diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-bin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-bin/default.nix
index f5ba2f72dc4..ba13d666ad9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-bin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-bin/default.nix
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 , libXt
 , libxcb
 , libcanberra
-, libgnome
-, libgnomeui
 , gnome3
 , libGLU, libGL
 , nspr
@@ -108,8 +106,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       libXt
       libxcb
       libcanberra
-      libgnome
-      libgnomeui
       libGLU libGL
       nspr
       nss
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 26bf33e8623..94a39c2ece3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22444,9 +22444,7 @@ in
 
   thunderbolt = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/thunderbolt {};
 
-  thunderbird-bin = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-bin {
-    inherit (pkgs.gnome2) libgnome libgnomeui;
-  };
+  thunderbird-bin = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-bin { };
 
   ticpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/ticpp { };