diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 844b277d17..ee00a7ab3c 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/guile-relocatable.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/guix-test-networking.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/gtkglext-disable-disable-deprecated.patch \
-  gnu/packages/patches/gtkglext-remove-pangox-dependency.patch  \
   gnu/packages/patches/hop-bigloo-4.0b.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/inkscape-stray-comma.patch               \
   gnu/packages/patches/libevent-dns-tests.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 232afc6e44..61ff6f891d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ the API")
               (sha256
                (base32 "1ya4d2j2aacr9ii5zj4ac95fjpdvlm2rg79mgnk7yvl1dcy3y1z5"))
               (patches (list
-                        (search-patch "gtkglext-remove-pangox-dependency.patch")
                         (search-patch "gtkglext-disable-disable-deprecated.patch")))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("gtk+" ,gtk+-2)
@@ -468,6 +467,7 @@ the API")
               ("libx11" ,libx11)
               ("libxt" ,libxt)))
     (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+    (propagated-inputs `(("pangox-compat" ,pangox-compat)))
     (home-page "https://projects.gnome.org/gtkglext")
     (synopsis "OpenGL extension to GTK+.")
     (description "GtkGLExt is an OpenGL extension to GTK+. It provides
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gtkglext-remove-pangox-dependency.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gtkglext-remove-pangox-dependency.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f03785322..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/gtkglext-remove-pangox-dependency.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-This patch removes the dependency on pangox which has been deprecated.  It
-achieves the same result as the upstream patch at 
-https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtkglext/commit/?id=df7a7b35b80b395d7ba411c7f727970a46fb0588
-Like the upstream patch, it removes the functions gdk_gl_font_use_pango_font,
-and gdk_gl_font_use_pango_font_for_display from the API.
-
-diff -r -U 3 a/configure b/configure
---- a/configure	2006-02-05 04:17:47.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/configure	2013-12-26 12:55:21.000000000 +0100
-@@ -19880,14 +19880,12 @@
- gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \\
- gdk-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \\
- pango >= 1.0.0 \\
--pangox >= 1.0.0 \\
- gmodule-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \\
- \"") >&5
-   ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "\
- gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- gdk-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- pango >= 1.0.0 \
--pangox >= 1.0.0 \
- gmodule-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- ") 2>&5
-   ac_status=$?
-@@ -19897,7 +19895,6 @@
- gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- gdk-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- pango >= 1.0.0 \
--pangox >= 1.0.0 \
- gmodule-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- " 2>/dev/null`
- else
-@@ -19916,14 +19913,12 @@
- gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \\
- gdk-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \\
- pango >= 1.0.0 \\
--pangox >= 1.0.0 \\
- gmodule-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \\
- \"") >&5
-   ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "\
- gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- gdk-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- pango >= 1.0.0 \
--pangox >= 1.0.0 \
- gmodule-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- ") 2>&5
-   ac_status=$?
-@@ -19933,7 +19928,6 @@
- gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- gdk-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- pango >= 1.0.0 \
--pangox >= 1.0.0 \
- gmodule-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- " 2>/dev/null`
- else
-@@ -19958,7 +19952,6 @@
- gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- gdk-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- pango >= 1.0.0 \
--pangox >= 1.0.0 \
- gmodule-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- "`
-         else
-@@ -19966,7 +19959,6 @@
- gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- gdk-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- pango >= 1.0.0 \
--pangox >= 1.0.0 \
- gmodule-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- "`
-         fi
-@@ -19977,7 +19969,6 @@
- gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- gdk-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- pango >= 1.0.0 \
--pangox >= 1.0.0 \
- gmodule-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- ) were not met:
- 
-@@ -19994,7 +19985,6 @@
- gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- gdk-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- pango >= 1.0.0 \
--pangox >= 1.0.0 \
- gmodule-2.0 >= 2.0.0 \
- ) were not met:
- 
-@@ -25420,7 +25410,7 @@
- # CFLAGS and LIBS
- ##################################################
- 
--GDKGLEXT_PACKAGES="gdk-2.0 pango pangox gmodule-2.0"
-+GDKGLEXT_PACKAGES="gdk-2.0 pango gmodule-2.0"
- GDKGLEXT_EXTRA_CFLAGS="$GL_CFLAGS $GDKGLEXT_WIN_CFLAGS"
- GDKGLEXT_EXTRA_LIBS="$GL_LIBS $GDKGLEXT_WIN_LIBS"
- GDKGLEXT_DEP_CFLAGS="$GDKGLEXT_EXTRA_CFLAGS `$PKG_CONFIG --cflags $GDKGLEXT_PACKAGES`"
-diff -r -U 3 a/gdk/x11/Makefile.in b/gdk/x11/Makefile.in
---- a/gdk/x11/Makefile.in	2006-02-05 04:17:42.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/gdk/x11/Makefile.in	2013-12-26 13:12:04.000000000 +0100
-@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@
- 	gdkgldrawable-x11.c	\
- 	gdkglpixmap-x11.c	\
- 	gdkglwindow-x11.c	\
--	gdkglfont-x11.c		\
- 	gdkglglxext.c
- 
- 
-@@ -288,7 +287,7 @@
- am__objects_1 =
- am__objects_2 = gdkglquery-x11.lo gdkglconfig-x11.lo gdkgloverlay-x11.lo \
- 	gdkglcontext-x11.lo gdkgldrawable-x11.lo gdkglpixmap-x11.lo \
--	gdkglwindow-x11.lo gdkglfont-x11.lo gdkglglxext.lo
-+	gdkglwindow-x11.lo gdkglglxext.lo
- am__objects_3 = $(am__objects_1) $(am__objects_2)
- am_libgdkglext_x11_la_OBJECTS = $(am__objects_3)
- libgdkglext_x11_la_OBJECTS = $(am_libgdkglext_x11_la_OBJECTS)
-@@ -299,7 +298,6 @@
- @AMDEP_TRUE@DEP_FILES = ./$(DEPDIR)/gdkglconfig-x11.Plo \
- @AMDEP_TRUE@	./$(DEPDIR)/gdkglcontext-x11.Plo \
- @AMDEP_TRUE@	./$(DEPDIR)/gdkgldrawable-x11.Plo \
--@AMDEP_TRUE@	./$(DEPDIR)/gdkglfont-x11.Plo \
- @AMDEP_TRUE@	./$(DEPDIR)/gdkglglxext.Plo \
- @AMDEP_TRUE@	./$(DEPDIR)/gdkgloverlay-x11.Plo \
- @AMDEP_TRUE@	./$(DEPDIR)/gdkglpixmap-x11.Plo \
-@@ -349,7 +347,6 @@
- @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/gdkglconfig-x11.Plo@am__quote@
- @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/gdkglcontext-x11.Plo@am__quote@
- @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/gdkgldrawable-x11.Plo@am__quote@
--@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/gdkglfont-x11.Plo@am__quote@
- @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/gdkglglxext.Plo@am__quote@
- @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/gdkgloverlay-x11.Plo@am__quote@
- @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/gdkglpixmap-x11.Plo@am__quote@