diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/gtk3.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/gtk3.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ceba4269e808..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/gtk3.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonApplication
-, python, cython, pkgconfig
-, xorg, gtk3, glib, pango, cairo, gdk_pixbuf, atk, pygobject3, pycairo, gobjectIntrospection
-, makeWrapper, xorgserver, getopt, xauth, utillinux, which, fontsConf
-, ffmpeg, x264, libvpx, libwebp
-, libfakeXinerama, pam }:
-
-buildPythonApplication rec {
-  name = "xpra-${version}";
-  version = "2.2.5";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://xpra.org/src/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1q2l00nc3bgwlhjzkbk4a8x2l8z9w1799yn31icsx5hrgh98a1js";
-  };
-
-  patchPhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace 'pycairo' 'py3cairo'
-    substituteInPlace xpra/client/gtk3/cairo_workaround.pyx --replace 'pycairo/pycairo.h' 'py3cairo.h'
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    xorg.libX11 xorg.renderproto xorg.libXrender xorg.libXi xorg.inputproto xorg.kbproto
-    xorg.randrproto xorg.damageproto xorg.compositeproto xorg.xextproto xorg.recordproto
-    xorg.xproto xorg.fixesproto xorg.libXtst xorg.libXfixes xorg.libXcomposite xorg.libXdamage
-    xorg.libXrandr xorg.libxkbfile
-
-    pango cairo gdk_pixbuf atk gtk3 glib gobjectIntrospection
-
-    ffmpeg libvpx x264 libwebp
-
-    makeWrapper
-
-    pam
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pygobject3 pycairo cython
-  ];
-
-  preBuild = ''
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE $(pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0) $(pkg-config --cflags xtst)"
-    substituteInPlace xpra/server/auth/pam_auth.py --replace "/lib/libpam.so.1" "${pam}/lib/libpam.so"
-  '';
-  setupPyBuildFlags = [ "--without-strict" "--with-gtk3" "--without-gtk2" "--with-Xdummy" ];
-
-  preInstall = ''
-    # see https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issue/130/install_data-doesnt-respect-prefix
-    ${python}/bin/${python.executable} setup.py install_data --install-dir=$out --root=$out
-    sed -i '/ = data_files/d' setup.py
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/xpra \
-      --set FONTCONFIG_FILE "${fontsConf}" \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${libfakeXinerama}/lib \
-      --prefix PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ getopt xorgserver xauth which utillinux ]}
-  '';
-
-  preCheck = "exit 0";
-  doInstallCheck = false;
-
-  #TODO: replace postInstall with postFixup to avoid double wrapping of xpra; needs more work though
-  #postFixup = ''
-  #  sed -i '3iexport FONTCONFIG_FILE="${fontsConf}"' $out/bin/xpra
-  #  sed -i '4iexport PATH=${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ getopt xorgserver xauth which utillinux ]}\${PATH:+:}\$PATH' $out/bin/xpra
-  #'';
-
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = http://xpra.org/;
-    downloadPage = "https://xpra.org/src/";
-    downloadURLRegexp = "xpra-.*[.]tar[.]xz$";
-    description = "Persistent remote applications for X";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 92a0f2b45709..114902af920f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   xmonad_log_applet_gnome3 = xmonad_log_applet; # added 2018-05-01
   xf86_video_nouveau = xorg.xf86videonouveau; # added 2015-09
   xlibs = xorg; # added 2015-09
+  xpraGtk3 = xpra; # added 2018-09-13
   youtubeDL = youtube-dl;  # added 2014-10-26
 
   # added 2017-05-27
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 827e430a7282..330498375e05 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19681,8 +19681,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xpra = callPackage ../tools/X11/xpra { };
   libfakeXinerama = callPackage ../tools/X11/xpra/libfakeXinerama.nix { };
-  #TODO: 'pil' is not available for python3, yet
-  xpraGtk3 = callPackage ../tools/X11/xpra/gtk3.nix { inherit (texFunctions) fontsConf; inherit (python3Packages) buildPythonApplication python cython pygobject3 pycairo; };
 
   xrectsel = callPackage ../tools/X11/xrectsel { };