diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/variety/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/variety/default.nix
index 42c2a429de96..10b98e0642c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/variety/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/variety/default.nix
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 , python3
 , runtimeShell
 , wrapGAppsHook
-, fehSupport ? false, feh
-, imagemagickSupport ? true, imagemagick
+, fehSupport ? false
+, feh
+, imagemagickSupport ? true
+, imagemagick
 }:
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
@@ -29,17 +31,19 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     intltool
     wrapGAppsHook
+    gobject-introspection
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-   gexiv2
-   gobject-introspection
-   gtk3
-   hicolor-icon-theme
-   libnotify
-   librsvg
-  ]
-  ++ (with python3.pkgs; [
+  buildInputs = [
+    gexiv2
+    gobject-introspection
+    gtk3
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+    libnotify
+    librsvg
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
     beautifulsoup4
     configobj
     dbus-python
@@ -51,14 +55,17 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     pygobject3
     requests
     setuptools
-  ])
+  ]
   ++ lib.optional fehSupport feh
   ++ lib.optional imagemagickSupport imagemagick;
 
   doCheck = false;
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/variety --suffix XDG_DATA_DIRS : ${gtk3}/share/gsettings-schemas/${gtk3.name}/
+  # Prevent double wrapping, let the Python wrapper use the args in preFixup.
+  dontWrapGApps = true;
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    makeWrapperArgs+=("''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}")
   '';
 
   prePatch = ''