diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 73a3843bad28..d9a673fb4c79 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ rec {
 
   file-roller = callPackage ./desktop/file-roller { };
 
-  gnome_dictionary = callPackage ./desktop/gnome-dictionary { };
-
   gnome_desktop = callPackage ./desktop/gnome-desktop { };
 
   gtksourceview = callPackage ./desktop/gtksourceview { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/desktop/gnome-dictionary/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/desktop/gnome-dictionary/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e952f99eb01..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/desktop/gnome-dictionary/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gnome3, gnome_doc_utils, intltool, which
-, libxml2, libxslt, itstool }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "3.10.0";
-  name = "gnome-dictionary-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-dictionary/3.10/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1mqf6ln0cgrw12n9fg81sjbhavrgzvvq7fy3gl55il7pa3z612r5";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ gnome3.gtk ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gnome_doc_utils which libxml2 libxslt itstool ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-
-}