diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3.2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3.2.x.nix
index 1fbd7f739362..df59c0176260 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3.2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3.2.x.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, atk, pango129, cairo, perl, xlibs
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, atk, pango, cairo, perl, xlibs
 , gdk_pixbuf, xz
 , xineramaSupport ? true
 , cupsSupport ? true, cups ? null
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildNativeInputs = [ perl pkgconfig ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs =
-    [ xlibs.xlibs glib atk pango129 gdk_pixbuf cairo
+    [ xlibs.xlibs glib atk pango gdk_pixbuf cairo
       xlibs.libXrandr xlibs.libXrender xlibs.libXcomposite xlibs.libXi
     ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional xineramaSupport xlibs.libXinerama
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pango/1.28.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pango/1.28.x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c6119b5a864..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pango/1.28.x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl_gnome, pkgconfig, gettext, x11, glib, cairo, libpng }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = src.pkgname;
-
-  src = fetchurl_gnome {
-    project = "pango";
-    major = "1"; minor = "28"; patchlevel = "4";
-    sha256 = "17ssy12pqs2s0d89zyhwmkcrbpip6jyf5m8ll9libl0dq6y3bc3y";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin gettext;
-
-  buildNativeInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ x11 glib cairo libpng ];
-
-  postInstall = "rm -rf $out/share/gtk-doc";
-  
-  meta = {
-    description = "A library for laying out and rendering of text, with an emphasis on internationalization";
-
-    longDescription = ''
-      Pango is a library for laying out and rendering of text, with an
-      emphasis on internationalization.  Pango can be used anywhere
-      that text layout is needed, though most of the work on Pango so
-      far has been done in the context of the GTK+ widget toolkit.
-      Pango forms the core of text and font handling for GTK+-2.x.
-    '';
-
-    homepage = http://www.pango.org/;
-    license = "LGPLv2+";
-
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eeab8e54fc41..a061aa18e3c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3727,7 +3727,7 @@ let
 
   cairo = callPackage ../development/libraries/cairo { };
 
-  pango = callPackage ../development/libraries/pango/1.28.x.nix { };
+  pango = callPackage ../development/libraries/pango/1.29.x.nix { };
 
   pangomm = callPackage ../development/libraries/pangomm/2.28.x.nix { };
 
@@ -3739,8 +3739,6 @@ let
 
   gtkmm = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtkmm/2.24.x.nix { };
 
-  pango129 = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/libraries/pango/1.29.x.nix { });
-
   gtk3 = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/libraries/gtk+/3.2.x.nix { });
 
   gtkmozembedsharp = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtkmozembed-sharp {