diff --git a/srcpkgs/nemo/patches/fix-gir-path.patch b/srcpkgs/nemo/patches/fix-gir-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..317b031af15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nemo/patches/fix-gir-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- libnemo-extension/meson.build
++++ libnemo-extension/meson.build
+@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
+   dependencies: nemo_extension_deps,
+ )
+ 
+-typelibdir = go_intr.get_pkgconfig_variable('typelibdir', define_variable: ['libdir', get_option('libdir')])
++typelibdir = go_intr.get_pkgconfig_variable('typelibdir')
+ 
+ gnome.generate_gir(nemo_extension_lib,
+   sources: nemo_extension_sources + nemo_extension_headers,
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nemo/template b/srcpkgs/nemo/template
index b01069a1631..ef869db4d31 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nemo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nemo/template
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=meson
 build_helper=gir
 pycompile_dirs="/usr/share/nemo/actions/myaction.py"
-hostmakedepends="gettext-devel glib-devel gnome-common intltool pkg-config
- gobject-introspection"
+hostmakedepends="gettext-devel glib-devel intltool pkg-config"
 makedepends="cinnamon-desktop-devel dconf-devel exempi-devel gvfs-devel
  libexif-devel libnotify-devel tracker-devel xapps-devel"
 depends="cinnamon-translations dconf gvfs"
@@ -30,12 +29,6 @@ pre_configure() {
 	sed -i 's/^Name\(.*\)=.*/Name\1=Nemo/' data/nemo.desktop.in
 }
 
-post_install() {
-	if [ -d "$DESTDIR"/lib/girepository-1.0 ]; then
-		mv ${DESTDIR}/lib/girepository-1.0 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/
-	fi
-}
-
 libnemo_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - runtime library"
 	pkg_install() {