diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/1.2.44.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/1.2.44.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bfd0a6b98b1..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/1.2.44.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib }:
-
-assert zlib != null;
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libpng-1.2.44";
-  
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/libpng/${name}.tar.gz";
-    md5 = "89b62f8daaeeab1342e307d6d1411ff1";
-  };
-  
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib ];
-
-  passthru = { inherit zlib; };
-  
-  meta = {
-    description = "The official reference implementation for the PNG file format";
-    homepage = http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html;
-    license = "free-non-copyleft"; # http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/src/libpng-LICENSE.txt
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix
index bcdc878edf4..bfd0a6b98b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, xz }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib }:
+
+assert zlib != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libpng-1.5.4";
+  name = "libpng-1.2.44";
   
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/libpng/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1rw58zi3hxyinah2dz0jzq81c7ninbmfjf10xax2a8cpd5h45agz";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/libpng/${name}.tar.gz";
+    md5 = "89b62f8daaeeab1342e307d6d1411ff1";
   };
   
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib ];
 
-  buildNativeInputs = [ xz ];
-
   passthru = { inherit zlib; };
   
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2de383cdfd6..e9793292d62 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3944,7 +3944,6 @@ let
   libpcap = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpcap { };
 
   libpng = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpng { };
-  libpng12 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpng/1.2.44.nix { };
   libpng_apng = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpng/libpng-apng.nix { };
 
   libproxy = callPackage ../development/libraries/libproxy { };