diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/anydesk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/anydesk/default.nix
index 82b6614fcb6..573752b5b53 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/anydesk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/anydesk/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem
 , atk, cairo, gdk-pixbuf, glib, gnome2, gtk2, libGLU, libGL, pango, xorg
-, lsb-release, freetype, fontconfig, pangox_compat, polkit, polkit_gnome
+, lsb-release, freetype, fontconfig, polkit, polkit_gnome
 , pulseaudio }:
 
 let
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     atk cairo gdk-pixbuf glib gtk2 stdenv.cc.cc pango
     gnome2.gtkglext libGLU libGL freetype fontconfig
-    pangox_compat polkit polkit_gnome pulseaudio
+    polkit polkit_gnome pulseaudio
   ] ++ (with xorg; [
     libxcb libxkbfile libX11 libXdamage libXext libXfixes libXi libXmu
     libXrandr libXtst libXt libICE libSM libXrender
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --set-rpath "${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath buildInputs}" \
       $out/bin/anydesk
 
+    # pangox is not actually necessary (it was only added as a part of gtkglext)
+    patchelf \
+      --remove-needed libpangox-1.0.so.0 \
+      $out/bin/anydesk
+
     wrapProgram $out/bin/anydesk \
       --prefix PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ lsb-release ]}
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/default.nix
index 1a1ae3df942..ed4101bdb47 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmodelica/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {stdenv, fetchgit, fetchsvn, autoconf, automake, libtool, gfortran, clang, cmake, gnumake,
 hwloc, jre, liblapack, blas, hdf5, expat, ncurses, readline, qt4, webkitgtk, which,
 lp_solve, omniorb, sqlite, libatomic_ops, pkgconfig, file, gettext, flex, bison,
-doxygen, boost, openscenegraph, gnome2, pangox_compat, xorg, git, bash, gtk2, makeWrapper }:
+doxygen, boost, openscenegraph, gnome2, xorg, git, bash, gtk2, makeWrapper }:
 
 let
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [autoconf cmake automake libtool gfortran clang gnumake
     hwloc jre liblapack blas hdf5 expat ncurses readline qt4 webkitgtk which
     lp_solve omniorb sqlite libatomic_ops pkgconfig file gettext flex bison
-    doxygen boost openscenegraph gnome2.gtkglext pangox_compat xorg.libXmu
+    doxygen boost openscenegraph gnome2.gtkglext xorg.libXmu
     git gtk2 makeWrapper];
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pangox-compat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pangox-compat/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ae2f1b8132..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pangox-compat/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, pango, libX11 }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "pangox-compat";
-  version = "0.0.2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0ip0ziys6mrqqmz4n71ays0kf5cs1xflj1gfpvs4fgy2nsrr482m";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ glib pango libX11 ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A compatibility library for pango>1.30.*";
-    homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/pangox-compat";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4478215e38c..8986a98f806 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11671,8 +11671,6 @@ in
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) ApplicationServices;
   };
 
-  pangox_compat = callPackage ../development/libraries/pangox-compat { };
-
   gdata-sharp = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdata-sharp { };
 
   gdk-pixbuf = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf { };