diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cherrytree/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cherrytree/default.nix
index 61150d56fbbd..5802f21a8749 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cherrytree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cherrytree/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 , sqlite
 , curl
 , libuchardet
-, fmt
 , spdlog
 }:
 
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sqlite
     curl
     libuchardet
-    fmt
     spdlog
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/far2l/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/far2l/default.nix
index 87eaed975352..3e74d04c5128 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/far2l/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/far2l/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, cmake, pkg-config, wxGTK30, glib, pcre, m4, bash
 , xdg-utils, gvfs, zip, unzip, gzip, bzip2, gnutar, p7zip, xz, imagemagick
-, libuchardet, spdlog, xercesc, fmt, openssl, libssh, samba, neon, libnfs, libarchive }:
+, libuchardet, spdlog, xercesc, openssl, libssh, samba, neon, libnfs, libarchive }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "far2l";
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config m4 makeWrapper imagemagick ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ wxGTK30 glib pcre libuchardet spdlog xercesc fmt ] # base requirements of the build
+  buildInputs = [ wxGTK30 glib pcre libuchardet spdlog xercesc ] # base requirements of the build
     ++ [ openssl libssh samba neon libnfs libarchive ]; # optional feature packages, like protocol support for Network panel, or archive formats
     #++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Cocoa # Mac support -- disabled, see "meta.broken" below
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix
index a38c1002a01f..38ea7c909c05 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 , gtkmm3
 , libsigcxx
 , jsoncpp
-, fmt
 , scdoc
 , spdlog
 , gtk-layer-shell
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   strictDeps = false;
 
   buildInputs = with lib;
-    [ wayland wlroots gtkmm3 libsigcxx jsoncpp fmt spdlog gtk-layer-shell howard-hinnant-date libxkbcommon ]
+    [ wayland wlroots gtkmm3 libsigcxx jsoncpp spdlog gtk-layer-shell howard-hinnant-date libxkbcommon ]
     ++ optional  traySupport  libdbusmenu-gtk3
     ++ optional  pulseSupport libpulseaudio
     ++ optional  sndioSupport sndio
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/nheko/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/nheko/default.nix
index b097864af431..ffd04fd829ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/nheko/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/nheko/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 , mtxclient
 , boost17x
 , spdlog
-, fmt
 , olm
 , pkg-config
 , nlohmann_json
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     libsecret
     lmdb
     spdlog
-    fmt
     cmark
     qtbase
     qtmultimedia
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/hal-hardware-analyzer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/hal-hardware-analyzer/default.nix
index b30a18931213..f1d34062d2aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/hal-hardware-analyzer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/hal-hardware-analyzer/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, ninja, pkg-config, python3Packages
 , boost, rapidjson, qtbase, qtsvg, igraph, spdlog, wrapQtAppsHook
-, fmt, graphviz, llvmPackages, z3
+, graphviz, llvmPackages, z3
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ qtbase qtsvg boost rapidjson igraph spdlog fmt graphviz wrapQtAppsHook z3 ]
+  buildInputs = [ qtbase qtsvg boost rapidjson igraph spdlog graphviz wrapQtAppsHook z3 ]
     ++ (with python3Packages; [ python pybind11 ])
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.cc.isClang llvmPackages.openmp;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/vowpal-wabbit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/vowpal-wabbit/default.nix
index 7ecbe09f5e18..7e9b322b4157 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/vowpal-wabbit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/vowpal-wabbit/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, boost, flatbuffers, fmt, rapidjson, spdlog, zlib }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, boost, flatbuffers, rapidjson, spdlog, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "vowpal-wabbit";
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     boost
     flatbuffers
-    fmt
     rapidjson
     spdlog
     zlib
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix
index 7221e668f4e1..5fa652de0c7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 , libcec, libcec_platform, dcadec, libuuid
 , libcrossguid, libmicrohttpd
 , bluez, doxygen, giflib, glib, harfbuzz, lcms2, libidn, libpthreadstubs, libtasn1
-, libplist, p11-kit, zlib, flatbuffers, fmt, fstrcmp, rapidjson
+, libplist, p11-kit, zlib, flatbuffers, fstrcmp, rapidjson
 , lirc
 , x11Support ? true, libX11, xorgproto, libXt, libXmu, libXext, libXinerama, libXrandr, libXtst, libXfixes, xdpyinfo, libXdmcp
 , dbusSupport ? true, dbus
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
       libgcrypt libgpg-error libunistring
       libcrossguid libplist
       bluez giflib glib harfbuzz lcms2 libpthreadstubs
-      ffmpeg flatbuffers fmt fstrcmp rapidjson
+      ffmpeg flatbuffers fstrcmp rapidjson
       lirc
       mesa # for libEGL
     ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qiskit-aer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qiskit-aer/default.nix
index 89041f7508df..141eba29f314 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qiskit-aer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qiskit-aer/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 , catch2
 , cmake
 , cython
-, fmt
 , muparserx
 , ninja
 , nlohmann_json
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   buildInputs = [
     blas
     catch2
-    fmt
     muparserx
     nlohmann_json
     spdlog
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bear/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bear/default.nix
index a81a57235408..552cb0573665 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bear/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bear/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 , openssl
 , nlohmann_json
 , gtest
-, fmt
 , spdlog
 , c-ares
 , abseil-cpp
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     openssl
     nlohmann_json
     gtest
-    fmt
     spdlog
     c-ares
     abseil-cpp
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/gerbera/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/gerbera/default.nix
index cd70bd352a73..368f2f494151 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/gerbera/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/gerbera/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 , cmake
 , pkg-config
   # required
-, fmt
 , libiconv
 , libupnp
 , libuuid
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    fmt
     libiconv
     libupnp'
     libuuid
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/lizardfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/lizardfs/default.nix
index a9e0cd12d9d4..aa2260cb374d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/lizardfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/lizardfs/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 , judy
 , pam
 , spdlog
-, fmt
 , systemdMinimal
 , zlib # optional
 }:
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [
     db fuse asciidoc libxml2 libxslt docbook_xml_dtd_412 docbook_xsl
-    zlib boost judy pam spdlog fmt python3 systemdMinimal
+    zlib boost judy pam spdlog python3 systemdMinimal
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {