diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
index 2f7427c1415a..46fda1639385 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
 
   libbonoboui = callPackage ./platform/libbonoboui { };
 
-  at_spi = callPackage ./platform/at-spi { };
-
   gtkhtml = callPackage ./platform/gtkhtml { };
 
   gtkhtml4 = callPackage ./platform/gtkhtml/4.x.nix { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/at-spi/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/at-spi/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bcc9ab6cabe..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/at-spi/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, pkgconfig, popt, atk, gtk, libX11, libICE, libXtst, libXi
-, intltool, libbonobo, ORBit2, GConf, dbus-glib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "at-spi-1.32.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/at-spi/1.32/at-spi-1.32.0.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "0fbh0afzw1gm4r2w68b8l0vhnia1qyzdl407vyxfw4v4fkm1v16c";
-  };
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ python popt atk gtk libX11 libICE libXtst libXi
-                  intltool libbonobo ORBit2 GConf dbus-glib ];
-}