diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/4_08.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/4_08.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d29e3ac51ef0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/4_08.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, newScope }: let
-
-common = (import ./common.nix) { inherit pkgs newScope xfce_self; };
-callPackage = common.callPackage;
-
-xfce_self = common.xfce_common // rec { # the lines are very long but it seems better than the even-odd line approach
-
-  #### CORE
-
-  exo           = callPackage ./core/exo.nix                { v= "0.6.2"; h= "0f8zh5y057l7xffskjvky6k88hrnz6jyk35mvlfpmx26anlgd77l"; };
-  libxfce4ui    = callPackage ./core/libxfce4ui.nix         { v= "4.8.1"; h= "0mlrcr8rqmv047xrb2dbh7f4knsppb1anx2b05s015h6v8lyvjrr"; };
-  libxfce4util  = callPackage ./core/libxfce4util.nix       { v= "4.8.2"; h= "05n8586h2fwkibfld5fm4ygx1w66jnbqqb3li0ardjvm2n24k885"; };
-  libxfcegui4   = callPackage ./core/libxfcegui4.nix        { v= "4.8.1"; h= "0hr4h6a9p6w3qw1976p8v9c9pwhd9zhrjlbaph0p7nyz7j1836ih"; };
-  thunar        = callPackage ./core/thunar.nix             { v= "1.2.3"; h= "19mczys6xr683r68g3s2njrrmnk1p73zypvwrhajw859c6nsjsp6"; };
-  xfce4panel    = callPackage ./core/xfce4-panel.nix        { v= "4.8.6"; h= "00zdkg1jg4n2n109nxan8ji2m06r9mc4lnlrvb55xvj229m2dwb6"; };
-  xfce4session  = callPackage ./core/xfce4-session.nix      { v= "4.8.2"; h= "1l608kik98jxbjl73waf8515hzji06lr80qmky2qlnp0b6js5g1i"; };
-  xfce4settings = callPackage ./core/xfce4-settings.nix     { v= "4.8.3"; h= "0bmw0s6jp2ws4n0f3387zwsyv46b0w89m6r70yb7wrqy9r3wqy6q"; };
-  xfceutils     = callPackage ./core/xfce-utils.nix         { v= "4.8.3"; h= "09mr0amp2f632q9i3vykaa0x5nrfihfm9v5nxsx9vch8wvbp0l03"; };
-  xfconf        = callPackage ./core/xfconf.nix             { v= "4.8.1"; h= "1jwkb73xcgqfly449jwbn2afiyx50p150z60x19bicps75sp6q4q"; };
-  xfdesktop     = callPackage ./core/xfdesktop.nix          { v= "4.8.3"; h= "097lc9djmay0jyyl42jmvcfda75ndp265nzn0aa3hv795bsn1175"; };
-  xfwm4         = callPackage ./core/xfwm4.nix              { v= "4.8.3"; h= "0zi2g1d2jdgw5armlk9xjh4ykmydy266gdba86nmhy951gm8n3hb"; };
-
-  xfce4_appfinder = callPackage ./core/xfce4-appfinder.nix  { v= "4.8.0"; h= "0zy7i9x4qjchmyb8nfpb7m2ply5n2aq35p9wrhb8lpz4am1ihx7x"; };
-
-  #### APPLICATIONS
-
-  terminal      = null; # newer versions don't build with 4.8
-
-    # versions > 0.3* don't build with xfce-4.8.*
-  ristretto     = callPackage ./applications/ristretto.nix    { v= "0.3.7"; h= "19mzy159j4qhd7pd1b83gimxfdg3mwdab9lq9kk505d21r7iqc9b"; };
-
-  xfce4mixer    = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-mixer.nix  { v= "4.8.0"; h= "1aqgjxvck6hx26sk3n4n5avhv02vs523mfclcvjb3xnks3yli7wz"; };
-
-}; # xfce_self
-
-in xfce_self
-
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/4_10.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/4_10.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f846198e3f5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/4_10.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, newScope }: let
-
-common = (import ./common.nix) { inherit pkgs newScope xfce_self; };
-callPackage = common.callPackage;
-
-xfce_self = common.xfce_common // rec { # the lines are very long but it seems better than the even-odd line approach
-
-  #### CORE
-
-  exo             = callPackage ./core/exo.nix              { v= "0.10.2"; h= "1kknxiz703q4snmry65ajm26jwjslbgpzdal6bd090m3z25q51dk"; };
-  libxfce4ui      = callPackage ./core/libxfce4ui.nix       { v= "4.10.0"; h= "1qm31s6568cz4c8rl9fsfq0xmf7pldxm0ki62gx1cpybihlgmfd2"; };
-  libxfce4util    = callPackage ./core/libxfce4util.nix     { v= "4.10.0"; h= "13k0wwbbqvdmbj4xmk4nxdlgvrdgr5y6r3dk380mzfw053hzwy89"; };
-  libxfcegui4     = callPackage ./core/libxfcegui4.nix      { v= "4.10.0"; h= "0cs5im0ib0cmr1lhr5765yliqjfyxvk4kwy8h1l8bn3mj6bzk0ib"; };
-  thunar          = callPackage ./core/thunar.nix           { v= "1.6.2";  h= "11dx38rvkfbp91pxrprymxhimsm90gvizp277x9s5rwnwcm1ggbx"; };
-  xfce4panel      = callPackage ./core/xfce4-panel.nix      { v= "4.10.0"; h= "1f8903nx6ivzircl8d8s9zna4vjgfy0qhjk5d2x19g9bmycgj89k"; };
-  xfce4session    = callPackage ./core/xfce4-session.nix    { v= "4.10.0"; h= "1kj65jkjhd0ysf0yxsf88wzpyv6n8i8qgd3gb502hf1x9jksk2mv"; };
-  xfce4settings   = callPackage ./core/xfce4-settings.nix   { v= "4.10.0"; h= "0zppq747z9lrxyv5zrrvpalq7hb3gfhy9p7qbldisgv7m6dz0hq8"; };
-  xfceutils       = null; # removed in 4.10
-  xfconf          = callPackage ./core/xfconf.nix           { v= "4.10.0"; h= "0xh520z0qh0ib0ijgnyrgii9h5d4pc53n6mx1chhyzfc86j1jlhp"; };
-  xfdesktop       = callPackage ./core/xfdesktop.nix        { v= "4.10.0"; h= "0yrddj1lgk3xn4w340y89z7x2isks72ia36pka08kk2x8gpfcyl9"; };
-  xfwm4           = callPackage ./core/xfwm4.nix            { v= "4.10.0"; h= "170zzs7adj47srsi2cl723w9pl8k8awd7w1bpzxby7hj92zmf8s9"; };
-
-  xfce4_appfinder = callPackage ./core/xfce4-appfinder.nix  { v= "4.9.4";  h= "12lgrbd1n50w9n8xkpai98s2aw8vmjasrgypc57sp0x0qafsqaxq"; };
-
-  #### APPLICATIONS
-
-  ristretto     = callPackage ./applications/ristretto.nix    { v= "0.6.3";  h= "0y9d8w1plwp4vmxs44y8k8x15i0k0xln89k6jndhv6lf57g1cs1b"; };
-  terminal      = xfce4terminal; # it has changed its name
-  xfce4mixer    = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-mixer.nix  { v= "4.10.0"; h= "1pnsd00583l7p5d80rxbh58brzy3jnccwikbbbm730a33c08kid8"; };
-  xfce4terminal = callPackage ./applications/terminal.nix     { v= "0.6.1";  h= "1j6lpkq952mrl5p24y88f89wn9g0namvywhma639xxsswlkn8d31"; };
-
-};
-
-in xfce_self
-
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce-utils.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce-utils.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 625780adb313..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce-utils.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{ v, h, stdenv, fetchXfce, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui, dbus_glib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "xfce-utils-${v}";
-  src = fetchXfce.core name h;
-
-  configureFlags = "--with-xsession-prefix=$(out)/share/xsessions --with-vendor-info=NixOS.org";
-
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gtk libxfce4util libxfce4ui dbus_glib ];
-
-  preFixup = "rm $out/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache";
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://www.xfce.org/projects/xfce-utils;
-    description = "Utilities and scripts for Xfce";
-    license = "GPLv2+";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}