diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/hexchat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/hexchat/default.nix
index f03e4c4e9e34..34c4fcf0c88c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/hexchat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/hexchat/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, gtk2, lua, perl, python2
 , libtool, pciutils, dbus-glib, libcanberra-gtk2, libproxy
-, libsexy, enchant, libnotify, openssl, intltool
+, libsexy, enchant1, libnotify, openssl, intltool
 , desktop-file-utils, hicolor-icon-theme
 , autoconf, automake, autoconf-archive
 }:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   #hexchat and heachat-text loads enchant spell checking library at run time and so it needs to have route to the path
   patchPhase = ''
-    sed -i "s,libenchant.so.1,${enchant}/lib/libenchant.so.1,g" src/fe-gtk/sexy-spell-entry.c
+    sed -i "s,libenchant.so.1,${enchant1}/lib/libenchant.so.1,g" src/fe-gtk/sexy-spell-entry.c
   '';
 
   preConfigure = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
index b1a2d6ae7faf..95e6d0f12b03 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   libbonoboui = callPackage ./platform/libbonoboui { };
 
-  gtkhtml = callPackage ./platform/gtkhtml { };
+  gtkhtml = callPackage ./platform/gtkhtml { enchant = pkgs.enchant1; };
 
-  gtkhtml4 = callPackage ./platform/gtkhtml/4.x.nix { };
+  gtkhtml4 = callPackage ./platform/gtkhtml/4.x.nix { enchant = pkgs.enchant1; };
 
   gtkglext = callPackage ./platform/gtkglext { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gtkhtml/4.x.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gtkhtml/4.x.nix
index 493f88290f3a..f38ad7f24911 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gtkhtml/4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gtkhtml/4.x.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk3, intltool,
-GConf, enchant, isocodes, gnome_icon_theme, gsettings-desktop-schemas }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk3, intltool, fetchpatch
+, GConf, enchant, isocodes, gnome_icon_theme, gsettings-desktop-schemas }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "4.10.0";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 8680e3ed81da..151581b73eb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   pidgin-im-gnome-shell-extension = callPackage ./misc/pidgin { };
 
-  gtkhtml = callPackage ./misc/gtkhtml { };
+  gtkhtml = callPackage ./misc/gtkhtml { enchant = pkgs.enchant1; };
 
   pomodoro = callPackage ./misc/pomodoro { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gtkhtml/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gtkhtml/default.nix
index 543453a2bd31..b8cce222f939 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gtkhtml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gtkhtml/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk3, intltool
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk3, intltool, fetchpatch
 , gnome3, enchant, isocodes, gsettings-desktop-schemas }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/1.x.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/1.x.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/3.nix
index 6d4288376800..f0baecb19904 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/3.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, gtk3, aspell, pkgconfig, enchant2, isocodes, intltool, gobject-introspection, vala}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, gtk3, aspell, pkgconfig, enchant, isocodes, intltool, gobject-introspection, vala}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gtkspell-${version}";
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gobject-introspection vala ];
-  buildInputs = [ aspell gtk3 enchant2 isocodes ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ enchant2 ];
+  buildInputs = [ aspell gtk3 enchant isocodes ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ enchant ];
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-introspection"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyenchant/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyenchant/default.nix
index 6b49c65faae0..8c240261463a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyenchant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyenchant/default.nix
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "fc31cda72ace001da8fe5d42f11c26e514a91fa8c70468739216ddd8de64e2a0";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.enchant ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.enchant1 ];
 
   patchPhase = let
-    path_hack_script = "s|LoadLibrary(e_path)|LoadLibrary('${pkgs.enchant}/lib/' + e_path)|";
+    path_hack_script = "s|LoadLibrary(e_path)|LoadLibrary('${pkgs.enchant1}/lib/' + e_path)|";
   in ''
     sed -i "${path_hack_script}" enchant/_enchant.py
 
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "pyenchant: Python bindings for the Enchant spellchecker";
     homepage = https://pythonhosted.org/pyenchant/;
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix
index 8f1f4378a394..64259872ce32 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, python, pythonOlder, astroid,
-  isort, mccabe, pytest, pytestrunner, pyenchant }:
+  isort, mccabe, pytest, pytestrunner }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pylint";
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pytestrunner ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytest pyenchant ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ astroid isort mccabe ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx/unwrapped.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx/unwrapped.nix
index 50cc06d20593..b32368c93d3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx/unwrapped.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx/unwrapped.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cmake, intltool, gettext
-, libxml2, enchant, isocodes, icu, libpthreadstubs
+, libxml2, enchant1, isocodes, icu, libpthreadstubs
 , pango, cairo, libxkbfile, libXau, libXdmcp, libxkbcommon
 , dbus, gtk2, gtk3, qt4, extra-cmake-modules
 , xkeyboard_config, pcre, libuuid
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake extra-cmake-modules intltool pkgconfig pcre ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    xkeyboard_config enchant gettext isocodes icu libpthreadstubs libXau libXdmcp libxkbfile
+    xkeyboard_config enchant1 gettext isocodes icu libpthreadstubs libXau libXdmcp libxkbfile
     libxkbcommon libxml2 dbus cairo gtk2 gtk3 pango qt4 libuuid
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6ca8f60bcb55..0915e80e9c27 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10197,9 +10197,10 @@ in
 
   elastix = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/biology/elastix { };
 
-  enchant = callPackage ../development/libraries/enchant { };
+  enchant1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/enchant/1.x.nix { };
 
   enchant2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/enchant/2.x.nix { };
+  enchant = enchant2;
 
   enet = callPackage ../development/libraries/enet { };
 
@@ -10797,7 +10798,7 @@ in
 
   gtksourceviewmm4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtksourceviewmm/4.x.nix { };
 
-  gtkspell2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtkspell { };
+  gtkspell2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtkspell { enchant = enchant1; };
 
   gtkspell3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtkspell/3.nix { };
 
@@ -13277,7 +13278,7 @@ in
 
   subdl = callPackage ../applications/video/subdl { };
 
-  subtitleeditor = callPackage ../applications/video/subtitleeditor { };
+  subtitleeditor = callPackage ../applications/video/subtitleeditor { enchant = enchant1; };
 
   suil = callPackage ../development/libraries/audio/suil { };
 
@@ -20991,7 +20992,9 @@ in
 
   xmind = callPackage ../applications/misc/xmind { };
 
-  xneur = callPackage ../applications/misc/xneur { };
+  xneur = callPackage ../applications/misc/xneur {
+    enchant = enchant1;
+  };
 
   gxneur = callPackage ../applications/misc/gxneur  {
     inherit (gnome2) libglade GConf;
@@ -21002,6 +21005,7 @@ in
     inherit (gnome2) libglade scrollkeeper;
     gtkhtml = gnome2.gtkhtml4;
     python = python27;
+    enchant = enchant1;
   };
 
   xournal = callPackage ../applications/graphics/xournal {