diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
index 909ef549e81..db21a72cb9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ let
     lxqt-themes = callPackage ./lxqt-themes { };
     pavucontrol-qt = libsForQt5.callPackage ./pavucontrol-qt { };
     qtermwidget = callPackage ./qtermwidget { };
-    # for now keep version 0.7.1 because virt-manager-qt currently does not compile with qtermwidget-0.8.0
-    qtermwidget_0_7_1 = callPackage ./qtermwidget/0.7.1.nix { };
 
     ### CORE 2
     lxqt-panel = callPackage ./lxqt-panel { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/qtermwidget/0.7.1.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/qtermwidget/0.7.1.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 93c93d2c6ba..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/qtermwidget/0.7.1.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, qt5 }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${pname}_0_7_1-${version}";
-  pname = "qtermwidget";
-  version = "0.7.1";
-
-  srcs = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "lxqt";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0awp33cnkpi9brpx01mz5hwj7j2lq1wdi8cabk3wassd99vvxdxz";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ qt5.qtbase ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A terminal emulator widget for Qt 5";
-    homepage = https://github.com/lxqt/qtermwidget;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = with platforms; unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ romildo ];
-  };
-}