diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/termite/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/termite/default.nix
index 837d736d10d..850512a837d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/termite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/termite/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ let
       homepage = https://github.com/thestinger/termite/;
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ koral garbas ];
       platforms = platforms.all;
+      broken = true;
     };
   };
 in if configFile == null then termite else symlinkJoin {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ec04e8e85c2..e00b2dc311e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15199,9 +15199,7 @@ in
     vte = gnome2.vte.override { pythonSupport = true; };
   };
 
-  termite = callPackage ../applications/misc/termite {
-    vte = gnome3_20.vte-select-text;
-  };
+  termite = callPackage ../applications/misc/termite { };
 
   tesseract = callPackage ../applications/graphics/tesseract { };
 
@@ -16517,8 +16515,6 @@ in
     libcanberra = self.libcanberra_gtk2;
   });
 
-  gnome3_20 = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../desktops/gnome-3/3.20 { });
-
   gnome3_22 = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../desktops/gnome-3/3.22 { });
 
   gnome3 = gnome3_22;