diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c6e04e049be..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-export nodep=TRUE
-export NO_HIDS=TRUE
-
-export PATH=$icu/sbin:$PATH
-
-postUnpack() {
-  tar xvjf $src_system
-}
-
-preConfigure() {
-    ./configure --help
-
-    for i in sysui/desktop/share/makefile.mk; do 
-	substituteInPlace $i --replace /bin/bash $shell
-    done
-
-    SRCDIR=
-
-    sed -e '/CURL_NO_OLDIES/d' -i ucb/source/ucp/ftp/makefile.mk
-}
-
-postConfigure() {
-    for i in LinuxX86*Env.Set; do
-	substituteInPlace $i --replace /usr /no-such-path
-    done
-    substituteInPlace solenv/inc/libs.mk \
-	--replace /usr/lib/libjpeg.so $libjpeg/lib/libjpeg.so \
-	--replace /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so $libjpeg/lib/libjpeg.so
-}
-
-buildPhase() {
-    source LinuxX86*Env.Set.sh
-    ./bootstrap
-    # bootstrap defines the alias 'build', that mostly runs this perl script:
-    (cd instsetoo_native; perl ../solenv/bin/build.pl --all) # wait a few hours... add -P4 for quadcores
-}
-
-wrapSOffice() {
-    local fn=$1
-    local arg=$2
-
-    # !!! should use makeWrapper for this.
-
-    cat > $out/bin/$fn <<EOF 
-#! $shell
-# Add fontconfig to the library search path; apparently OpenOffice
-# looks for it at runtime.
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH\${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$fontconfig/lib:$libjpeg/lib:$cups/lib
-export JAVA_HOME=$jdk
-exec $ooFiles/openoffice.org3/program/soffice $arg "\$@"
-EOF
-    chmod +x $out/bin/$fn
-}
-
-installPhase() {
-    ooFiles=$out/lib/openoffice
-
-    # This was all borrowed from ooo-build-2.2.1's bin/ooinstall.
-    # This needs the ./bootstrap having run in the buildPhase to get some env vars.
-    eval $(grep 'BUILD\|LAST_MINOR' $SOLARENV/inc/minor.mk)
-    export PYTHONPATH=$SOLARVERSION/$INPATH/lib:$SRC_ROOT/instsetoo_native/$INPATH/bin:$PYTHONPATH 
-    export OUT=../$INPATH
-    export LOCAL_OUT=../$INPATH
-    export LOCAL_COMMON_OUT=../$INPATH
-
-    # Do the actual installation into $out.
-    (cd $SRC_ROOT/instsetoo_native/util && perl -w $SOLARENV/bin/make_installer.pl \
-	-f openoffice.lst -l en-US -p OpenOffice \
-	-buildid $BUILD -simple $ooFiles)
-
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    for i in soffice ooffice; do wrapSOffice $i; done
-    
-    # Create some wrappers to start individual OpenOffice components.
-    for i in writer calc draw impress base math web; do wrapSOffice oo$i -$i; done
-    
-    # Create symlinks to desktop files, so that openoffice.org apps can be picked from
-    # the application menu in KDE and GNOME
-    mkdir -p $out/share
-    ln -s $out/lib/openoffice/openoffice.org3/share/xdg $out/share/applications
-
-    # Apply a minor correction to the *.desktop files in order to correctly address the icons
-    # The openoffice- prefix should be removed from the icon identifiers
-    for appl in $out/share/applications/*.desktop
-    do
-        chmod 644 $appl # What's wrong with the file permissions?
-        sed -i '/Icon/d' $appl
-        echo "Icon=$(echo $(basename $appl) | sed 's/.desktop//')" >> $appl    
-    done
-    
-    # Copy icons so that the menu items in KDE and GNOME will look much nicer
-    (cd $SRC_ROOT/sysui/desktop/icons
-     install -v -d $out/share/icons/{hicolor,locolor} -m 755
-     cp -rv hicolor/*x* $out/share/icons/hicolor
-     cp -rv locolor/*x* $out/share/icons/locolor
-    )
-        
-    # The desktop files expect a openoffice.org3 executable in the PATH, which is a symlink to soffice
-    ln -s $out/bin/soffice $out/bin/openoffice.org3
-}
-
-genericBuild
-
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bc5cbf8c9b3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pam, python, tcsh, libxslt, perl, ArchiveZip
-, CompressZlib, zlib, libjpeg, expat, pkgconfig, freetype, libwpd
-, libxml2, db4, sablotron, curl, libXaw, fontconfig, libsndfile, neon
-, bison, flex, zip, unzip, gtk, libmspack, getopt, file, cairo, which
-, icu, boost, jdk, ant, libXext, libX11, libXtst, libXi, cups
-, libXinerama, openssl, gperf, cppunit, GConf, ORBit2
-}:
-
-let version = "3.2.1"; in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "openoffice.org-${version}";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-
-  downloadRoot = "http://openoffice.mirrorbrain.org/files/stable";
-  versionDirs = true;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-      url = "${downloadRoot}/${if versionDirs then version + "/" else ""}OOo_${version}_src_core.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "0gj2hinhnzkazh44k1an05x5cj7n6721f2grqrkjh31cm38r9p6i";
-    };
-
-  patches = [ ./oo.patch ./root-required.patch ./xlib.patch ];
-
-  postPatch =
-    /* Compiling with GCC 4.5 fails:
-
-         Compiling: cppu/source/AffineBridge/AffineBridge.cxx
-         [...]
-         ../../inc/uno/lbnames.h:67:2: error: #error "Supported gcc majors are 2 , 3 and 4 <= 4.4.  Unsupported gcc major version."
-
-       However, we can't compile with GCC 4.4 because then we'd end up with
-       two different versions of libstdc++ (because the deps are compiled
-       with 4.5), which isn't supported (link time error.)
-
-       Thus, force compilation with 4.5 and hope for the best.  */
-    '' sed -i "cppu/inc/uno/lbnames.h" \
-           -e 's/#[[:blank:]]*error "Supported.*$//g'
-    '';
-
-  src_system = fetchurl {
-      url = "${downloadRoot}/${if versionDirs then version + "/" else ""}OOo_${version}_src_system.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "0giy3sza64ij19w7b06rxcrkrb5kq2fvkz486vh3mv08s8xa8zfc";
-    };
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    PATH=$PATH:${icu}/sbin
-  '';
-
-  configureFlags = "
-    --with-package-format=native
-    --disable-epm
-    --disable-fontooo
-    --disable-gnome-vfs
-    --disable-gnome-vfs
-    --disable-mathmldtd
-    --disable-mozilla
-    --disable-odk
-    --disable-pasf
-    --with-cairo
-    --with-system-libs
-    --with-system-python
-    --with-system-boost
-    --with-system-db
-    --with-jdk-home=${jdk}
-    --with-ant-home=${ant}
-    --without-afms
-    --without-dict
-    --without-fonts
-    --without-myspell-dicts
-    --without-nas
-    --without-ppds
-    --without-system-agg
-    --without-system-beanshell
-    --without-system-hsqldb
-    --without-system-xalan
-    --without-system-xerces
-    --without-system-xml-apis
-    --without-system-xt
-    --without-system-jars
-    --without-system-hunspell
-    --without-system-altlinuxhyph
-    --without-system-lpsolve
-    --without-system-graphite
-  ";
-
-  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "${libXext}/lib:${libX11}/lib:${libXtst}/lib:${libXi}/lib:${libjpeg}/lib";
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    pam python tcsh libxslt perl ArchiveZip CompressZlib zlib 
-    libjpeg expat pkgconfig freetype libwpd libxml2 db4 sablotron curl 
-    libXaw fontconfig libsndfile neon bison flex zip unzip gtk libmspack 
-    getopt file jdk cairo which icu boost libXext libX11 libXtst libXi
-    cups libXinerama openssl gperf GConf ORBit2
-  ];
-
-  inherit icu fontconfig libjpeg jdk cups;
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite";
-    homepage = http://www.openoffice.org/;
-    license = "LGPL";
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/oo.patch b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/oo.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e759fcdc2d4f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/oo.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/libtextcat/makefile.mk b/libtextcat/makefile.mk
-index 74c64bf..fbf8d21 100644
---- a/libtextcat/makefile.mk
-+++ b/libtextcat/makefile.mk
-@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ADDITIONAL_FILES= \
- #CONFIGURE_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)
- 
- #relative to CONFIGURE_DIR
--CONFIGURE_ACTION=configure CFLAGS="$(ARCH_FLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)"
-+CONFIGURE_ACTION=configure CFLAGS="$(ARCH_FLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)" --prefix=$(TMPDIR)
- CONFIGURE_FLAGS=$(eq,$(OS),MACOSX CPPFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CDEFS)" $(NULL))
- 
- BUILD_ACTION=make
-diff --git a/redland/raptor/makefile.mk b/redland/raptor/makefile.mk
-index 0d92de9..aae3b4f 100644
---- a/redland/raptor/makefile.mk
-+++ b/redland/raptor/makefile.mk
-@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ XSLTLIB!:=$(XSLTLIB) # expand dmake variables for xslt-config
- CONFIGURE_DIR=
- CONFIGURE_ACTION=.$/configure
- # do not enable grddl parser (#i93768#)
--CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--disable-static --disable-gtk-doc --with-threads --with-openssl-digests --with-xml-parser=libxml --enable-parsers="rdfxml ntriples turtle trig guess rss-tag-soup" --without-bdb --without-sqlite --without-mysql --without-postgresql --without-threestore       --with-regex-library=posix --with-decimal=none --with-www=xml
-+CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--disable-static --disable-gtk-doc --with-threads --with-openssl-digests --with-xml-parser=libxml --enable-parsers="rdfxml ntriples turtle trig guess rss-tag-soup" --without-bdb --without-sqlite --without-mysql --without-postgresql --without-threestore       --with-regex-library=posix --with-decimal=none --with-www=xml --prefix=$(TMPDIR)
- BUILD_ACTION=$(GNUMAKE)
- BUILD_FLAGS+= -j$(EXTMAXPROCESS)
- BUILD_DIR=$(CONFIGURE_DIR)
-diff --git a/redland/rasqal/makefile.mk b/redland/rasqal/makefile.mk
-index fba6460..fc70419 100644
---- a/redland/rasqal/makefile.mk
-+++ b/redland/rasqal/makefile.mk
-@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ XSLTLIB!:=$(XSLTLIB) # expand dmake variables for xslt-config
- 
- CONFIGURE_DIR=
- CONFIGURE_ACTION=.$/configure PATH="..$/..$/..$/bin:$$PATH"
--CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--disable-static --disable-gtk-doc --with-threads --with-openssl-digests --with-xml-parser=libxml --without-bdb --without-sqlite --without-mysql --without-postgresql --without-threestore       --with-regex-library=posix --with-decimal=none --with-www=xml
-+CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--disable-static --disable-gtk-doc --with-threads --with-openssl-digests --with-xml-parser=libxml --without-bdb --without-sqlite --without-mysql --without-postgresql --without-threestore       --with-regex-library=posix --with-decimal=none --with-www=xml --prefix=$(TMPDIR)
- BUILD_ACTION=$(AUGMENT_LIBRARY_PATH) $(GNUMAKE)
- BUILD_FLAGS+= -j$(EXTMAXPROCESS)
- BUILD_DIR=$(CONFIGURE_DIR)
-diff --git a/redland/redland/makefile.mk b/redland/redland/makefile.mk
-index 710d7d6..dd60f0d 100644
---- a/redland/redland/makefile.mk
-+++ b/redland/redland/makefile.mk
-@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ XSLTLIB!:=$(XSLTLIB) # expand dmake variables for xslt-config
- 
- CONFIGURE_DIR=
- CONFIGURE_ACTION=.$/configure PATH="..$/..$/..$/bin:$$PATH"
--CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--disable-static --disable-gtk-doc --with-threads --with-openssl-digests --with-xml-parser=libxml --with-raptor=system --with-rasqual=system --without-bdb --without-sqlite --without-mysql --without-postgresql --without-threestore       --with-regex-library=posix --with-decimal=none --with-www=xml
-+CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--disable-static --disable-gtk-doc --with-threads --with-openssl-digests --with-xml-parser=libxml --with-raptor=system --with-rasqual=system --without-bdb --without-sqlite --without-mysql --without-postgresql --without-threestore       --with-regex-library=posix --with-decimal=none --with-www=xml --prefix=$(TMPDIR)
- BUILD_ACTION=$(AUGMENT_LIBRARY_PATH) $(GNUMAKE)
- BUILD_FLAGS+= -j$(EXTMAXPROCESS)
- BUILD_DIR=$(CONFIGURE_DIR)
-diff --git a/hunspell/hunspell-1.2.8.patch b/hunspell/hunspell-1.2.8.patch
-index 37b7964..e6fd962 100644
---- a/hunspell/hunspell-1.2.8.patch
-+++ b/hunspell/hunspell-1.2.8.patch
-@@ -619,3 +619,15 @@
-              p++;
-          }
-          if (i > 0 && buf[i - 1] == '\n') {
-+diff --git a/hunspell/unxlngi6.pro/misc/build/hunspell-1.2.8/tests/test.sh b/hunspell/unxlngi6.pro/misc/build/hunspell-1.1.12/tests/test.sh
-+index 90080f6..f069517 100755
-+--- a/hunspell/unxlngi6.pro/misc/build/hunspell-1.2.8/tests/test.sh
-++++ b/hunspell/unxlngi6.pro/misc/build/hunspell-1.2.8/tests/test.sh
-+--- misc/hunspell-1.2.8/tests/test.sh	Sep  4 01:25:35 2007
-++++ misc/build/hunspell-1.2.8/tests/test.sh	Jun 18 11:53:11 2008
-+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-+-#!/bin/bash
-++#!/bin/sh
-+ export LC_ALL="C"
-+ 
-+ function check_valgrind_log () {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/root-required.patch b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/root-required.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b93fd22b4ab8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/root-required.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-As nix chroot environment does not have the 'root' as owner, we have to disable
-the "owner=root" tar parameters when doing these tar files.
-They are built at openoffice build time.
-diff --git a/sysui/desktop/slackware/makefile.mk b/sysui/desktop/slackware/makefile.mk
-index 3342aca..49679b1 100644
---- a/sysui/desktop/slackware/makefile.mk
-+++ b/sysui/desktop/slackware/makefile.mk
-@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ $(MISC)/$(TARGET)/usr/share/applications/ :
- 
- $(MISC)/$(TARGET)/empty.tar :
- 	@$(MKDIRHIER) $(@:d)/empty
--	@tar -C $(MISC)/$(TARGET)/empty --owner=root --group=root --same-owner -cf $@ .
-+	@tar -C $(MISC)/$(TARGET)/empty  -cf $@ .
- 
- 
- # --- packaging ---------------------------------------------------
-@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ $(MENUFILES) : $(MISC)/$(TARGET)/empty.tar
- 	-$(RM) -r $(MISC)$/$(@:b)
- 	dmake $(MISC)$/$(@:b)$/usr/share/applications $(MISC)$/$(@:b)$/install$/slack-desc $(MISC)$/$(@:b)$/install$/doinst.sh
- 	@$(COPY) $(MISC)/$(TARGET)$/empty.tar $@.tmp
--	@tar -C $(MISC)/$(@:b) --owner=root --group=root --same-owner --exclude application.flag -rf $@.tmp install usr opt
-+	@tar -C $(MISC)/$(@:b) --exclude application.flag -rf $@.tmp install usr opt
- 	@gzip < $@.tmp > $@
- 	@$(RM) $@.tmp
- 	$(RM) -r $(MISC)$/$(@:b)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/xlib.patch b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/xlib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d5f0ff9aa209..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/xlib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31322
-
-diff -rc OOO320_m19-orig//vcl/unx/inc/dtint.hxx OOO320_m19//vcl/unx/inc/dtint.hxx
-*** OOO320_m19-orig//vcl/unx/inc/dtint.hxx	2010-05-26 20:34:28.000000000 +0200
---- OOO320_m19//vcl/unx/inc/dtint.hxx	2011-02-15 17:04:32.134813676 +0100
-***************
-*** 36,42 ****
-  class SalDisplay;
-  class AllSettings;
-  
-! #ifndef _XLIB_H_
-  // forwards from X
-  struct Display;
-  struct XEvent;
---- 36,42 ----
-  class SalDisplay;
-  class AllSettings;
-  
-! #if !defined(_XLIB_H_) && !defined(_X11_XLIB_H_)
-  // forwards from X
-  struct Display;
-  struct XEvent;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5af580757b1e..b35d0e8b3b40 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7613,14 +7613,6 @@ let
 
   openjump = callPackage ../applications/misc/openjump { };
 
-  openoffice = callPackage ../applications/office/openoffice {
-    inherit (perlPackages) ArchiveZip CompressZlib;
-    inherit (gnome) GConf ORBit2;
-    neon = neon029;
-    libwpd = libwpd_08;
-    zip = zip.override { enableNLS = false; };
-  };
-
   openscad = callPackage ../applications/graphics/openscad {};
 
   opera = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/opera {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
index 63fffd7d3161..d5a57337f4f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ let
     coreutils.hostDrv = nativePlatforms;
     dropbear.hostDrv = nativePlatforms;
     tigervnc.hostDrv = nativePlatforms;
-    #openoffice.hostDrv = nativePlatforms;
     wxGTK.hostDrv = nativePlatforms;
     #firefox = nativePlatforms;
     xorg = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
index ce7b70e3c94e..f5fc2f3a7f66 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
@@ -1362,7 +1362,6 @@ in
   openfire = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   openlierox = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   openobex = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
-  openoffice = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   opensc = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   openscad = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   opensc_dnie_wrapper = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
index 833210e8de9b..b3b58f43e1b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ with (import ./release-lib.nix);
   ntp = linux;
   ocaml = linux;
   octave = linux;
-  openoffice = linux;
   openssh = linux;
   openssl = all;
   pam_console = linux;