diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
index 44aee4313b74..8f0f644907ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
     # for git-head builds
     gnome-common = callPackage ./platform/gnome-common { };
 
-    gnome_mime_data = callPackage ./platform/gnome-mime-data { };
-
     gtkglext = callPackage ./platform/gtkglext { };
 
     #### DESKTOP
@@ -64,6 +62,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
   gnomeicontheme = throw "gnome2.gnomeicontheme has been removed, please use top-level gnome-icon-theme";
   gnome_common = throw "gnome2.gnome_common has been removed, please use top-level gnome-common";
 
+  gnome_mime_data = throw "gnome2.gnome_mime_data has been removed as it was unused in Nixpkgs"; # 2026-07-23
   gnome_python = throw "gnome2.gnome_python has been removed"; # 2023-01-14
   gnome_python_desktop = throw "gnome2.gnome_python_desktop has been removed"; # 2023-01-14
   gnome_vfs = throw "gnome2.gnome_vfs has been removed"; # 2024-06-27
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-mime-data/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-mime-data/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5335842f1fe3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-mime-data/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  intltool,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "gnome-mime-data";
-  version = "2.18.0";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-mime-data/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/gnome-mime-data-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1mvg8glb2a40yilmyabmb7fkbzlqd3i3d31kbkabqnq86xdnn69p";
-  };
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ intltool ];
-}