diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/windows/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/windows/default.nix
index 95df515c6bfd..dfd749dc2a9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/windows/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/windows/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,5 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (self: with self; {
 
   pthreads = callPackage ./pthread-w32 { };
 
-  wxMSW = callPackage ./wxMSW-2.8 { };
-
   libgnurx = callPackage ./libgnurx { };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/windows/wxMSW-2.8/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/windows/wxMSW-2.8/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 091897b69343..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/windows/wxMSW-2.8/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, compat24 ? false, compat26 ? true, unicode ? true }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "wxMSW";
-  version = "2.8.11";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/wxwindows/wxWidgets-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0icxd21g18d42n1ygshkpw0jnflm03iqki6r623pb5hhd7fm2ksj";
-  };
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    (if compat24 then "--enable-compat24" else "--disable-compat24")
-    (if compat26 then "--enable-compat26" else "--disable-compat26")
-    "--disable-precomp-headers"
-    (lib.optionalString unicode "--enable-unicode")
-    "--with-opengl"
-  ];
-
-  preConfigure = "
-    substituteInPlace configure --replace /usr /no-such-path
-  ";
-
-  postBuild = "(cd contrib/src && make)";
-
-  postInstall = "
-    (cd contrib/src && make install)
-    (cd $out/include && ln -s wx-*/* .)
-  ";
-
-  passthru = { inherit compat24 compat26 unicode; };
-
-  meta = {
-    platforms = lib.platforms.windows;
-
-    broken = true;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
index 3c6feba6b812..6fae32c9290b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ let
     libffi = nativePlatforms;
     libtool = nativePlatforms;
     libunistring = nativePlatforms;
-    windows.wxMSW = nativePlatforms;
     windows.mingw_w64_pthreads = nativePlatforms;
   };