This test seems to require a D-Bus connection not available in the build environment. diff -ur /tmp/guix-build-gnome-shell-3.34.2.drv-0/gnome-shell-3.34.2/src/st/meson.build b/src/st/meson.build --- /tmp/guix-build-gnome-shell-3.34.2.drv-0/gnome-shell-3.34.2/src/st/meson.build 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500 +++ b/src/st/meson.build 2019-12-23 00:46:14.721198022 -0500 @@ -132,18 +132,6 @@ sources: st_enums[1] ) -test_theme = executable('test-theme', - sources: 'test-theme.c', - c_args: st_cflags, - dependencies: [mutter_dep, gtk_dep], - build_rpath: mutter_typelibdir, - link_with: libst -) - -test('CSS styling support', test_theme, - workdir: meson.current_source_dir() -) - libst_gir = gnome.generate_gir(libst, sources: st_gir_sources, nsversion: '1.0',