diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ve/verifast/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ve/verifast/package.nix
index 6239c16dd2b8a..075ca13b8a9d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ve/verifast/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ve/verifast/package.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   freetype,
   fontconfig,
   libxml2,
-  gnome2,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ let
       freetype
       fontconfig
       libxml2
-      gnome2.gtksourceview
     ]
     + ":${lib.getLib stdenv.cc.cc}/lib64:$out/libexec";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
index 44aee4313b747..cab2edaf716dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
   self: with self; {
 
-    #### PLATFORM
-
     libIDL = callPackage ./platform/libIDL {
       gettext = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then pkgs.gettext else null;
     };
@@ -31,10 +29,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
 
     gtkglext = callPackage ./platform/gtkglext { };
 
-    #### DESKTOP
-
-    gtksourceview = callPackage ./desktop/gtksourceview { };
-
   }
 )
 // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
@@ -56,6 +50,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
   gtk = throw "gnome2.gtk has been removed, please use top-level gtk2";
   gtkmm = throw "gnome2.gtkmm has been removed, please use top-level gtkmm2";
   gtkdoc = throw "gnome2.gtkdoc has been removed, please use top-level gtk-doc";
+  gtksourceview = throw "gnome2.gtksourceview has been removed, please use top-level gtksourceview";
   startup_notification = throw "gnome2.startup_notification has been removed, please use top-level libstartup_notification";
   startupnotification = throw "gnome2.startupnotification has been removed, please use top-level libstartup_notification";
   gnomedocutils = throw "gnome2.gnomedocutils has been removed, please use top-level gnome-doc-utils";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gtksourceview/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gtksourceview/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f7035701133f3..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gtksourceview/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchpatch,
-  fetchurl,
-  autoreconfHook,
-  gtk-doc,
-  pkg-config,
-  atk,
-  cairo,
-  glib,
-  gnome-common,
-  gtk2,
-  pango,
-  libxml2Python,
-  perl,
-  intltool,
-  gettext,
-  gtk-mac-integration-gtk2,
-  testers,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "gtksourceview";
-  version = "2.10.5";
-
-  src =
-    let
-      inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
-    in
-    fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "c585773743b1df8a04b1be7f7d90eecdf22681490d6810be54c81a7ae152191e";
-    };
-
-  patches = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "change-igemacintegration-to-gtkosxapplication.patch";
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtksourceview/commit/e88357c5f210a8796104505c090fb6a04c213902.patch";
-      sha256 = "0h5q79q9dqbg46zcyay71xn1pm4aji925gjd5j93v4wqn41wj5m7";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "update-to-gtk-mac-integration-2.0-api.patch";
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtksourceview/commit/ab46e552e1d0dae73f72adac8d578e40bdadaf95.patch";
-      sha256 = "0qzrbv4hpa0v8qbmpi2vp575n13lkrvp3cgllwrd2pslw1v9q3aj";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  # Fix build with gcc 14
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-    intltool
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    autoreconfHook
-    gtk-doc
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    atk
-    cairo
-    glib
-    gtk2
-    pango
-    libxml2Python
-    perl
-    gettext
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    gnome-common
-    gtk-mac-integration-gtk2
-  ];
-
-  doCheck = false; # requires X11 daemon
-
-  passthru.tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
-
-  meta = {
-    pkgConfigModules = [ "gtksourceview-2.0" ];
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgtk/default.nix
index ff29dfed72683..580112927bdd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgtk/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   pkg-config,
   gtk2,
   libgnomecanvas,
-  gtksourceview,
   camlp-streams,
 }:
 
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [
     gtk2
     libgnomecanvas
-    gtksourceview
   ]
   ++ param.buildInputs or [ ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 9e4950454a7ed..b31afb7641b48 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ let
         lablgl = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/lablgl { };
 
         lablgtk = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/lablgtk {
-          inherit (pkgs.gnome2) libgnomecanvas gtksourceview;
+          inherit (pkgs.gnome2) libgnomecanvas;
         };
 
         lablgtk-extras =