diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/RealPlayer/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/video/RealPlayer/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 9929634921cb..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/RealPlayer/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-source $makeWrapper
-
-mkdir -p $out/real
-
-skip=143273 # Look for "BZh91" in the executable. 
-
-(dd bs=1 count=$skip of=/dev/null && dd) < $src | (cd $out/real && tar xvfj -)
-
-rm -rf $out/real/Bin $out/real/postinst
-
-patchelf --interpreter $(cat $NIX_GCC/nix-support/dynamic-linker) $out/real/realplay.bin
-
-mkdir -p $out/bin
-makeWrapper "$out/real/realplay.bin" "$out/bin/realplay" \
-    --set HELIX_LIBS "$out/real" \
-    --suffix-each LD_LIBRARY_PATH ':' "$(addSuffix /lib $libPath)"
-
-#echo "$libstdcpp5/lib" > $out/real/mozilla/extra-library-path # !!! must be updated, use patchelf --rpath
-echo "$out/bin" > $out/real/mozilla/extra-bin-path
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/RealPlayer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/RealPlayer/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 968846f1dcb1..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/RealPlayer/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, libstdcpp5, glib, pango, atk, gtk, libX11, makeWrapper}:
-
-# Note that RealPlayer 10 need libstdc++.so.5, i.e., GCC 3.3, not 3.4.
-
-assert stdenv.system == "i686-linux";
-
-(stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "RealPlayer-10.0.8.805-GOLD";
-
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://software-dl.real.com/25ae61d70a6855a52c14/unix/RealPlayer10GOLD.bin;
-    md5 = "d28b31261059231a3e93c7466f8153e6";
-  };
-
-  inherit libstdcpp5 makeWrapper;
-  libPath = [libstdcpp5 glib pango atk gtk libX11];
-  
-}) // {mozillaPlugin = "/real/mozilla";}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0bcab8055f2c..f78b3d8669ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7753,10 +7753,6 @@ let
 
   rdesktop = callPackage ../applications/networking/remote/rdesktop { };
 
-  RealPlayer = callPackage_i686 ../applications/video/RealPlayer {
-    libstdcpp5 = gcc33.gcc;
-  };
-
   recode = callPackage ../tools/text/recode { };
 
   retroshare = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/retroshare {
@@ -8080,8 +8076,6 @@ let
          ([ ]
           ++ lib.optional enableGnash gnash
           ++ lib.optional enableAdobeFlash flashplayer
-          # RealPlayer is disabled by default for legal reasons.
-          ++ lib.optional (system != "i686-linux" && cfg.enableRealPlayer or false) RealPlayer
           ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableDjvu or false) (djview4)
           ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableMPlayer or false) (MPlayerPlugin browser)
           ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableGeckoMediaPlayer or false) gecko_mediaplayer
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
index e21b4fa59643..e683a5c5c3a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
@@ -1525,7 +1525,6 @@ in
   rdesktop = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   rdf4store = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   rdiff_backup = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
-  RealPlayer = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   recutils = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   redshift = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   relfs = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };