diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/luakit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/luakit/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 163eb8cf589..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/luakit/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv , fetchurl , git , glib_networking , gsettings_desktop_schemas , gtk,
-help2man , libunique , lua5 , luafilesystem , luajit , luasqlite3, makeWrapper,
-pkgconfig , sqlite , webkit }:
-
-let
-  lualibs       = [ luafilesystem luasqlite3 ];
-  getPath       = lib : type : "${lib}/lib/lua/${lua5.luaversion}/?.${type};${lib}/share/lua/${lua5.luaversion}/?.${type}";
-  getLuaPath    = lib : getPath lib "lua";
-  getLuaCPath   = lib : getPath lib "so";
-  luaPath       = stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep ";" (map getLuaPath lualibs);
-  luaCPath      = stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep ";" (map getLuaCPath lualibs);
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-
-  name = "luakit-2012.09.13";
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Fast, small, webkit based browser framework extensible in Lua";
-    homepage    = "http://luakit.org";
-    license     = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthiasbeyer ];
-    platforms   = platforms.linux; # I only tested linux
-  };
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/mason-larobina/luakit/archive/2012.09.13-r1.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "067g3bp5w20jypc8rx54dpbn3ysbgxzchgpq7sld5yh2z36s1l52";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ git gsettings_desktop_schemas gtk help2man libunique lua5
-    luafilesystem luajit luasqlite3 makeWrapper pkgconfig sqlite webkit ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i -e "s/DESTDIR/INSTALLDIR/" ./Makefile
-    sed -i -e "s|/etc/xdg/luakit/|$out/etc/xdg/luakit/|" lib/lousy/util.lua
-    patchShebangs ./build-utils
-  '';
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    make DEVELOPMENT_PATHS=0 USE_LUAJIT=1 INSTALLDIR=$out DESTDIR=$out PREFIX=$out USE_GTK3=1
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = let
-    luaKitPath = "$out/share/luakit/lib/?/init.lua;$out/share/luakit/lib/?.lua";
-  in ''
-    make DEVELOPMENT_PATHS=0 INSTALLDIR=$out DESTDIR=$out PREFIX=$out USE_GTK3=1 install
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/luakit                                         \
-      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${glib_networking.out}/lib/gio/modules" \
-      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gsettings_desktop_schemas}/share:$out/usr/share/:$out/share/:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"     \
-      --prefix XDG_CONFIG_DIRS : "$out/etc/xdg"                         \
-      --set LUA_PATH '${luaKitPath};${luaPath};'                      \
-      --set LUA_CPATH '${luaCPath};'
-  '';
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2a5d95916ee..2fb30f3b406 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14193,13 +14193,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   lrzsz = callPackage ../tools/misc/lrzsz { };
 
-  luakit = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/luakit {
-      inherit (lua51Packages) luafilesystem luasqlite3;
-      lua5 = lua5_1;
-      gtk = gtk3;
-      webkit = webkitgtk2;
-  };
-
   luminanceHDR = qt55.callPackage ../applications/graphics/luminance-hdr { };
 
   lxdvdrip = callPackage ../applications/video/lxdvdrip { };