diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/slim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/slim/default.nix
index 0675b02a314..601aa7bf53a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/slim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/slim/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkgconfig, x11, libjpeg, libpng12, libXmu
-, fontconfig, freetype, pam, consolekit, dbus_libs }:
+, fontconfig, freetype, pam, dbus_libs }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "slim-1.3.4";
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs =
     [ cmake pkgconfig x11 libjpeg libpng12 libXmu fontconfig freetype
       pam dbus_libs
-    ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (consolekit != null) consolekit;
+    ];
 
   preConfigure = "substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace /etc $out/etc";
 
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DUSE_PAM=1" ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (consolekit != null) "-DUSE_CONSOLEKIT=1";
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DUSE_PAM=1" ];
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-lXmu";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/consolekit/0001-Don-t-daemonize-when-activated.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/consolekit/0001-Don-t-daemonize-when-activated.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 30f3ab4907b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/consolekit/0001-Don-t-daemonize-when-activated.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-Upstream patch
-
-From fc2870a65f6b3ed3b71bcac69c5faf3a9c759c64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:13:23 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Don't daemonize when activated
-
-It confuses some versions of D-Bus and isn't needed
-(or wanted it).
-
-http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25642
----
- data/org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.service.in |    2 +-
- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/data/org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.service.in b/data/org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.service.in
-index ec2128c..d716a36 100644
---- a/data/org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.service.in
-+++ b/data/org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.service.in
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- [D-BUS Service]
- Name=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit
--Exec=@sbindir@/console-kit-daemon
-+Exec=@sbindir@/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
- User=root
--- 
-1.7.1
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/consolekit/0002-Don-t-take-bus-name-until-ready.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/consolekit/0002-Don-t-take-bus-name-until-ready.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2af59ac8d1e..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/consolekit/0002-Don-t-take-bus-name-until-ready.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-Upstream patch
-
-From 2418840248f07025ad0edc96ed17e03ce5e47f3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com>
-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:14:54 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Don't take bus name until ready
-
-Previously, we would take a bus name right away, but
-not register the manager object until later.  This
-causes a race when being activated by a method call
-on the manager object, where ConsoleKit gets started
-but the method call fails.
-
-https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25744
----
- src/main.c |   16 ++++++++--------
- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
-index 809c6d6..b8f698f 100644
---- a/src/main.c
-+++ b/src/main.c
-@@ -294,11 +294,19 @@ main (int    argc,
- 
-         setup_debug_log (debug);
- 
-+        g_debug ("initializing console-kit-daemon %s", VERSION);
-+
-         connection = get_system_bus ();
-         if (connection == NULL) {
-                 goto out;
-         }
- 
-+        manager = ck_manager_new ();
-+
-+        if (manager == NULL) {
-+                goto out;
-+        }
-+
-         bus_proxy = get_bus_proxy (connection);
-         if (bus_proxy == NULL) {
-                 g_warning ("Could not construct bus_proxy object; bailing out");
-@@ -310,16 +318,8 @@ main (int    argc,
-                 goto out;
-         }
- 
--        g_debug ("initializing console-kit-daemon %s", VERSION);
--
-         create_pid_file ();
- 
--        manager = ck_manager_new ();
--
--        if (manager == NULL) {
--                goto out;
--        }
--
-         loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
- 
-         g_signal_connect (bus_proxy,
--- 
-1.7.1
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/consolekit/commands.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/consolekit/commands.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 48b0d5d8cf6..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/consolekit/commands.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-This patch adds shutdown commands specific to NixOS, as NixOS does not have
-a /sbin or /usr/sbin directory. In order not to have a dependency on the
-package that provides "shutdown" when in an environment other than NixOS,
-we'll make it depend on /var/run/current-system.
-
-Note: this patch does not compromise system security. Other systems than
-NixOS should have already shutdown in the earlier directories being searched,
-and otherwise /var/run is writable only be root.
-
---- ConsoleKit-0.4.1/tools/linux/ck-system-restart.org	2012-02-13 11:29:57.352902568 +0100
-+++ ConsoleKit-0.4.1/tools/linux/ck-system-restart	2012-02-13 11:43:27.593317712 +0100
-@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
- elif [ -x "/usr/sbin/shutdown" ] ; then
- 	/usr/sbin/shutdown -r now
- 	exit $?
-+elif [ -x "/var/run/current-system/sw/sbin/shutdown" ] ; then
-+    /var/run/current-system/sw/sbin/shutdown -r now
-+    exit $?
- else
- 	exit 1
- fi
---- ConsoleKit-0.4.1/tools/linux/ck-system-stop.org	2012-02-13 11:30:06.228950934 +0100
-+++ ConsoleKit-0.4.1/tools/linux/ck-system-stop	2012-02-13 11:44:12.664563304 +0100
-@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
- elif [ -x "/usr/sbin/shutdown" ] ; then
- 	/usr/sbin/shutdown -h now
- 	exit $?
-+elif [ -x "/var/run/current-system/sw/sbin/shutdown" ] ; then
-+    /var/run/current-system/sw/sbin/shutdown -h now
-+    exit $?
- else
- 	exit 1
- fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/consolekit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/consolekit/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e9cedf18857..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/consolekit/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, dbus_glib, zlib, pam, glib, 
-  libX11, polkit, expat }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "consolekit-0.4.1";
-  
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.freedesktop.org/software/ConsoleKit/dist/ConsoleKit-0.4.1.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "0gj0airrgyi14a06w3d4407g62bs5a1cam2h64s50x3d2k3ascph";
-  };
-  
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig dbus_glib zlib pam glib libX11 polkit expat ];
-  patches = [ ./0001-Don-t-daemonize-when-activated.patch
-    ./0002-Don-t-take-bus-name-until-ready.patch
-    ./commands.patch  # adds shutdown commands for NixOS to the list of shutdown commands
-  ];
-
-  # For console-kit to get the rpath to libgcc_s, needed for pthread_cancel to work
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lgcc_s";
-
-  configureFlags = "--enable-pam-module --with-pam-module-dir=$(out)/lib/security --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc";
-
-  installFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc DBUS_SYS_DIR=$(out)/etc/dbus-1/system.d"; # keep `make install' happy
-  
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit;
-    description = "A framework for defining and tracking users, login sessions, and seats";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c8fdc065328..9221efcf956 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3449,8 +3449,6 @@ let
 
   confuse = callPackage ../development/libraries/confuse { };
 
-  consolekit = callPackage ../development/libraries/consolekit { };
-
   coredumper = callPackage ../development/libraries/coredumper { };
 
   ctl = callPackage ../development/libraries/ctl { };
@@ -7703,9 +7701,7 @@ let
 
   dropbox = callPackage ../applications/networking/dropbox { };
 
-  slim = callPackage ../applications/display-managers/slim {
-    consolekit = null;
-  };
+  slim = callPackage ../applications/display-managers/slim { };
 
   sndBase = builderDefsPackage (import ../applications/audio/snd) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv stringsWithDeps lib fftw;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
index e4efb2cbd9c..2148f50a1ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ with (import ./release-lib.nix);
   chatzilla = linux;
   cksfv = all;
   classpath = linux;
-  consolekit = linux;
   coreutils = all;
   cpio = all;
   cron = linux;