diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/mxnet/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/mxnet/default.nix
index 50576390ee02..83e20d2c129f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/mxnet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/mxnet/default.nix
@@ -12,22 +12,15 @@
   gomp,
   llvmPackages,
   perl,
+  # mxnet cuda support is turned off, but dependencies like opencv can still be built with cudaSupport
+  # and fail to compile without the cudatoolkit
+  # mxnet cuda support will not be availaible, as mxnet requires version <=11
   cudaSupport ? config.cudaSupport,
   cudaPackages ? { },
-  nvidia_x11,
-  cudnnSupport ? cudaSupport,
 }:
 
-let
-  inherit (cudaPackages)
-    backendStdenv
-    cudatoolkit
-    cudaFlags
-    cudnn
-    ;
-in
-
-assert cudnnSupport -> cudaSupport;
+# mxnet is not maintained, and other projects are migrating away from it.
+# https://github.com/apache/mxnet/issues/21206
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mxnet";
@@ -67,27 +60,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ]
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.cc.isGNU gomp
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.cc.isClang llvmPackages.openmp
-    # FIXME: when cuda build is fixed, remove nvidia_x11, and use /run/opengl-driver/lib
     ++ lib.optionals cudaSupport [
-      cudatoolkit
-      nvidia_x11
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optional cudnnSupport cudnn;
+      # needed for OpenCV cmake module
+      cudaPackages.cudatoolkit
+    ];
 
-  cmakeFlags =
-    [ "-DUSE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE=OFF" ]
-    ++ (
-      if cudaSupport then
-        [
-          "-DUSE_OLDCMAKECUDA=ON" # see https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/10743
-          "-DCUDA_ARCH_NAME=All"
-          "-DCUDA_HOST_COMPILER=${backendStdenv.cc}/bin/cc"
-          "-DMXNET_CUDA_ARCH=${builtins.concatStringsSep ";" cudaFlags.realArches}"
-        ]
-      else
-        [ "-DUSE_CUDA=OFF" ]
-    )
-    ++ lib.optional (!cudnnSupport) "-DUSE_CUDNN=OFF";
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DUSE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE=OFF"
+    "-DUSE_CUDA=OFF"
+    "-DUSE_CUDNN=OFF"
+  ];
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
     # Needed with GCC 12
@@ -107,24 +89,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rm "$out"/lib/*.a
   '';
 
-  # used to mark cudaSupport in python310Packages.mxnet as broken;
-  # other attributes exposed for consistency
-  passthru = {
-    inherit
-      cudaSupport
-      cudnnSupport
-      cudatoolkit
-      cudnn
-      ;
-  };
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Lightweight, Portable, Flexible Distributed/Mobile Deep Learning with Dynamic, Mutation-aware Dataflow Dep Scheduler";
     homepage = "https://mxnet.incubator.apache.org/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
     license = licenses.asl20;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    # Build failures when linking mxnet_unit_tests: https://gist.github.com/6d17447ee3557967ec52c50d93b17a1d
-    broken = cudaSupport;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mxnet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mxnet/default.nix
index 75f9ff539146..a56d2ba49245 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mxnet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mxnet/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   graphviz,
   python,
   isPy3k,
-  isPy310,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage {
@@ -51,7 +50,5 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     ln -s ${pkgs.mxnet}/lib/libmxnet.so $out/${python.sitePackages}/mxnet
   '';
 
-  meta = pkgs.mxnet.meta // {
-    broken = (pkgs.mxnet.broken or false) || (isPy310 && pkgs.mxnet.cudaSupport);
-  };
+  meta = pkgs.mxnet.meta;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 55b055137e82..bb03e0e2cc58 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17228,9 +17228,7 @@ with pkgs;
     lisp-compiler = ecl;
   };
 
-  mxnet = callPackage ../applications/science/math/mxnet {
-    inherit (linuxPackages) nvidia_x11;
-  };
+  mxnet = callPackage ../applications/science/math/mxnet { };
 
   wxmaxima = callPackage ../applications/science/math/wxmaxima {
     wxGTK = wxGTK32.override {