diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix b/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix
index dac09bdf468a9..0dce3b918458a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ with lib;
       gpsd = super.gpsd.override { guiSupport = false; };
       graphviz = super.graphviz-nox;
       gst_all_1 = super.gst_all_1 // {
+        gst-plugins-bad = super.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-bad.override { guiSupport = false; };
         gst-plugins-base = super.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base.override { enableX11 = false; };
       };
       imagemagick = super.imagemagick.override { libX11Support = false; libXtSupport = false; };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
index 63c5b92e07ca5..7861a49b565b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 , bluez
 , chromaprint
 , curl
-, directfb
 , fdk_aac
 , flite
 , gsm
@@ -104,6 +103,7 @@
 , microdnsSupport ? false
 # Checks meson.is_cross_build(), so even canExecute isn't enough.
 , enableDocumentation ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform, hotdoc
+, guiSupport ? true, directfb
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gnutls
     libGL
     libGLU
-    gtk3
     game-music-emu
     openssl
     libxml2
@@ -220,7 +219,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mjpegtools
 
     chromaprint
-    directfb
     flite
     libdrm
     libgudev
@@ -237,6 +235,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     serd
     sord
     sratom
+  ] ++ lib.optionals guiSupport [
+    gtk3
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.isLinux && guiSupport) [
+    directfb
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     # For unknown reasons the order is important, e.g. if
     # VideoToolbox is last, we get:
@@ -297,10 +299,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Ddoc=disabled" # needs gstcuda to be enabled which is Linux-only
     "-Dnvcodec=disabled" # Linux-only
     "-Dva=disabled" # see comment on `libva` in `buildInputs`
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isLinux || !guiSupport) [
+    "-Ddirectfb=disabled"
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     "-Dchromaprint=disabled"
-    "-Ddirectfb=disabled"
     "-Dflite=disabled"
     "-Dkms=disabled" # renders to libdrm output
     "-Dlv2=disabled"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix
index b50d7d45180f8..084433c4045ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ let
       "reqwest" # tests hang on darwin
       "threadshare" # tests cannot bind to localhost on darwin
       "webp" # not supported on darwin (upstream crate issue)
-    ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin && !stdenv.isAarch64) [
+    ] ++ lib.optionals (!gst-plugins-base.glEnabled) [
       # these require gstreamer-gl which requires darwin sdk bump
       "gtk4"
       "livesync"
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     export CSOUND_LIB_DIR=${lib.getLib csound}/lib
   '' + lib.optionalString (lib.mutuallyExclusive [ "webrtc" "webrtchttp" ] selectedPlugins) ''
     sed -i "/\['gstreamer-webrtc-1\.0', 'gst-plugins-bad', 'gstwebrtc_dep', 'gstwebrtc'\]/d" meson.build
-  '' + lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin && !stdenv.isAarch64) ''
+  '' + lib.optionalString (!gst-plugins-base.glEnabled) ''
     sed -i "/\['gstreamer-gl-1\.0', 'gst-plugins-base', 'gst_gl_dep', 'gstgl'\]/d" meson.build
   '';