diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/2.4.0.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/2.4.0.nix
index 000b57946f6..c5c7841d72a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/2.4.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/2.4.0.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "gwt-java-2.4.0";
-  src = fetchurl { 
-    url=http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/files/gwt-2.4.0.zip; 
-    sha1 = "a91ac20db0ddd5994ac3cbfb0e8061d5bbf66f88"; 
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url=http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/files/gwt-2.4.0.zip;
+    sha1 = "a91ac20db0ddd5994ac3cbfb0e8061d5bbf66f88";
   };
-  buildInputs = [unzip]; 
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     ensureDir $out
@@ -18,4 +20,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage = http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/;
     description = "Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a development toolkit for building and optimizing complex browser-based applications.";
   };
- }
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index b14a0432ea5..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-tar xfvj $src
-mkdir -p $out
-cp -av $name $out
-
-# Create wrapper scripts so that the GWT compiler/host work
-
-libPath="$libstdcpp5/lib:$glib/lib:$gtk/lib:$atk/lib:$pango/lib:$libX11/lib:$libXt/lib:$out/$name/mozilla-1.7.12"
-
-mkdir -p $out/bin
-
-cat > $out/bin/gwt-compile <<EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$libPath
-export LIBXCB_ALLOW_SLOPPY_LOCK=1 # Workaround for bug in Java AWT implementation
-
-$jdk/bin/java -Xmx256m -cp "\$CLASSPATH:$out/$name/gwt-user.jar:$out/$name/gwt-dev-linux.jar" com.google.gwt.dev.Compiler \$@
-EOF
-chmod 755 $out/bin/gwt-compile
-
-cat > $out/bin/gwt-shell <<EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$libPath
-export LIBXCB_ALLOW_SLOPPY_LOCK=1 # Workaround for bug in Java AWT implementation
-
-$jdk/bin/java -Xmx256m -cp "\$CLASSPATH:$out/$name/gwt-user.jar:$out/$name/gwt-dev-linux.jar" com.google.gwt.dev.GWTShell \$@
-EOF
-chmod 755 $out/bin/gwt-shell
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f22996a6a67..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, glib, gtk, pango, atk, libX11, libXt, libstdcpp5, jdk}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gwt-linux-1.7.1";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/files/gwt-linux-1.7.1.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "0lgirr9lr0qsfvw61hqzracdllqklb4qkzbk5x3lc4r64mms5b3g";
-  };
-
-  inherit glib gtk pango atk libX11 libXt libstdcpp5 jdk;
-  buildInputs = [glib gtk pango atk libX11 libXt libstdcpp5];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/opencxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/opencxx/default.nix
index cf000cd3ea5..54eda51353f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/opencxx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/opencxx/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, libtool, gcc, patches ? []}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libtool, gcc, patches ? []}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "opencxx-2.8";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 38df8c28fbc..f617914c404 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2425,9 +2425,6 @@ let
 
   gprolog = callPackage ../development/compilers/gprolog { };
 
-  gwt = callPackage ../development/compilers/gwt {
-    libstdcpp5 = gcc33.gcc;
-  };
   gwt240 = callPackage ../development/compilers/gwt/2.4.0.nix { };
 
   ikarus = callPackage ../development/compilers/ikarus { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
index e683a5c5c3a..d4cc54d367c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
@@ -584,7 +584,6 @@ in
   gv = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   gwenhywfar = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   gwrap = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
-  gwt = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   gxneur = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   hadoop = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };
   harfbuzz = { type = "job"; systems = ["x86_64-linux"]; schedulingPriority = 4; };