diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xf/xfe/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xf/xfe/package.nix
index e45aedbbc6f0..3bfa2f758773 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xf/xfe/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xf/xfe/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
-  fox,
+  fox_1_6,
   fontconfig,
   freetype,
   pkg-config,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     intltool
   ];
   buildInputs = [
-    fox
+    fox_1_6
     gettext
     xcbutil
     gcc
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eee777b4bcfe..ddc9b6383461 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1366,10 +1366,6 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit lib udisks python3;
   };
 
-  xfe = callPackage ../by-name/xf/xfe/package.nix {
-    fox = fox_1_6;
-  };
-
   johnny-reborn-engine = callPackage ../applications/misc/johnny-reborn { };
 
   johnny-reborn = callPackage ../applications/misc/johnny-reborn/with-data.nix { };