diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/default.nix
index ebdb2ad0649..bffbb56e681 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ in
   # E.g., if KDE is enabled, it supersedes xterm.
   imports = [
     ./none.nix ./xterm.nix ./xfce.nix ./kde4.nix
-    ./e17.nix ./e18.nix ./e19.nix ./gnome3.nix ./xbmc.nix
+    ./e19.nix ./gnome3.nix ./xbmc.nix
   ];
 
   options = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/e17.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/e17.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cac53c9c75..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/e17.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-
-  xcfg = config.services.xserver;
-  cfg = xcfg.desktopManager.e17;
-
-in
-
-{
-  options = {
-
-    services.xserver.desktopManager.e17.enable = mkOption {
-      default = false;
-      example = true;
-      description = "Enable support for the E17 desktop environment.";
-    };
-
-  };
-
-
-  config = mkIf (xcfg.enable && cfg.enable) {
-
-    services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.e17.ethumb ];
-
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/e18.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/e18.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index faafd21b07d..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/e18.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-
-  xcfg = config.services.xserver;
-  cfg = xcfg.desktopManager.e18;
-  e18_enlightenment = pkgs.e18.enlightenment.override { set_freqset_setuid = true; };
-
-in
-
-{
-  options = {
-
-    services.xserver.desktopManager.e18.enable = mkOption {
-      default = false;
-      example = true;
-      description = "Enable the E18 desktop environment.";
-    };
-
-  };
-
-  config = mkIf (xcfg.enable && cfg.enable) {
-
-    environment.systemPackages = [
-      pkgs.e18.efl pkgs.e18.evas pkgs.e18.emotion pkgs.e18.elementary e18_enlightenment
-      pkgs.e18.terminology pkgs.e18.econnman
-    ];
-
-    services.xserver.desktopManager.session = [
-    { name = "E18";
-      start = ''
-        ${e18_enlightenment}/bin/enlightenment_start
-        waitPID=$!
-      '';
-    }];
-
-    security.setuidPrograms = [ "e18_freqset" ];
-
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 648a3577863..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-{ callPackage, pkgs }:
-rec {
-  #### CORE EFL
-
-  eina = callPackage ./eina { };
-
-  eet = callPackage ./eet { };
-
-  evas = callPackage ./evas { };
-
-  ecore = callPackage ./ecore { };
-
-  eio = callPackage ./eio { };
-
-  embryo = callPackage ./embryo { };
-
-  edje = callPackage ./edje { lua = pkgs.lua5; };
-
-  efreet = callPackage ./efreet { };
-
-  e_dbus = callPackage ./e_dbus { };
-
-  eeze = callPackage ./eeze { };
-
-  emotion = callPackage ./emotion { };
-
-  ethumb = callPackage ./ethumb { };
-
-  elementary = callPackage ./elementary { };
-
-
-  #### WINDOW MANAGER
-
-  enlightenment = callPackage ./enlightenment { };
-
-
-  #### APPLICATIONS
-
-  terminology = callPackage ./terminology { };
-
-
-
-  #### ART
-
-
-
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/e_dbus/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/e_dbus/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index cfc0203b3e0..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/e_dbus/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, zlib, libjpeg, expat, ecore, eina, evas
-, dbus_libs }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "e_dbus-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.5";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "16ckrpzzw5x1cs0fwqkk8431al55xil5magihkp9l3s77g0qd26q";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig zlib libjpeg expat ecore eina evas ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dbus_libs ];
-  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
-  configureFlags = ''
-    --disable-edbus-test
-    --disable-edbus-test-client
-    --disable-edbus-notify-send
-    --disable-edbus-notify-test
-    --disable-edbus-async-test
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    description = "Enlightenment's D-Bus wrapping and glue layer library";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Enlightenment's E_Dbus is a set of wrappers around DBus APIs by
-      third party, so they can be easily used by EFL applications,
-      automatically providing Ecore/main loop integration, as well as
-      Eina data types.
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;  # not sure
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/e_dbus/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/desktops/e17/e_dbus/setup-hook.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 33e3a6b0f18..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/e_dbus/setup-hook.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-addDbusIncludePath () {
-    if test -d "$1/include/dbus-1.0"
-    then
-        export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="${NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE} -I$1/include/dbus-1.0 -I $1/lib/dbus-1.0/include"
-    fi
-}
-
-envHooks+=(addDbusIncludePath)
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/ecore/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/ecore/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a3eef4ec49..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/ecore/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, eina, evas, libX11, libXext, libXrender
-, libXcomposite, libXfixes, libXdamage }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "ecore-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.5";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "08ljda6p0zj1h5sq3l0js6mihw8cr6ydynn42dnka36vachvmfjb";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig eina evas ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libX11 libXext libXcomposite libXrender libXfixes
-                            libXdamage
-                          ];
-  meta = {
-    description = "Enlightenment's core mainloop, display abstraction and utility library";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Enlightenment's Ecore is a clean and tiny event loop library
-      with many modules to do lots of convenient things for a
-      programmer, to save time and effort.
-
-      It's small and lean, designed to work on embedded systems all
-      the way to large and powerful multi-cpu workstations. It
-      serialises all system signals, events etc. into a single event
-      queue, that is easily processed without needing to worry about
-      concurrency. A properly written, event-driven program using this
-      kind of programming doesn't need threads, nor has to worry about
-      concurrency. It turns a program into a state machine, and makes
-      it very robust and easy to follow.
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;  # not sure
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/edje/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/edje/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 62758b2094e..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/edje/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, lua, expat, zlib, libjpeg, eina, eet, evas
-, ecore, embryo }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "edje-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.5";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1hsyj46bk94yd9ymf9425pf4ygy36h5gdkg9fhf8qds8cnn2kcy7";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig expat zlib libjpeg lua eina eet evas ecore embryo ];
-  patchPhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/bin/edje_cc_out.c --replace '%s/embryo_cc' '${embryo}/bin/embryo_cc'
-    substituteInPlace src/bin/edje_cc_out.c --replace 'eina_prefix_bin_get(pfx),' ""
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    description = "Enlightenment's abstract GUI layout and animation object library";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Enlightenment's Edje is a complex graphical design & layout
-      library based on Evas that provides an abstraction layer between
-      the application code and the interface, while allowing extremely
-      flexible dynamic layouts and animations.
-
-      In more popular terms, Edje makes every application that uses it
-      "skinable".
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;  # not sure
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/eet/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/eet/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 079d07187ff..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/eet/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, eina, zlib, libjpeg }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "eet-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.5";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0ys2579v45f9x2n47shq0k63g0sdbj1ndhh72dvfajihsgjwd767";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig eina zlib libjpeg ];
-  meta = {
-    description = "Enlightenment's data encode/decode and storage library";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Enlightenment's EET is a tiny library designed to write an
-      arbitary set of chunks of data to a file and optionally compress
-      each chunk (very much like a zip file) and allow fast
-      random-access reading of the file later on. EET files are
-      perfect for storing data that is written once (or rarely) and
-      read many times, especially when the program does not want to
-      have to read all the data in at once.
-
-      Use this library when you need to pack C structure and you want
-      to retrieve it quickly with as few as possible memory use. You
-      can also use it to serialize data quickly and exchange them
-      between two program over ipc or network link.
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;  # not sure
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/eeze/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/eeze/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 162fbcf1aef..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/eeze/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, eina, ecore, udev }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "eeze-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.5";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0274fs4cxgw6420yyz9frrc8zhj0qqyvwczzslq3kih3sx1nikxr";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig eina ecore ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ udev ];
-  meta = {
-    description = "Enlightenment's device abstraction library";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Enlightenment's Eeze is a library for manipulating devices
-      through udev with a simple and fast api. It interfaces directly
-      with libudev, avoiding such middleman daemons as udisks/upower
-      or hal, to immediately gather device information the instant it
-      becomes known to the system.
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;  # not sure
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/efreet/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/efreet/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index dfe755db597..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/efreet/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, eina, eet, ecore }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "efreet-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.5";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1yw7qjddqcnsz1vb693pa57v9wydvzfy198dc23mz46qfqx08nlg";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig eina eet ecore ];
-  meta = {
-    description = "Enlightenment's standards handling for freedesktop.org standards";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Enlightenment's Efreet is a library designed to help apps work
-      several of the Freedesktop.org standards regarding Icons,
-      Desktop files and Menus. To that end it implements the following
-      specifications:
-
-        * XDG Base Directory Specification
-        * Icon Theme Specification
-        * Desktop Entry Specification
-        * Desktop Menu Specification
-        * FDO URI Specification
-        * Shared Mime Info Specification
-        * Trash Specification 
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;  # not sure
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/eina/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/eina/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 653bb639b1b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/eina/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "eina-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.10";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "06pqn17zknmxzdk5gw6df0gpbicnrdjl9g4vncw57k2wzf5icy33";
-  };
-  meta = {
-    description = "Enlightenment's core data structure library";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Enlightenment's Eina is a core data structure and common utility
-      library.
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/eio/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/eio/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b56422fd774..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/eio/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, eet, eina, ecore }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "eio-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.5";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1bsam5q364kc4xwfv7pql6686gj0byhk42zwjqx9ajf70l23kss6";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig eet eina ecore ];
-  meta = {
-    description = "A library that integrates with EFL to provide efficient filesystem IO";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Eio integrates with EFL (Ecore, Eina) to provide efficient filesystem Input/Output.
-      It use the best techniques to achieve such purpose, like using at-variants, splice,
-      properly handling errors and doing it in an asynchronous fashion by means of worker
-      threads. It is also ported to Windows, so multi-platform.
-
-      Whenever you need to list a directory, copy, move or delete files, Eio will do that
-      task better than you'd achieve with naive implementations, and it is easy to use. 
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/elementary/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/elementary/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b0240d986de..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/elementary/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, eina, eet, evas, ecore, edje }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "elementary-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.5";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "08cb4x9639xyrb8d4vzvhl6v385qjfswl717sicm7iimh5zlm2l9";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig eina eet evas ecore edje ];
-  meta = {
-    description = "Enlightenment's core data structure library";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Enlightenment's Eina is a core data structure and common utility
-      library.
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/embryo/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/embryo/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 59b5540f25d..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/embryo/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, eina }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "embryo-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.5";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "104fsa179w2dfg00sfnap7c3b4ixcps4crxa6yav755awssdcim9";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig eina ];
-  meta = {
-    description = "Enlightenment's small Pawn based virtual machine and compiler";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Enlightenment's Embryo is a tiny library designed to interpret
-      limited Small programs compiled by the included compiler,
-      embryo_cc. It is mostly a cleaned up and smaller version of the
-      original Small abstract machine. The compiler is mostly
-      untouched.
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ bsd2.shortName bsd3.shortName ];  # not sure
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/emotion/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/emotion/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ec3631b1e7..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/emotion/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, ecore, evas, eet, eina, edje, vlc }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "emotion-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.5";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1sfw8kpj2fcqymzd6q7p51xxib1n2arvjl1hnwhqkvwhlsq2b4sw";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ecore evas eet eina edje vlc ];
-  meta = {
-    description = "A library to easily integrate media playback into EFL applications";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Emotion is a library to easily integrate media playback into EFL applications,
-      it will take care of using Ecore's main loop and video display is done using Evas.
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/enlightenment/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/enlightenment/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 953c90e8003..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/enlightenment/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, eina, eet, evas, ecore, edje, efreet, e_dbus
-, embryo, eio, xcbutilkeysyms, libjpeg }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "enlightenment-${version}";
-  version = "0.17.1";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1z2vx9r7yc55rs673jg7d685slgdv9dss45asg50wh5wxp2mfi3y";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig eina eet ecore evas edje efreet e_dbus embryo
-                  eio xcbutilkeysyms libjpeg ];
-  configureFlags = ''
-    --with-profile=FAST_PC
-    --disable-illume
-    --disable-illume2
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    description = "A window manager";
-    longDescription = ''
-      The Enlightenment Desktop shell provides an efficient yet
-      breathtaking window manager based on the Enlightenment
-      Foundation Libraries along with other essential desktop
-      components like a file manager, desktop icons and widgets.
-
-      It boasts a un-precedented level of theme-ability while still
-      being capable of performing on older hardware or embedded
-      devices.
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;  # not sure
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/ethumb/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/ethumb/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 344abe1e3f1..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/ethumb/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, eina, evas, ecore, edje, eet, e_dbus, emotion, libexif }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "ethumb-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.5";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0prka3knz8p2n46dfrzgwn55khhhrhjny4vvnzkjcwmhvz7kgc9l";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig eina evas ecore edje eet emotion libexif ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ e_dbus libexif ];
-  meta = {
-    description = "A thumbnail generation library";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Ethumb - thumbnail generation library. Features:
-      * create thumbnails with a predefined frame (possibly an edje frame);
-      * have an option to create fdo-like thumbnails;
-      * have a client/server utility;
-      * TODO: make thumbnails from edje backgrounds, icons and themes;
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/evas/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/evas/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c271caa980d..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/evas/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, freetype, fontconfig, libpng, libjpeg
-, libX11, libXext, eina, eet }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "evas-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.5";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0x3k89q2wxgxjsbhdf4qws7jgpjl7rpqji98ca3nf25jf2lm1cvh";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig freetype fontconfig libpng libjpeg
-                  libX11 libXext eina eet
-                ];
-  meta = {
-    description = "Enlightenment's canvas and scenegraph rendering library";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Enlightenment's Evas is a clean display canvas API that
-      implements a scene graph, not an immediate-mode rendering
-      target, is cross-platform, for several target display systems
-      that can draw anti-aliased text, smooth super and sub-sampled
-      scaled images, alpha-blend objects and much more.
-    '';
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;  # not sure
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e17/terminology/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e17/terminology/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 35e2f3f5a34..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e17/terminology/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, elementary, eina, eet, evas, edje, emotion, ecore, ethumb, efreet }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "terminology-${version}";
-  version = "0.7.0";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/apps/terminology/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1x248dh9r292r8ycvf43vrfk4l8wpli50sgywp0zy3q93f8ljgs5";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig elementary eina eet evas ecore edje emotion ecore ethumb efreet ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Terminology, the E17 terminal emulator";
-    homepage = http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=about/terminology;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;  # not sure
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e18/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e18/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 56361eb85ce..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e18/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{ callPackage, pkgs }:
-rec {
-  #### CORE EFL
-  efl = callPackage ./efl.nix { };
-  evas = callPackage ./evas.nix { };
-  emotion = callPackage ./emotion.nix { };
-  elementary = callPackage ./elementary.nix { };
-
-  #### WINDOW MANAGER
-  enlightenment = callPackage ./enlightenment.nix { };
-
-  #### APPLICATIONS
-  econnman = callPackage ./econnman.nix { };
-  terminology = callPackage ./terminology.nix { };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e18/econnman.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e18/econnman.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f2c67edf4f8..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e18/econnman.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, e18, python27, python27Packages, dbus, makeWrapper }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "econnman-${version}";
-  version = "1.1";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/apps/econnman/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "057pwwavlvrrq26bncqnfrf449zzaim0zq717xv86av4n940gwv0";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper pkgconfig e18.efl python27 dbus ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python27Packages.pythonefl python27Packages.dbus e18.elementary ];
-  postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/econnman-bin --prefix PYTHONPATH : ${python27Packages.dbus}/lib/python2.7/site-packages:${python27Packages.pythonefl}/lib/python2.7/site-packages
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Econnman is a user interface for the connman network connection manager";
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.matejc ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl3;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e18/efl.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e18/efl.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ca09ac32ee5..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e18/efl.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, openssl, libjpeg, zlib, freetype, fontconfig, fribidi, SDL, mesa, giflib, libpng, libtiff, glib, gst_all_1, pulseaudio, libsndfile, xlibs, wayland, libdrm, libxkbcommon, udev, utillinuxCurses, dbus, bullet, luajit, python27Packages }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "efl-${version}";
-  version = "1.10.2";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/libs/efl/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0py8x0kv2hgl5v983xb6653fvmvn20im6picpc0hqfyxy09g1b24";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig openssl zlib freetype fontconfig fribidi SDL mesa giflib libpng libtiff glib gst_all_1.gstreamer gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base gst_all_1.gst-libav pulseaudio libsndfile xlibs.libXcursor xlibs.printproto xlibs.libX11 libdrm udev utillinuxCurses luajit ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ wayland libxkbcommon python27Packages.dbus dbus libjpeg xlibs.libXcomposite xlibs.libXdamage xlibs.libXinerama xlibs.libXp xlibs.libXtst xlibs.libXi xlibs.libXext bullet xlibs.libXScrnSaver ];
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-opengl=full" "--with-tests=none" "--enable-wayland" "--enable-sdl" "--enable-drm" ];
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${xlibs.libXtst} $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"
-    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base}/lib/pkgconfig/gstreamer-video-0.10.pc:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    description = "Enlightenment Core libraries";
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.matejc ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl3;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e18/elementary.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e18/elementary.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f808d5c905b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e18/elementary.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, e18 }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "elementary-${version}";
-  version = "1.10.2";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/libs/elementary/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0y3knvmabl9adc8pd54p7qxpf7gvciixc1rk40hqppwhdgbgpz28";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig e18.efl ];
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${e18.efl}/include/ethumb-1 $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    description = "Widget set/toolkit";
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.matejc ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e18/emotion.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e18/emotion.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e1c3be6400..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e18/emotion.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, e18, vlc }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "emotion_generic_players-${version}";
-  version = "1.10.0";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/libs/emotion_generic_players/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1nwlrk9inrhiv6jpzji10ikcdlhzhz7f2b5qhi2ai8bb6j61ryyc";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig e18.efl vlc ];
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${e18.efl}/include/eo-1 $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    description = "Extra video decoders";
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.matejc ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e18/enlightenment.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e18/enlightenment.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c3cd585e525..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e18/enlightenment.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, e18, xlibs, libffi, pam, alsaLib, luajit, bzip2, set_freqset_setuid ? false }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "enlightenment-${version}";
-  version = "0.18.8";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/apps/enlightenment/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1fsigbrknkwy909p1gqwxag1bar3p413s4f6fq3qnbsd6gjbvj8l";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig e18.efl e18.elementary xlibs.libxcb xlibs.xcbutilkeysyms xlibs.libXrandr libffi pam alsaLib luajit bzip2 ];
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${e18.efl}/include/eo-1 -I${e18.efl}/include/ecore-imf-1 -I${e18.efl}/include/ethumb-client-1 -I${e18.efl}/include/ethumb-1 $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"
-  '';
-
-  # this is a hack and without this cpufreq module is not working:
-  #   when set_freqset_setuid is true and "e18_freqset" is set in setuidPrograms (this is taken care of in e18 NixOS module),
-  #   then this postInstall does the folowing:
-  #   1. moves the "freqset" binary to "e18_freqset",
-  #   2. linkes "e18_freqset" to enlightenment/bin so that,
-  #   3. setuidPrograms detects it and makes appropriate stuff to /var/setuid-wrappers/e18_freqset,
-  #   4. and finaly, linkes /var/setuid-wrappers/e18_freqset to original destination where enlightenment wants it
-  postInstall = if set_freqset_setuid then ''
-    export CPUFREQ_DIRPATH=`readlink -f $out/lib/enlightenment/modules/cpufreq/linux-gnu-*`;
-    mv $CPUFREQ_DIRPATH/freqset $CPUFREQ_DIRPATH/e18_freqset
-    ln -sv $CPUFREQ_DIRPATH/e18_freqset $out/bin/e18_freqset
-    ln -sv /var/setuid-wrappers/e18_freqset $CPUFREQ_DIRPATH/freqset
-  '' else "";
-  meta = {
-    description = "The Compositing Window Manager and Desktop Shell";
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.matejc ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e18/evas.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e18/evas.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ddd94dbaea..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e18/evas.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, e18, zlib }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "evas_generic_loaders-${version}";
-  version = "1.10.0";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/libs/evas_generic_loaders/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0qx44g7a8pzcgspx8q10zjiwzafis301fhpchd4pskfxhqd4qagm";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig e18.efl zlib ];
-  meta = {
-    description = "Extra image decoders";
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.matejc ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/e18/terminology.nix b/pkgs/desktops/e18/terminology.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 892abc6ea5f..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/e18/terminology.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, e18 }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "terminology-${version}";
-  version = "0.6.1";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/apps/terminology/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1wi9njyfs95y4nb9jd30032qqka5cg7k0wacck8s1yqxwg5ng38x";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig e18.efl e18.elementary ];
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${e18.efl}/include/eo-1 $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${e18.efl}/include/ecore-con-1 $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${e18.efl}/include/eldbus-1 $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${e18.efl}/include/ethumb-1 $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    description = "The best terminal emulator written with the EFL";
-    homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.matejc ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 99c5caa1649..50198b0e1c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11718,16 +11718,6 @@ let
 
   enlightenment = callPackage ../desktops/enlightenment { };
 
-  e17 = recurseIntoAttrs (
-    let callPackage = newScope pkgs.e17; in
-    import ../desktops/e17 { inherit callPackage pkgs; }
-  );
-
-  e18 = recurseIntoAttrs (
-    let callPackage = newScope pkgs.e18; in
-    import ../desktops/e18 { inherit callPackage pkgs; }
-  );
-
   e19 = recurseIntoAttrs (
     let callPackage = newScope pkgs.e19; in
     import ../desktops/e19 { inherit callPackage pkgs; }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 797a300f9a4..fcb7eb212a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11827,26 +11827,6 @@ let
     };
   };
 
-  pythonefl = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "python-efl-${version}";
-    version = "1.10.0";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/bindings/python/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1inv2qalnm9paifdwyh9q3ffxcp9bjj92phvfw1rgkaildvfji5i";
-    };
-    preConfigure = ''
-      export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/eo-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/eina-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/eina-1/eina -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/evas-1 -I${self.dbus}/include/dbus-1.0 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/efl-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/eet-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/ecore-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/ecore-evas-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/ecore-file-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/ecore-input-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/ecore-imf-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/ecore-con-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/edje-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/eldbus-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/efreet-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/ethumb-client-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/ethumb-1 -I${pkgs.e18.efl}/include/ecore-x-1 $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"
-    '';
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.pkgconfig pkgs.e18.efl pkgs.e18.elementary ];
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python bindings for EFL and Elementary.";
-      homepage = http://enlightenment.org/;
-      maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.matejc ];
-      platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
-    };
-  };
-
   snapperGUI = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "Snapper-GUI";