From 4a016a844d74e07448705a7d25afbcf5540b3432 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: whispers <whispersofthedawn@duck.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:45:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] gnome2.gnome_mime_data: drop

this is part of the gnome2 package set, which is old and needs to
removed. it also has no users in tree. there is thus no reason to keep
this around.
---
 pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix                |  3 +--
 .../gnome-2/platform/gnome-mime-data/default.nix | 16 ----------------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 18 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-mime-data/default.nix

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 ];
-}