diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qtwebkit-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qtwebkit-plugins/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a33b4bda9d3c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qtwebkit-plugins/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  qmake,
-  qtwebkit,
-  hunspell,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "qtwebkit-plugins";
-  version = "unstable-2017-01-25";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "QupZilla";
-    repo = "qtwebkit-plugins";
-    rev = "b58ee9d5b31977491662aa4e8bee16404638bf14";
-    sha256 = "04wvlhdj45g1v1a3zl0pkf9r72i22h1br10lhhrgad7ypym974gw";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    qtwebkit
-    hunspell
-  ];
-
-  dontWrapQtApps = true;
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i "s,-lhunspell,-lhunspell-${lib.versions.majorMinor hunspell.version}," src/spellcheck/spellcheck.pri
-    sed -i "s,\$\$\[QT_INSTALL_PLUGINS\],$out/$qtPluginPrefix," src/src.pro
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Spell checking plugin using Hunspell and HTML5 Notifications plugin for QtWebKit";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/QupZilla/qtwebkit-plugins";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/qt5-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/qt5-packages.nix
index 13b52c3035f0..1a52c4faa1be 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/qt5-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/qt5-packages.nix
@@ -219,8 +219,6 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
 
         telepathy = callPackage ../development/libraries/telepathy/qt { };
 
-        qtwebkit-plugins = callPackage ../development/libraries/qtwebkit-plugins { };
-
         signond = callPackage ../development/libraries/signond { };
 
         timed = callPackage ../applications/system/timed { };