diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/goffice/0.8.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/goffice/0.8.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e050a615dd1..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/goffice/0.8.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, glib, gtk2, libglade, bzip2
-, pango, libgsf, libxml2, libart, intltool, gettext
-, cairo, gconf, libgnomeui, pcre, goffice/*just meta*/ }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "goffice-0.8.17";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/goffice/0.8/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "165070beb67b84580afe80a8a100b674a81d553ab791acd72ac0c655f4fadb15";
-  };
-
-  # fix linking error: undefined reference to pcre_info
-  patches = [ ./pcre_info.patch ]; # inspired by https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60986
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    libglade bzip2 libart intltool gettext
-    gconf libgnomeui pcre
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    # All these are in the "Requires:" field of `libgoffice-0.6.pc'.
-    glib libgsf libxml2 gtk2 libglade libart cairo pango
-  ];
-
-  postInstall =
-    ''
-      # Get GnuCash to build.  Might be unnecessary if we upgrade pkgconfig.
-      substituteInPlace $out/lib/pkgconfig/libgoffice-*.pc --replace Requires.private Requires
-    '';
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  meta = goffice.meta // {
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/goffice/pcre_info.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/goffice/pcre_info.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cd4ef3c9fed..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/goffice/pcre_info.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/goffice/utils/regutf8.c b/goffice/utils/regutf8.c
-index bc4aae4..3adb696 100644
---- a/goffice/utils/regutf8.c
-+++ b/goffice/utils/regutf8.c
-@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ go_regcomp (GORegexp *gor, const char *pat, int cflags)
- 		default: return GO_REG_BADPAT;
- 		}
- 	} else {
--		gor->re_nsub = pcre_info (r, NULL, NULL);
-+		gor->re_nsub = pcre_fullinfo (r, NULL, NULL, NULL);
- 		gor->nosub = (cflags & GO_REG_NOSUB) != 0;
- 		return 0;
- 	}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 48e36ac6bc0..992f578c211 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17324,12 +17324,6 @@ in
 
   goffice = callPackage ../development/libraries/goffice { };
 
-  goffice_0_8 = callPackage ../development/libraries/goffice/0.8.nix {
-    inherit (pkgs.gnome2) libglade libgnomeui;
-    gconf = pkgs.gnome2.GConf;
-    libart = pkgs.gnome2.libart_lgpl;
-  };
-
   jetbrains = (recurseIntoAttrs (callPackages ../applications/editors/jetbrains {
     jdk = jetbrains.jdk;
   }) // {