diff --git a/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/boinc-am_conditional.patch b/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/boinc-am_conditional.patch
index 7d59f154340..a7657d7f1d2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/boinc-am_conditional.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/boinc-am_conditional.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Add objective c++ program and check for gtk2
+Add objective c++ program and check for gtk+3
 
 --- a/configure.ac
 +++ b/configure.ac
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add objective c++ program and check for gtk2
  AM_CONDITIONAL(INSTALL_HEADERS, [test "${enable_install_headers}" = yes])
  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CUDA_LIB, [test "${enable_client}" = yes -a -f ./coprocs/CUDA/posix/${boinc_platform}/libcudart.so])
  
-+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTK2], [gtk+-2.0])
++PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTK3], [gtk+-3.0])
 +
  dnl ======================================================================
  dnl some more vodoo required for building portable client-binary (client, clientgui)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/boinc/template b/srcpkgs/boinc/template
index 33850b5b036..0ae75ba3d99 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boinc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boinc/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config xorgproto shared-mime-info"
 makedepends="glu-devel libfreeglut-devel libcurl-devel
  libjpeg-turbo-devel libnotify-devel sqlite-devel libxcb-devel
- libXmu-devel libXi-devel gtk+-devel webkit2gtk-devel wxWidgets-gtk3-devel"
+ libXmu-devel libXi-devel webkit2gtk-devel wxWidgets-gtk3-devel"
 depends="curl ca-certificates"
 conf_files="/etc/default/boinc-client"
 short_desc="Berkely Infrastructure for Network Computing"