diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/termite/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/termite/default.nix
index 6a9de3644469..992c1f7e223d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/termite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/termite/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,40 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, vte-ng, gtk3, ncurses, wrapGAppsHook }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, vte, gtk3, ncurses, pcre2, wrapGAppsHook }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let
+
+  # termite requires VTE with some internals exposed
+  # https://github.com/thestinger/vte-ng
+  vte-ng =  vte.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+    patches = attrs.patches or [] ++ [
+      (fetchpatch {
+        name = "0001-expose-functions-for-pausing-unpausing-output.patch";
+        url = "https://github.com/thestinger/vte-ng/commit/342e26574f50dcd40bbeaad9e839c2a6144d0c1c.patch";
+        sha256 = "1b0k9ys545q85vfki417p21kis9f36yd0hyp12phayynss6fn715";
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        name = "0002-expose-function-for-setting-cursor-position.patch";
+        url = "https://github.com/thestinger/vte-ng/commit/5ae3acb69474fe5bc43767a4a3625e9ed23607a1.patch";
+        sha256 = "091sb44g2pl0zbxnxidpfmsqqc65dmkakhjb0wvlnsjckqalhs89";
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        name = "0003-add-function-for-setting-the-text-selections.patch";
+        url = "https://github.com/thestinger/vte-ng/commit/742d57ecf15e24f6a5f2133a81b6c70acc8ff03c.patch";
+        sha256 = "12rq3svbj1nzridbssxsvmmb8njky3w8qdnkymz7850b3kqg277x";
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        name = "0004-add-functions-to-get-set-block-selection-mode.patch";
+        url = "https://github.com/thestinger/vte-ng/commit/08748fd9cb82bd191e5c476b1682ca71f7732572.patch";
+        sha256 = "1cnhd8f7ywdgcyd6xmcd2nn39jjxzkxp4d0zsj2k7m5v74nhcs1g";
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        name = "0005-expose-function-for-getting-the-selected-text.patch";
+        url = "https://github.com/thestinger/vte-ng/commit/dd74ae7c06e8888af2fc090ac6f8920a9d8227fb.patch";
+        sha256 = "0pbnbkwqxm4p9xsgvqwayvh8srk5z1kyjnigmahf9mlqn7hi6v27";
+      })
+    ];
+  });
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "termite";
   version = "15";
 
@@ -24,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = [ "VERSION=v${version}" "PREFIX=" "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ vte-ng gtk3 ncurses ];
+  buildInputs = [ vte-ng gtk3 ncurses pcre2 ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ wrapGAppsHook pkgconfig ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index d2a377d084e0..017ced6c98b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   inherit (pkgs) atk glib gobject-introspection gspell webkitgtk gtk3 gtkmm3
       libgtop libgudev libhttpseverywhere librsvg libsecret gdk_pixbuf gtksourceview gtksourceviewmm gtksourceview4
       easytag meld orca rhythmbox shotwell gnome-usage
-      clutter clutter-gst clutter-gtk cogl gtk-vnc libdazzle libgda libgit2-glib libgxps libgdata libgepub libcroco libpeas libgee geocode-glib libgweather librest libzapojit libmediaart gfbgraph gexiv2 folks totem-pl-parser gcr gsound libgnomekbd vte vte_290 vte-ng gnome-menus gdl;
+      clutter clutter-gst clutter-gtk cogl gtk-vnc libdazzle libgda libgit2-glib libgxps libgdata libgepub libcroco libpeas libgee geocode-glib libgweather librest libzapojit libmediaart gfbgraph gexiv2 folks totem-pl-parser gcr gsound libgnomekbd vte vte_290 gnome-menus gdl;
   inherit (pkgs) gsettings-desktop-schemas; # added 2019-04-16
   inherit (pkgs) gnome-video-effects; # added 2019-08-19
   inherit (pkgs) gnome-online-accounts grilo grilo-plugins tracker tracker-miners gnome-photos; # added 2019-08-23
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vte/ng.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vte/ng.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index af4fe76840fe..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vte/ng.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-{ vte, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, autoconf, automake, gtk-doc, gettext, libtool, gperf
-, stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig
-, gnome3, glib, gtk3, ncurses, gobject-introspection, vala, libxml2, gnutls
-, pcre2
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "vte-ng-${version}";
-  version = "0.54.2.a";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "thestinger";
-    repo = "vte-ng";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1r7d9m07cpdr4f7rw3yx33hmp4jmsk0dn5byq5wgksb2qjbc4ags";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Fix build with vala 0.44
-    # See: https://github.com/thestinger/vte-ng/issues/32
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/commit/53690d5cee51bdb7c3f7680d3c22b316b1086f2c.patch";
-      sha256 = "1jrpqsx5hqa01g7cfqrsns6vz51mwyqwdp43ifcpkhz3wlp5dy66";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    gtk-doc autoconf automake gettext libtool gperf
-    gobject-introspection intltool pkgconfig vala gperf libxml2
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 ncurses ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    # Required by vte-2.91.pc.
-    gtk3
-    gnutls
-    pcre2
-  ];
-
-  preConfigure = "patchShebangs .; NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh";
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--enable-introspection" "--disable-Bsymbolic" ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://www.gnome.org/;
-    description = "A library implementing a terminal emulator widget for GTK";
-    longDescription = ''
-      VTE is a library (libvte) implementing a terminal emulator widget for
-      GTK, and a minimal sample application (vte) using that.  Vte is
-      mainly used in gnome-terminal, but can also be used to embed a
-      console/terminal in games, editors, IDEs, etc. VTE supports Unicode and
-      character set conversion, as well as emulating any terminal known to
-      the system's terminfo database.
-    '';
-    license = licenses.lgpl2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ astsmtl antono lethalman ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0bca4e145f77..076dfc603603 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14035,8 +14035,6 @@ in
 
   vte_290 = callPackage ../development/libraries/vte/2.90.nix { };
 
-  vte-ng = callPackage ../development/libraries/vte/ng.nix { };
-
   vtk = callPackage ../development/libraries/vtk {
     inherit (darwin) libobjc;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.libs) xpc;