diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 06493bdbdc..99fd87ab0e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -8872,7 +8872,7 @@ library.")
 (define-public gdm
   (package
     (name "gdm")
-    (version "46.2")
+    (version "48.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/" name "/"
@@ -8880,7 +8880,7 @@ library.")
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "12r6ppsdq9f0rlhfwldwhilshb1blp6m0944rm872lqn5914bqsf"))
+                "1pqaqg8ngs8y2nwysxm03cdllix3blpgkd7c6xg7pv4ky2pnvh0v"))
               (patches
                (search-patches
                 "gdm-default-session.patch"
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gdm-default-session.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gdm-default-session.patch
index 27f7035bfb..3858a75794 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/gdm-default-session.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/gdm-default-session.patch
@@ -55,21 +55,15 @@ diff --git a/libgdm/gdm-sessions.c b/libgdm/gdm-sessions.c
 index d8b4d5cd..7ed8de91 100644
 --- a/libgdm/gdm-sessions.c
 +++ b/libgdm/gdm-sessions.c
-@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ collect_sessions (void)
+@@ -347,15 +347,10 @@ collect_sessions (void)
                  "/etc/X11/sessions/",
                  DMCONFDIR "/Sessions/",
                  DATADIR "/gdm/BuiltInSessions/",
 -                DATADIR "/xsessions/",
-+                "/run/current-system/profile/share/xsessions/"
++                "/run/current-system/profile/share/xsessions/",
          };
-         const gchar *supported_session_types_env = NULL;
-         g_auto (GStrv) supported_session_types = NULL;
-@@ -288,29 +288,17 @@ collect_sessions (void)
-         names_seen_before = g_hash_table_new (g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
          xorg_search_array = g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func (g_free);
  
--        const gchar * const *system_data_dirs = g_get_system_data_dirs ();
--
 -        for (i = 0; system_data_dirs[i]; i++) {
 -                session_dir = g_build_filename (system_data_dirs[i], "xsessions", NULL);
 -                g_ptr_array_add (xorg_search_array, session_dir);
@@ -78,6 +72,7 @@ index d8b4d5cd..7ed8de91 100644
          for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (xorg_search_dirs); i++) {
                  g_ptr_array_add (xorg_search_array, g_strdup (xorg_search_dirs[i]));
          }
+@@ -363,16 +358,11 @@ collect_sessions (void)
  
  #ifdef ENABLE_WAYLAND_SUPPORT
          const char *wayland_search_dirs[] = {
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gdm-remove-hardcoded-xwayland-path.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gdm-remove-hardcoded-xwayland-path.patch
index 83d56ddf69..b9d8e412a4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/gdm-remove-hardcoded-xwayland-path.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/gdm-remove-hardcoded-xwayland-path.patch
@@ -4,24 +4,28 @@ diff --git a/daemon/gdm-local-display-factory.c b/daemon/gdm-local-display-facto
 index 7de7b99c..065325f4 100644
 --- a/daemon/gdm-local-display-factory.c
 +++ b/daemon/gdm-local-display-factory.c
-@@ -245,9 +245,9 @@ struct GdmDisplayServerConfiguration {
+@@ -261,11 +261,11 @@ struct GdmDisplayServerConfiguration {
          const char *session_type;
  } display_server_configuration[] = {
  #ifdef ENABLE_WAYLAND_SUPPORT
 -        { "wayland", GDM_KEY_WAYLAND_ENABLE, "/usr/bin/Xwayland", "wayland" },
 +        { "wayland", GDM_KEY_WAYLAND_ENABLE, "", "wayland" },
  #endif
+ #ifdef ENABLE_X11_SUPPORT
 -        { "xorg", GDM_KEY_XORG_ENABLE, "/usr/bin/Xorg", "x11" },
 +        { "xorg", GDM_KEY_XORG_ENABLE, "", "x11" },
+ #endif
          { NULL, NULL, NULL },
  };
  
-@@ -269,9 +269,6 @@ display_server_enabled (GdmLocalDisplayFactory *factory,
-                 if (!gdm_settings_direct_get_boolean (key, &enabled) || !enabled)
+@@ -289,11 +289,6 @@ display_server_enabled (GdmLocalDisplayFactory *factory,
                          return FALSE;
+ #endif
  
+-#ifdef ENABLE_X11_SUPPORT
 -                if (!g_file_test (binary, G_FILE_TEST_IS_EXECUTABLE))
 -                        return FALSE;
+-#endif
 -
                  return TRUE;
          }