diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/core/lxqt-common/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/core/lxqt-common/default.nix
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index cc114c31dfd5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/core/lxqt-common/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, qt5, lxqt, hicolor_icon_theme, xmessage }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
-  pname = "lxqt-common";
-  version = "0.11.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "lxde";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "07ih2w9ksbxqwy36xvgb9b31740nhkm7ap70wvv8q6x0wyhn71gn";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    lxqt.lxqt-build-tools
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    qt5.qtsvg
-    hicolor_icon_theme
-    xmessage
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = lxqt.standardPatch
-  + ''
-    substituteInPlace ./startlxqt.in \
-      --replace  "cp " "cp --no-preserve=mode " \
-      --replace xmessage "${xmessage}"/bin/xmessage
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Common files for LXQt";
-    homepage = https://github.com/lxde/lxqt-common;
-    license = licenses.lgpl21;
-    platforms = with platforms; unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ romildo ];
-  };
-}