diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/kdewrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/kdewrapper/default.nix
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index 64dfd7d0ca6..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/build-support/kdewrapper/default.nix
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@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, kde4, shared_mime_info, extraLibs ? [] }:
-
-/* Supply a KDE program, and it will have the necessary KDE vars to
-  get icons, mime types, etc. working.
-  For example:
-  
-  packageOverrides = pkgs : {
-    kdenliveWrapped = kde4.wrapper kde4.kdenlive;
-  };
-  */
-program:
-
-let
-  libs = with kde4; [ kdelibs kde_runtime oxygen_icons shared_mime_info ]
-    ++ extraLibs;
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = program.name + "-wrapped";
-
-  inherit libs;
-
-  buildCommand = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-
-    KDEDIRS=${program}
-    QT_PLUGIN_PATH=${program}/lib/qt4/plugins:${program}/lib/kde4/plugins
-    for a in $libs; do
-      KDEDIRS=$a''${KDEDIRS:+:}$KDEDIRS
-      QT_PLUGIN_PATH=$a/lib/qt4/plugins:$a/lib/kde4/plugins''${QT_PLUGIN_PATH:+:}$QT_PLUGIN_PATH
-    done
-    for a in ${program}/bin/*; do 
-      PROG=$out/bin/`basename $a` 
-    cat > $PROG << END
-    #!/bin/sh
-    export KDEDIRS=$KDEDIRS\''${KDEDIRS:+:}\$KDEDIRS
-    export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=$QT_PLUGIN_PATH\''${QT_PLUGIN_PATH:+:}\$QT_PLUGIN_PATH
-    exec $a "\$@"
-    END
-    chmod +x $PROG
-    done
-  '';
-
-  preferLocalBuild = true;
-}