diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
index c41183f4b24f..59a86236dba7 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
 
   GConf = callPackage ./platform/GConf { };
 
-  gconfmm = callPackage ./platform/gconfmm { };
-
   libgnomecanvas = callPackage ./platform/libgnomecanvas { };
 
   libgnomecanvasmm = callPackage ./platform/libgnomecanvasmm { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gconfmm/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gconfmm/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 356d4df9d1d8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gconfmm/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, GConf, gtkmm, glibmm }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gconfmm-${minVer}.3";
-  minVer = "2.28";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gconfmm/${minVer}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "a5e0092bb73371a3ca76b2ecae794778f3a9409056fee9b28ec1db072d8e6108";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ GConf gtkmm glibmm ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "C++ wrappers for GConf";
-
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
-
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}