diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
index 73e93109c494..2f7427c1415a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
 
   zenity = callPackage ./desktop/zenity { };
 
-  gnome_menus = callPackage ./desktop/gnome-menus { };
-
   gnome-desktop = callPackage ./desktop/gnome-desktop { };
 
   gtksourceview = callPackage ./desktop/gtksourceview { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gnome-menus/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gnome-menus/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dcb409e0aae..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gnome-menus/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, python, glib, intltool}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gnome-menus-2.30.5";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-menus/2.30/gnome-menus-2.30.5.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "1ajckii51spmkgfc0168c56x0syz5vwb2fp8b81c5s6n0r85dk3d";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ python glib intltool ];
-}