diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/telegram-purple/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/telegram-purple/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f7aab564fac..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/telegram-purple/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, pidgin, libwebp, libgcrypt, gettext } :
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "telegram-purple";
-  version = "1.3.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "majn";
-    repo = "telegram-purple";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-14VzCMvzAEmye0N98r+P+ub5CeA9vu8c/xqefuWVI10=";
-  };
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=cast-function-type";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ pidgin libwebp libgcrypt gettext ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -i "s|/etc/telegram-purple/server.tglpub|$out/lib/purple-2/server.tglpub|g" telegram-purple.c
-    echo "#define GIT_COMMIT \"${builtins.substring 0 10 src.rev}\"" > commit.h
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/purple-2/
-    cp bin/*.so $out/lib/purple-2/ #*/
-    cp tg-server.tglpub $out/lib/purple-2/server.tglpub
-    mkdir -p $out/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/{16,22,48}
-    cp imgs/telegram16.png $out/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/16
-    cp imgs/telegram22.png $out/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/22
-    cp imgs/telegram48.png $out/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/48
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/majn/telegram-purple";
-    description = "Telegram for Pidgin / libpurple";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.jagajaga ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c05be7583114..cd6c144fd129 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29468,7 +29468,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   purple-xmpp-http-upload = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/purple-xmpp-http-upload { };
 
-  telegram-purple = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/telegram-purple { };
 
   toxprpl = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/tox-prpl {
     libtoxcore = libtoxcore-new;