diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/luit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/luit/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f27ddc30281..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/luit/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-args: with args;
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "luit-20060820";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "${meta.homepage}/${name}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "0cxf4agl7ky3ip01qi1vzmis8y1ddngbi2fi0q6bzv1jw458rlpi";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [libXt zlib pkgconfig libXfont libX11 libfontenc];
-
-  configureFlags = "--with-locale-alias=${libX11}/share/X11/locale/locale.alias";
-  meta = {
-    description = "Luit is a filter that can be run between an arbitrary
-      application and a UTF-8 terminal emulator.";
-    homepage = http://invisible-island.net/luit;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c81f37ea3f6..46d363ae5a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4263,11 +4263,6 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
-  luit = import ../applications/misc/luit {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib pkgconfig;
-    inherit (xlibs) libXt libX11 libXfont libfontenc;
-  };
-
   lynx = import ../applications/networking/browsers/lynx {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses openssl;
   };
@@ -4746,8 +4741,8 @@ rec {
   } null;
 
   xterm = import ../applications/misc/xterm {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses freetype pkgconfig luit;
-    inherit (xlibs) libXaw xproto libXt libX11 libSM libICE libXext libXft;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses freetype pkgconfig;
+    inherit (xlibs) libXaw xproto libXt libX11 libSM libICE libXext libXft luit;
   };
 
   xlaunch = import ../tools/X11/xlaunch {