diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 12ff5c772402..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, ant, jdk, makeWrapper, libXxf86vm, which }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "processing-${version}";
-  version = "2.2.1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/processing/processing/archive/processing-0227-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1r8q5y0h4gpqap5jwkspc0li6566hzx5chr7hwrdn8mxlzsm50xk";
-  };
-
-  # Stop it trying to download its own version of java
-  patches = [ ./use-nixpkgs-jre.patch ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ ant jdk makeWrapper libXxf86vm which ];
-
-  buildPhase = "cd build && ant build";
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/${name}
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-   cp -r linux/work/* $out/${name}/
-   makeWrapper $out/${name}/processing $out/bin/processing \
-     --prefix PATH : "${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ jdk which ]}" \
-     --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${libXxf86vm}/lib
-   makeWrapper $out/${name}/processing-java $out/bin/processing-java \
-     --prefix PATH : "${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ jdk which ]}" \
-     --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${libXxf86vm}/lib
-   ln -s ${jdk} $out/${name}/java
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A language and IDE for electronic arts";
-    homepage = https://processing.org;
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/use-nixpkgs-jre.patch b/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/use-nixpkgs-jre.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f6a5e2018e1..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing/use-nixpkgs-jre.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-From d1fb63255ff028ecc9cc66d5a6b21b24031b4b4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Cillian=20de=20R=C3=B3iste?= <cillian.deroiste@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 00:07:58 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] patch
-
----
- build/build.xml | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
-index 4d0f0b2..c3f5c09 100755
---- a/build/build.xml
-+++ b/build/build.xml
-@@ -640,10 +640,11 @@
- 	      value="jre-tools-6u37-linux${sun.arch.data.model}.tgz" />
-     -->
- 
-+    <!--
-     <get src="http://processing.googlecode.com/files/${jre.file}" 
- 	 dest="linux/jre.tgz" 
- 	 usetimestamp="true" />
--
-+    -->
- <!--	   
-     Cannot use ant version of tar because it doesn't preserve properties.
-     <untar compression="gzip" 
-@@ -655,39 +656,38 @@
- <!--
-     http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/transform.html
- -->
--    <exec executable="tar" dir="linux">
-+    <!-- <exec executable="tar" dir="linux"> -->
-       <!-- Change directory -->
-       <!--
-       <arg value="-C" /> 
-       <arg value="linux/work" />
-       <arg value="-xzpf" />
-       -->
--      <arg value="xfz" />
--      <arg value="jre.tgz"/>
--    </exec>
-+    <!--   <arg value="xfz" /> -->
-+    <!--   <arg value="jre.tgz"/> -->
-+    <!-- </exec> -->
- 
-     <!--
-     We only want to move when the folder didn't exist before
-     <move file="linux/jre1.7.0_40" tofile="linux/work/java" />
-     -->
--    <exec executable="rsync" dir="linux">
--      <arg value="-a" />
--      <arg value="--delete" />
--      <arg value="jre1.7.0_40/" />
--      <arg value="work/java" />
--    </exec>
--    <delete dir="linux/jre1.7.0_40" />
-+    <!-- <exec executable="rsync" dir="linux"> -->
-+    <!--   <arg value="-a" /> -->
-+    <!--   <arg value="jre1.7.0_40/" /> -->
-+    <!--   <arg value="work/java" /> -->
-+    <!-- </exec> -->
-+    <!-- <delete dir="linux/jre1.7.0_40" /> -->
- 
-     <!-- Remove unused JRE bloat. -->
--    <delete> 
--      <fileset refid="javafx-basics" />
--      <fileset refid="javafx-linux-${sun.arch.data.model}" />
--      <fileset refid="jre-optional-linux" />
--    </delete>
--
--    <copy todir="linux/work/java/lib/fonts">
--      <fileset dir="shared/lib/fonts" includes="*" />
--    </copy>
-+    <!-- <delete>  -->
-+    <!--   <fileset refid="javafx-basics" /> -->
-+    <!--   <fileset refid="javafx-linux-${sun.arch.data.model}" /> -->
-+    <!--   <fileset refid="jre-optional-linux" /> -->
-+    <!-- </delete> -->
-+
-+    <!-- <copy todir="linux/work/java/lib/fonts"> -->
-+    <!--   <fileset dir="shared/lib/fonts" includes="*" /> -->
-+    <!-- </copy> -->
- 
-   </target>
-   
--- 
-2.1.0
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6f3cc15b52d4..90f8a4b3fa85 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17265,10 +17265,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   qiv = callPackage ../applications/graphics/qiv { };
 
-  processing = callPackage ../applications/graphics/processing {
-    jdk = jdk7;
-  };
-
   # perhaps there are better apps for this task? It's how I had configured my preivous system.
   # And I don't want to rewrite all rules
   procmail = callPackage ../applications/misc/procmail { };