Thanks, Tobias!

The definition below builds in a system, I haven't tried booting it yet:

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(define-public gnome-minimal
  (package
    (inherit gnome)
    (name "gnome-minimal")
    (propagated-inputs
     ;; Keep nautilus.
     (fold alist-delete (package-propagated-inputs gnome)
           '(;; GNOME-Core-Shell
             "gnome-backgrounds"
             "gnome-themes-extra"
             "gnome-getting-started-docs"
             "gnome-user-docs"
             ;; GNOME-Core-Utilities
             "baobab"
             "cheese"
             "eog"
             "epiphany"
             "evince"             ; REVIEW: Keep for gnome-default-applications?
             "file-roller"
             "gedit"
             "gnome-boxes"
             "gnome-calculator"
             "gnome-calendar"
             "gnome-characters"
             "gnome-clocks"
             "gnome-contacts"
             "gnome-disk-utility"
             "gnome-font-viewer"
             "gnome-maps"
             ;; "gnome-music"
             ;; "gnome-photos"
             "gnome-screenshot"
             ;; "gnome-system-monitor" ; Needed for gnome-polkit-settings
             "gnome-terminal"
             "gnome-weather"
             "simple-scan"
             "totem"
             ;; Others
             "gnome-online-accounts")))))
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It saves close to 500 MiB in the closure size!  Not bad :)

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Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/