diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/xfce.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/xfce.nix
index f5d544ad0462..d7621c82d12e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/xfce.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/xfce.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ in
         pkgs.xfce.xfce4session
         pkgs.xfce.xfce4settings
         pkgs.xfce.xfce4mixer
-        pkgs.xfce.xfceutils
         pkgs.xfce.xfconf
         pkgs.xfce.xfdesktop
         pkgs.xfce.xfwm4
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index a6107d0a8707..f812336ee7f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ xfce_self = rec { # the lines are very long but it seems better than the even-od
   xfce4session    = callPackage ./core/xfce4-session.nix { };
   xfce4settings   = callPackage ./core/xfce4-settings.nix { };
   xfce4_power_manager = callPackage ./core/xfce4-power-manager.nix { };
-  xfceutils       = null; # removed in 4.10
   xfconf          = callPackage ./core/xfconf.nix { };
   xfdesktop       = callPackage ./core/xfdesktop.nix { };
   xfwm4           = callPackage ./core/xfwm4.nix { };