diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/boo/config.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/boo/config.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f6e0eee29b1..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/boo/config.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/default.build b/default.build
-index e48fd9e..b0dee4f 100644
---- a/default.build
-+++ b/default.build
-@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
- 	<property name="skip.ast" value="False" />
- 	<property name="skip.vs" value="False" />
- 
--	<property name="gsv.name" value="gtksourceview-1.0" />
-+	<property name="gsv.name" value="gtksourceview-2.0" />
- 	
- 	<property name="build.dir" value="build" dynamic="True"/>
- 	<property name="distrobuild.dir" value="distrobuild"/>
- 	<property name="docs.dir" value="docs" />
- 	<property name="examples.dir" value="examples" />
- 
--	<property name="install.prefix" value="/usr/local" />
-+	<property name="install.prefix" value="$out" />
- 	<property name="install.destdir" value="/" />
- 
- 	<property name="install.share" value="${path::combine(install.prefix,'share')}" />
-@@ -575,9 +575,9 @@
- 		key files for mime detection, etc
- 		-->
- 
--		<property name="sharedmime.prefix" value="${pkg-config::get-variable('shared-mime-info','prefix')}" />
-+		<property name="sharedmime.prefix" value="$out" />
- 		<property name="fakeroot.sharedmime" value="${fakeroot}/${sharedmime.prefix}" />
--		<property name="gsv.prefix" value="${pkg-config::get-variable(gsv.name,'prefix')}" />
-+		<property name="gsv.prefix" value="$out" />
- 		<property name="fakeroot.gsv" value="${fakeroot}/${gsv.prefix}" />
- 
- 		<mkdir dir="${fakeroot.boolib}"/>
-@@ -707,9 +707,9 @@
- 		key files for mime detection, etc
- 		-->
- 
--		<property name="sharedmime.prefix" value="${pkg-config::get-variable('shared-mime-info','prefix')}" />
-+		<property name="sharedmime.prefix" value="$out" />
- 		<property name="fakeroot.sharedmime" value="${fakeroot}/${sharedmime.prefix}" />
--		<property name="gsv.prefix" value="${pkg-config::get-variable(gsv.name,'prefix')}" />
-+		<property name="gsv.prefix" value="$out" />
- 		<property name="fakeroot.gsv" value="${fakeroot}/${gsv.prefix}" />
- 		
- 		<foreach item="File" property="filename">
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/boo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/boo/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ec5e08ffda4..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/boo/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, mono, makeWrapper, nant
-, shared-mime-info, gtksourceview, gtk2 }:
-
-let
-  release = "alpha";
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "boo-${version}";
-  version = "2013-10-21";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "boo-lang";
-    repo = "boo";
-
-    rev = "${release}";
-    sha256 = "174abdwfpq8i3ijx6bwqll16lx7xwici374rgsbymyk8g8mla094";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    mono makeWrapper nant shared-mime-info gtksourceview
-    gtk2
-  ];
-
-  patches = [ ./config.patch ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -e 's|\$out|'$out'|' -i default.build
-  '';
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    nant -t:mono-4.5
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    nant install
-    cp $out/lib/mono/boo/*.dll $out/lib/boo/
-  '';
-
-  dontStrip = true;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "The Boo Programming Language";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    broken = true;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2fbddb94b1b..8c36b24bcf2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6310,10 +6310,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   binaryen = callPackage ../development/compilers/binaryen { };
 
-  boo = callPackage ../development/compilers/boo {
-    inherit (gnome2) gtksourceview;
-  };
-
   colm = callPackage ../development/compilers/colm { };
 
   fetchegg = callPackage ../build-support/fetchegg { };