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/platform/2.16/2.16.3/sources/libglade-2.6.0.tar.bz2;
-      md5 = "81d7b2b64871ce23a5fae1e5da0b1f6e";
+      url = http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/libglade/2.6/libglade-2.6.2.tar.bz2;
+      md5 = "da4f9d1c6cd1337f6ef5e2db768d8557";
     };
   };
   libgnome = {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde/kdebase/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde/kdebase/default.nix
index 77dc9889995a..4ca1a4f2dc2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde/kdebase/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde/kdebase/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 let version = "3.5.7"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "kdebase-3.5.7";
+  name = "kdebase-${version}";
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kde/stable/${version}/src/kdebase-${version}.tar.bz2";
@@ -21,15 +21,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     xlibs.scrnsaverproto xlibs.libXScrnSaver
   ];
 
-  configureFlags = "
+  configureFlags = ''
     --without-arts 
     --with-ssl-dir=${openssl}
     --with-extra-includes=${libjpeg}/include
-  ";
+  '';
 
   # Quick hack to work around a faulty dependency in
   # konqueror/keditbookmarks/Makefile.am (${includedir} should be
   # ${kdelibs} or so).
-  preBuild = "ensureDir $out/include; ln -s ${kdelibs}/include/kbookmarknotifier.h $out/include/";
+  preBuild = ''
+    ensureDir $out/include
+    ln -s ${kdelibs}/include/kbookmarknotifier.h $out/include/
+  '';
   postInstall = "rm $out/include/kbookmarknotifier.h";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde/kdelibs/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde/kdelibs/default.nix
index 9eb6625d45aa..3e048aa932d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde/kdelibs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde/kdelibs/default.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 , freetype, bzip2, cups
 }:
 
-let version = "3.5.7"; in
+let version = "3.5.9"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "kdelibs-${version}";
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kde/stable/${version}/src/kdelibs-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    md5 = "50ed644f2ec91963570fe2b155652957";
+    md5 = "55e5f00874933d1a7ba7c95e369a205e";
   };
 
   passthru = {inherit openssl libX11 libjpeg qt;};
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     libtool freetype bzip2 cups
   ];
 
-  configureFlags = "
+  configureFlags = ''
     --without-arts 
     --with-ssl-dir=${openssl}
     --with-extra-includes=${libjpeg}/include
     --x-includes=${libX11}/include
     --x-libraries=${libX11}/lib
-  ";
+  '';
 }