diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xneur/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xneur/default.nix
index 2d8af0465a77..eab545cf0818 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xneur/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xneur/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,24 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkg-config, intltool, xorg, pcre, gst_all_1, glib
-, xosd, libnotify, enchant, wrapGAppsHook, gdk-pixbuf }:
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
+, autoreconfHook
+, intltool
+, pkg-config
+, wrapGAppsHook
+, enchant
+, gdk-pixbuf
+, glib
+, gst_all_1
+, libnotify
+, pcre
+, xorg
+, xosd
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-   pname = "xneur";
-   version = "0.20.0";
+  pname = "xneur";
+  version = "0.20.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/AndrewCrewKuznetsov/xneur-devel/raw/f66723feb272c68f7c22a8bf0dbcafa5e3a8a5ee/dists/0.20.0/xneur_0.20.0.orig.tar.gz";
@@ -11,14 +26,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config intltool wrapGAppsHook
+    autoreconfHook
+    intltool
+    pkg-config
+    wrapGAppsHook
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    xorg.libX11 xorg.libXtst pcre gst_all_1.gstreamer glib
-    xosd xorg.libXext xorg.libXi libnotify
-    enchant gdk-pixbuf
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good
+    enchant
+    gdk-pixbuf
+    glib
+    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
+    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good
+    gst_all_1.gstreamer
+    libnotify
+    pcre
+    xorg.libX11
+    xorg.libXext
+    xorg.libXi
+    xorg.libXtst
+    xosd
   ];
 
   patches = [
@@ -27,10 +54,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       url = "https://salsa.debian.org/debian/xneur/-/raw/da38ad9c8e1bf4e349f5ed4ad909f810fdea44c9/debian/patches/gcc-10.patch";
       sha256 = "0pc17a4sdrnrc4z7gz28889b9ywqsm5mzm6m41h67j2f5zh9k3fy";
     })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "enchant2.patch";
+      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/debian/xneur/-/raw/695b0fea56cde4ff6cf0f3988218c5cb9d7ff5ae/debian/patches/enchant2.patch";
+      sha256 = "02a3kkfzdvs5f8dfm6j5x3jcn5j8qah9ykfymp6ffqsf4fijp65n";
+    })
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
-    sed -e 's@for xosd_dir in@for xosd_dir in ${xosd} @' -i configure
+    sed -e 's@for xosd_dir in@for xosd_dir in ${xosd} @' -i configure.ac
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/1.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/1.x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 79f896bef385..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/1.x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, aspell, pkg-config, glib, hunspell, hspell }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.6.1";
-  pname = "enchant";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/AbiWord/${pname}/releases/download/${pname}-1-6-1/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1xg3m7mniyqyff8qv46jbfwgchb6di6qxdjnd5sfir7jzv0dkw5y";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ aspell glib hunspell hspell ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Generic spell checking library";
-    homepage = "https://abiword.github.io/enchant";
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
-    license = licenses.lgpl21;
-    # never built on aarch64-darwin since first introduction in nixpkgs
-    broken = stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 5506b451ddb1..39f375fa9947 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   emacsWithPackages = emacs.pkgs.withPackages; # Added 2020-12-18
 
   enblendenfuse = throw "'enblendenfuse' has been renamed to/replaced by 'enblend-enfuse'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
+  enchant1 = throw "enchant1 has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was unmaintained"; # Added 2023-01-18
   encryptr = throw "encryptr was removed because it reached end of life"; # Added 2022-02-06
   envdir = throw "envdir has been dropped due to the lack of maintenance from upstream since 2018"; # Added 2022-06-03
   envelope = throw "envelope has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was unmaintained"; # Added 2021-08-05
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 311aa10ba682..330fb673428f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19298,8 +19298,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   emanote = haskell.lib.compose.justStaticExecutables haskellPackages.emanote;
 
-  enchant1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/enchant/1.x.nix { };
-
   enchant2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/enchant/2.x.nix { };
   enchant = enchant2;
 
@@ -33771,9 +33769,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xmind = callPackage ../applications/misc/xmind { };
 
-  xneur = callPackage ../applications/misc/xneur {
-    enchant = enchant1;
-  };
+  xneur = callPackage ../applications/misc/xneur { };
 
   gxneur = callPackage ../applications/misc/gxneur  {
     inherit (gnome2) libglade GConf;