diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/nylas-mail-bin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/nylas-mail-bin/default.nix
index e7e199155d73..3376eebe5dc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/nylas-mail-bin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/nylas-mail-bin/default.nix
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
 
-  buildInputs = [ gnome2.gnome-keyring ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
   buildCommand = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
index 7e54b946c46c..2b4a8562c4f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
   gnomedocutils = self.gnome-doc-utils;
   gnomeicontheme = self.gnome_icon_theme;
   gnome_common = gnome-common;
-  gnome_keyring = gnome-keyring;
   gnome_desktop = gnome-desktop;
   inherit rarian;
 
@@ -76,8 +75,6 @@ let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
 
 #### DESKTOP
 
-  gnome-keyring = callPackage ./desktop/gnome-keyring { };
-
   libgweather = callPackage ./desktop/libgweather { };
 
   gvfs = gvfs.override { gnome = self; };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gnome-keyring/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gnome-keyring/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 26f3f624a042..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gnome-keyring/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, dbus, libgcrypt, libtasn1, pam, python, glib,
-gtk, intltool, GConf, libgnome-keyring }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gnome-keyring-2.30.3";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-keyring/2.30/gnome-keyring-2.30.3.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "02r9gv3a4a705jf3h7c0bizn33c73wz0iw2500m7z291nrnmqkmj";
-  };
-  
-  buildInputs = [ dbus libgcrypt pam python gtk GConf libgnome-keyring ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib libtasn1 ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/mail-notification/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/mail-notification/default.nix
index c14ee25981c7..1547c364b510 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/mail-notification/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/mail-notification/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-   buildInputs = [ glib dbus-glib gmime libnotify libgnome-keyring openssl cyrus_sasl gnonlin sylpheed gob2 gettext intltool gnome2.GConf gnome2.libgnomeui dbus-glib gmime libnotify gnome2.gnome-keyring gnome2.scrollkeeper libxml2 gnome2.gnome_icon_theme hicolor-icon-theme tango-icon-theme ];
+   buildInputs = [ glib dbus-glib gmime libnotify libgnome-keyring openssl cyrus_sasl gnonlin sylpheed gob2 gettext intltool gnome2.GConf gnome2.libgnomeui dbus-glib gmime libnotify gnome2.scrollkeeper libxml2 gnome2.gnome_icon_theme hicolor-icon-theme tango-icon-theme ];
 
   prePatch = ''
     sed -i  -e '/jb_rule_set_install_message/d' -e '/jb_rule_add_install_command/d' jbsrc/jb.c