diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index bf671d9e1557dce6665e45e91a3ecd0fd129fbef..6e03a63c46009544785a4e971e81befaf87bf88b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -1416,10 +1416,9 @@ (define-public vte
        ("gobject-introspection" ,gobject-introspection)
        ("glib" ,glib "bin") ; for glib-genmarshal, etc.
        ("xmllint" ,libxml2)))
-    (inputs
-     `(("gnutls" ,gnutls)))
     (propagated-inputs
-     `(("gtk+" ,gtk+))) ; required by libvte-2.91.pc
+     `(("gtk+" ,gtk+)                             ;required by vte-2.91.pc
+       ("gnutls" ,gnutls)))                       ;ditto
     (arguments
      `(#:phases
        (alist-cons-before