diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/specimen/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/specimen/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 31b17b70ff3..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/specimen/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchsvn, alsaLib, autoconf, automake, gtk, jackaudio,
-libgnomecanvas, libsamplerate, libsndfile, libtool, libxml2, phat,
-pkgconfig }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
-  name = "specimen-svn-89";
-
-  # The released version won't compile with newer versions of jack
-  src = fetchsvn {
-    url = http://zhevny.com/svn/specimen/trunk;
-    rev = 89;
-    sha256 = "1i24nchw14cbjv7kmzs7cvmis2xv4r7bxghi8d6gq5lprwk8xydf";
-  };
-
-  preConfigure = "sh autogen.sh";
-
-  buildInputs = [ alsaLib autoconf automake gtk jackaudio
-    libgnomecanvas libsamplerate libsndfile libtool libxml2 phat
-    pkgconfig ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "MIDI controllable audio sampler";
-    homepage = http://zhevny.com/specimen/;
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ccd1fe806d8..1f4ee6ad1f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7293,10 +7293,6 @@ let
 
   sox = callPackage ../applications/misc/audio/sox { };
 
-  specimen = callPackage ../applications/audio/specimen {
-    inherit (gnome) libgnomecanvas;
-  };
-
   spotify = callPackage ../applications/audio/spotify { };
 
   stalonetray = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/stalonetray {};