diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/nitrogen/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/nitrogen/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e9e6587179af..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/nitrogen/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "nitrogen-1.5.2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/files/nitrogen-1.5.2.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "60a2437ce6a6c0ba44505fc8066c1973140d4bb48e1e5649f525c7b0b8bf9fd2";
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A background browser and setter for X windows";
-    homepage = http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7ac66ede5b6e..20864b95628b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1609,8 +1609,6 @@ let
 
   nilfs_utils = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/nilfs-utils {};
 
-  nitrogen = callPackage ../tools/X11/nitrogen {};
-
   nlopt = callPackage ../development/libraries/nlopt {};
 
   npapi_sdk = callPackage ../development/libraries/npapi-sdk {};