diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
index f31e531b907..73e93109c49 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
 
   zenity = callPackage ./desktop/zenity { };
 
-  metacity = callPackage ./desktop/metacity { };
-
   gnome_menus = callPackage ./desktop/gnome-menus { };
 
   gnome-desktop = callPackage ./desktop/gnome-desktop { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/metacity/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/metacity/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 95dd97568f4..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/metacity/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, gtk, libXcomposite, libXcursor, libXdamage
-, libcanberra-gtk2, intltool, GConf, startup_notification, zenity, gnome-doc-utils
-, gsettings-desktop-schemas }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "metacity-2.30.3";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/metacity/2.30/metacity-2.30.3.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "1p8qzj967mmlwdl6gv9vb2vzs19czvivl0sd337lgr55iw0qgy08";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig glib gtk libXcomposite libXcursor libXdamage libcanberra-gtk2
-      intltool GConf startup_notification zenity gnome-doc-utils
-      gsettings-desktop-schemas
-    ];
-}