diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c4ccf7ec1560..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-args:
-args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "glib-2.14";
-
-  src = args.fetchurl {
-    url = http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.14/glib-2.14.6.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "1fi4xb07d7bfnfi65snvbi6i5kzhr3kad8knbwklj47z779vppvq";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs =(with args; [pkgconfig gettext]);
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 86cb34e00d8e..9230ed10e634 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3430,12 +3430,6 @@ let
     inherit (xlibs) libXmu libXi;
   };
 
-  # don't know wether this newer version breaks anything..
-  # not replacing the existing one.
-  glib214 = import ../development/libraries/glib {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig gettext;
-  };
-
   glibc =
     let haveRedHatKernel       = system == "i686-linux" || system == "x86_64-linux";
         haveBrokenRedHatKernel = haveRedHatKernel && getConfig ["brokenRedHatKernel"] false;
@@ -8079,8 +8073,7 @@ let
 
   xmacro = import ../tools/X11/xmacro {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
-    inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXi
-  libXtst xextproto inputproto;
+    inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXi libXtst xextproto inputproto;
   };
 
   xmove = import ../applications/misc/xmove {