diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
index e85be7587182..56e9c33c0d1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
   gnome_common = gnome-common;
   gnome_keyring = gnome-keyring;
   gnome_desktop = gnome-desktop;
-  gnome_settings_daemon = gnome-settings-daemon;
   inherit rarian;
 
 #### PLATFORM
@@ -103,8 +102,6 @@ let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
 
   gnome_panel = callPackage ./desktop/gnome-panel { };
 
-  gnome-settings-daemon = callPackage ./desktop/gnome-settings-daemon { };
-
   gtksourceview = callPackage ./desktop/gtksourceview { };
 
   gnome_icon_theme = callPackage ./desktop/gnome-icon-theme { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9712ce64841f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, dbus-glib, libxklavier, gtk
-, intltool, GConf, gnome-desktop, libglade, libgnomekbd, polkit, libpulseaudio
-, libSM }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gnome-settings-daemon-2.32.1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-settings-daemon/2.32/gnome-settings-daemon-2.32.1.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "11jyn10w2p2a76pjrkd0pjl1w406df821p053awklvmdqgzb6x00";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ dbus-glib libxklavier gtk GConf gnome-desktop libglade libgnomekbd polkit
-      libpulseaudio libSM
-    ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
-}