diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/despotify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/despotify/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 43c8d18eb88..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/despotify/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv, fetchsvn, openssl, zlib, libvorbis, libpulseaudio, gstreamer, libao,
-  libtool, ncurses, glibc
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-
-  name = "despotify-svn521";
-
-  src = fetchsvn {
-    url = "http://svn.code.sf.net/p/despotify/code";
-    rev = "521";
-    sha256 = "1vc453bv5ngkvaqkq7z5bj6x28m4kik59153jikcfah3k4qmxw21";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    openssl zlib libvorbis libpulseaudio gstreamer libao libtool ncurses glibc
-  ];
-
-  configurePhase = "cd src";
-
-  installPhase = "make LDCONFIG=true INSTALL_PREFIX=$out install";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Open source Spotify client and library";
-    longDescription = ''
-      despotify is a open source implementation of the Spotify API.  This
-      package provides both a library and a few already quite useful,
-      proof-of-concept clients.
-    '';
-    homepage = "http://despotify.se";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ae836bd8fee..f4f8c6649a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1529,8 +1529,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   desktop_file_utils = callPackage ../tools/misc/desktop-file-utils { };
 
-  despotify = callPackage ../development/libraries/despotify { };
-
   dfc  = callPackage ../tools/system/dfc { };
 
   dev86 = callPackage ../development/compilers/dev86 { };