diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
index 76cb60f9f5f1..5d7f0662b70f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   libgnome = callPackage ./platform/libgnome { };
 
-  libgnomeui = callPackage ./platform/libgnomeui { };
-
   libbonobo = callPackage ./platform/libbonobo { };
 
   libbonoboui = callPackage ./platform/libbonoboui { };
@@ -72,6 +70,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   libgnomecups = throw "gnome2.libgnomecups has been removed"; # 2023-01-15
   libgnomeprint = throw "gnome2.libgnomeprint has been removed"; # 2023-01-15
   libgnomeprintui = throw "gnome2.libgnomeprintui has been removed"; # 2023-01-15
+  libgnomeui = throw "gnome2.libgnomeui has been removed"; # 2024-06-27
   libgtkhtml = throw "gnome2.libgtkhtml has been removed"; # 2023-01-15
   python_rsvg = throw "gnome2.python_rsvg has been removed"; # 2023-01-14
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libgnomeui/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libgnomeui/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 29ed44431c31..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libgnomeui/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkg-config, libxml2, xorg, glib, pango
-, intltool, libgnome, libgnomecanvas, libbonoboui, GConf, libtool
-, gnome_vfs, libgnome-keyring, libglade }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "libgnomeui";
-  version = "2.24.5";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libgnomeui/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/libgnomeui-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "03rwbli76crkjl6gp422wrc9lqpl174k56cp9i96b7l8jlj2yddf";
-  };
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "0001-gnome-scores.h-Convert-to-UTF-8.patch";
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/libgnomeui/-/commit/30334c28794ef85d8973f4ed0779b5ceed6594f2.diff";
-      sha256 = "1sn8j8dkam14wfkpw8nga3gk63wniff243mzv3jp0fvv52q8sqhk";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config intltool ];
-  buildInputs =
-    [ xorg.libX11 xorg.libSM xorg.libICE libxml2 GConf pango glib libgnome-keyring libglade libtool ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libgnome libbonoboui libgnomecanvas gnome_vfs ];
-}