diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 36da447bf7..187eb9584c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -716,25 +716,35 @@ and keep up to date translations of documentation.")
     (name "gnome-font-viewer")
     (version "3.30.0")
     (source (origin
-	      (method url-fetch)
-	      (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-font-viewer/"
-				  (version-major+minor version) "/gnome-font-viewer-" version ".tar.xz"))
-	      (sha256
-	       (base32 
-		"1wwnx2zrlbd2d6np7m9s78alx6j6ranrnh1g2z6zrv9qcj8rpzz5"))))
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-font-viewer/"
+                                  (version-major+minor version)
+                                  "/gnome-font-viewer-" version ".tar.xz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1wwnx2zrlbd2d6np7m9s78alx6j6ranrnh1g2z6zrv9qcj8rpzz5"))))
     (build-system meson-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     '(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'unpack 'patch-post-install-script
+           (lambda _
+             (substitute* "meson-postinstall.sh"
+               (("update-desktop-database") (which "true")))
+             #t)))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)
        ("glib:bin" ,glib "bin")
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (inputs
-     `(("desktop-file-utils" ,desktop-file-utils)
-       ("glib" ,glib)
+     `(("glib" ,glib)
        ("gnome-desktop" ,gnome-desktop)
        ("gtk+" ,gtk+)))
-    (synopsis "GNOME Fonts")
-    (description "Application to show you the fonts installed on your computer for your use as thumbnails. Selecting any thumbnails shows the full view of how the font would look under various sizes.")
     (home-page "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-font-viewer")
+    (synopsis "GNOME Fonts")
+    (description "Application to show you the fonts installed on your computer
+for your use as thumbnails. Selecting any thumbnails shows the full view of how
+the font would look under various sizes.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
 (define-public gcr