diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index 0eb66b170aa..579e863bf9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   xfce4-datetime-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-datetime-plugin { };
 
-  xfce4-dict-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-dict-plugin.nix { };
-
   xfce4-dockbarx-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-dockbarx-plugin.nix { };
 
   xfce4-embed-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-embed-plugin.nix { };
@@ -187,7 +185,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   xfce4_cpufreq_plugin = xfce4-cpufreq-plugin;
   xfce4_cpugraph_plugin = xfce4-cpugraph-plugin;
   xfce4_datetime_plugin = xfce4-datetime-plugin;
-  xfce4_dict_plugin = xfce4-dict-plugin;
   xfce4_dockbarx_plugin = xfce4-dockbarx-plugin;
   xfce4_embed_plugin = xfce4-embed-plugin;
   xfce4_eyes_plugin = xfce4-eyes-plugin;
@@ -211,6 +208,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   xfce4-mixer = throw "deprecated 2019-08-18: obsoleted by xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin"; # added 2019-08-18
   gtk-xfce-engine = throw "deprecated 2019-09-17: Xfce 4.14 deprecated gtk-xfce-engine"; # added 2019-09-17
+  xfce4-dict-plugin = throw "deprecated 2020-04-19: xfce4-dict-plugin is now part of xfce4-dict."; # added 2020-04-19
 
   # added 2019-11-04
   libxfce4ui_gtk3 = libxfce4ui;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-dict-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-dict-plugin.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ae6141bd662..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-dict-plugin.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, xfconf, gtk2, xfce }:
-
-let
-  category = "panel-plugins";
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname  = "xfce4-dict-plugin";
-  version = "0.3.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/${category}/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1x0imfnsdfq7fbhka8bc0yjjspkcljc1jafhrwzb08qi9bk2wbar";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel xfconf gtk2 ];
-  
-  passthru.updateScript = xfce.updateScript {
-    inherit pname version;
-    attrPath = "xfce.${pname}";
-    versionLister = xfce.archiveLister category pname;
-  };
-
-  meta =with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = "https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${pname}";
-    description = "Dictionary plugin for Xfce panel";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
-    broken = true; # see https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-dict-plugin
-  };
-}