diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fonts.nix b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fonts.nix
index ea0a67038572..f913b8c33e56 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fonts.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fonts.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ with lib;
   config = {
 
     fonts.fonts =
-      [ pkgs.xorg.fontbhttf
+      [
         pkgs.xorg.fontbhlucidatypewriter100dpi
         pkgs.xorg.fontbhlucidatypewriter75dpi
         pkgs.dejavu_fonts
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/dejavu-fonts/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/dejavu-fonts/default.nix
index f49f5c9bb007..6d9abdad2fa4 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/dejavu-fonts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/dejavu-fonts/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1xknlg2h287dx34v2n5r33bpcl4biqf0cv7nak657rjki7s0k4bk";
   };
 
+  outputs = [ "out" "minimal" ];
+
   buildFlags = "full-ttf";
 
   preBuild = "patchShebangs scripts";
@@ -22,6 +24,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     for i in $(find build -name '*.ttf'); do
         cp $i $out/share/fonts/truetype;
     done;
+  '' + ''
+    local fname=share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans.ttf
+    moveToOutput "$fname" "$minimal"
+    ln -s "$minimal/$fname" "$out/$fname"
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
index 74048afe731e..cf003344e528 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, freetype, expat, libxslt, fontbhttf
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, freetype, expat, libxslt, dejavu_fonts
 , substituteAll }:
 
 /** Font configuration scheme
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-cache-dir=/var/cache/fontconfig" # otherwise the fallback is in $out/
     "--disable-docs"
-    # just ~1MB; this is what you get when loading config fails for some reason
-    "--with-default-fonts=${fontbhttf}"
+    # just <1MB; this is what you get when loading config fails for some reason
+    "--with-default-fonts=${dejavu_fonts.minimal}"
   ];
 
   # We should find a better way to access the arch reliably.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
     cd "$out/etc/fonts"
-    "${libxslt.bin}/bin/xsltproc" --stringparam fontDirectories "${fontbhttf}" \
+    "${libxslt.bin}/bin/xsltproc" --stringparam fontDirectories "${dejavu_fonts.minimal}" \
       --stringparam fontconfigConfigVersion "${configVersion}" \
       --path $out/share/xml/fontconfig \
       ${./make-fonts-conf.xsl} $out/etc/fonts/fonts.conf \
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/make-fonts-cache.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/make-fonts-cache.nix
index b996cd228c77..53c2a335cc0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/make-fonts-cache.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/make-fonts-cache.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ runCommand, lib, writeText, fontconfig, fontbhttf, fontDirectories }:
+{ runCommand, lib, writeText, fontconfig, fontDirectories }:
 
 runCommand "fc-cache"
   rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/make-fonts-conf.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/make-fonts-conf.nix
index 2d0a21ea9ddf..3cd4a894b37f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/make-fonts-conf.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/make-fonts-conf.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ runCommand, libxslt, fontconfig, fontbhttf, fontDirectories }:
+{ runCommand, libxslt, fontconfig, dejavu_fonts, fontDirectories }:
 
 runCommand "fonts.conf"
   {
     buildInputs = [ libxslt fontconfig ];
-    # Add a default font for non-nixos systems. fontbhttf is only about 1mb.
-    fontDirectories = fontDirectories ++ [ fontbhttf ];
+    # Add a default font for non-nixos systems, <1MB and in nixos defaults.
+    fontDirectories = fontDirectories ++ [ dejavu_fonts.minimal ];
   }
   ''
     xsltproc --stringparam fontDirectories "$fontDirectories" \
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index acbfe69ee43b..cdf8d6b43002 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ in
     buildInputs = attrs.buildInputs ++ [ xorg.mkfontscale ];
   };
 
+  fontbhttf = attrs: attrs // {
+    meta = attrs.meta // { license = lib.licenses.unfreeRedistributable; };
+  };
+
   fontcursormisc = attrs: attrs // {
     buildInputs = attrs.buildInputs ++ [ xorg.mkfontscale ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xquartz/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xquartz/default.nix
index 79b99faea9b9..9b7844960a23 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xquartz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xquartz/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ let
     sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/$daemonName
   '';
   fontDirs = [
-    xorg.fontbhttf
     xorg.fontbhlucidatypewriter100dpi
     xorg.fontbhlucidatypewriter75dpi
     ttf_bitstream_vera
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix
index c04b9255afcb..54551b5af39e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     git autoconf automake gnum4 libtool perl pkgconfig gettext uthash
     python freetype zlib glib libungif libpng libjpeg libtiff libxml2
-    pango
   ]
-    ++ lib.optionals withGTK [ gtk2 ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withGTK [ gtk2 pango ]
     ++ lib.optionals (withGTK && stdenv.isDarwin) [ Carbon Cocoa ];
 
   configureFlags =
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 302069fd5214..ca4ab18864e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6537,7 +6537,7 @@ in
     licenseAccepted = (config.neoload.accept_license or false);
     fontsConf = makeFontsConf {
       fontDirectories = [
-        xorg.fontbhttf
+        dejavu_fonts.minimal
       ];
     };
   };
@@ -13726,7 +13726,7 @@ in
     bluez5 = bluez5_28;
     fontsConf = makeFontsConf {
       fontDirectories = [
-        freefont_ttf xorg.fontmiscmisc xorg.fontbhttf
+        freefont_ttf xorg.fontmiscmisc
       ];
     };
     clucene_core = clucene_core_2;
@@ -13745,7 +13745,7 @@ in
     bluez5 = bluez5_28;
     fontsConf = makeFontsConf {
       fontDirectories = [
-        freefont_ttf xorg.fontmiscmisc xorg.fontbhttf
+        freefont_ttf xorg.fontmiscmisc
       ];
     };
     mdds = mdds_0_12_1;