diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mplayer2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mplayer2/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5827e22ea5e0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mplayer2/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, freetype, pkgconfig, yasm, freefont_ttf, ffmpeg, libass
-, python3, docutils, which
-, x11Support ? true, libX11 ? null, libXext ? null, mesa ? null, libXxf86vm ? null
-, xineramaSupport ? true, libXinerama ? null
-, xvSupport ? true, libXv ? null
-, alsaSupport ? true, alsaLib ? null
-, screenSaverSupport ? true, libXScrnSaver ? null
-, vdpauSupport ? true, libvdpau ? null
-, dvdnavSupport ? true, libdvdnav ? null
-, bluraySupport ? true, libbluray ? null
-, speexSupport ? true, speex ? null
-, theoraSupport ? true, libtheora ? null
-, jackaudioSupport ? false, jack2 ? null
-, pulseSupport ? true, pulseaudio ? null
-, bs2bSupport ? false, libbs2b ? null
-# For screenshots
-, libpngSupport ? true, libpng ? null
-, libjpegSupport ? true, libjpeg ? null
-, useUnfreeCodecs ? false
-}:
-
-assert x11Support -> (libX11 != null && libXext != null && mesa != null && libXxf86vm != null);
-assert xineramaSupport -> (libXinerama != null && x11Support);
-assert xvSupport -> (libXv != null && x11Support);
-assert alsaSupport -> alsaLib != null;
-assert screenSaverSupport -> libXScrnSaver != null;
-assert vdpauSupport -> libvdpau != null;
-assert dvdnavSupport -> libdvdnav != null;
-assert bluraySupport -> libbluray != null;
-assert speexSupport -> speex != null;
-assert theoraSupport -> libtheora != null;
-assert jackaudioSupport -> jack2 != null;
-assert pulseSupport -> pulseaudio != null;
-assert bs2bSupport -> libbs2b != null;
-assert libpngSupport -> libpng != null;
-assert libjpegSupport -> libjpeg != null;
-
-let
-
-  codecs_src =
-    let
-      dir = http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/;
-    in
-    if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then fetchurl {
-      url = "${dir}/essential-20071007.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "18vls12n12rjw0mzw4pkp9vpcfmd1c21rzha19d7zil4hn7fs2ic";
-    } else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then fetchurl {
-      url = "${dir}/essential-amd64-20071007.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "13xf5b92w1ra5hw00ck151lypbmnylrnznq9hhb0sj36z5wz290x";
-    } else if stdenv.system == "powerpc-linux" then fetchurl {
-      url = "${dir}/essential-ppc-20071007.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "18mlj8dp4wnz42xbhdk1jlz2ygra6fbln9wyrcyvynxh96g1871z";
-    } else null;
-
-  codecs = if codecs_src != null then stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "MPlayer-codecs-essential-20071007";
-
-    src = codecs_src;
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir $out
-      cp -prv * $out
-    '';
-
-    meta.license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfree;
-  } else null;
-
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "mplayer2-20130428";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "git://git.mplayer2.org/mplayer2.git";
-    rev = "6c87a981baa4972fd71c25dfddea017b5a972e89";
-    sha256 = "b09c1331141dd0939dfa424ae14dc0bdf82c8a72bb32c78e3ad15e3ee1d2c851";
-  };
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    sed -i /^_install_strip/d configure
-
-    sed -i '/stdlib/a#include <ctype.h>/' sub/sub*.c
-  '';
-
-  buildInputs = with stdenv.lib;
-    [ freetype pkgconfig ffmpeg libass docutils which ]
-    ++ optionals x11Support [ libX11 libXext mesa libXxf86vm ]
-    ++ optional alsaSupport alsaLib
-    ++ optional xvSupport libXv
-    ++ optional theoraSupport libtheora
-    ++ optional xineramaSupport libXinerama
-    ++ optionals dvdnavSupport [ libdvdnav libdvdnav.libdvdread ]
-    ++ optional bluraySupport libbluray
-    ++ optional jackaudioSupport jack2
-    ++ optional pulseSupport pulseaudio
-    ++ optional screenSaverSupport libXScrnSaver
-    ++ optional vdpauSupport libvdpau
-    ++ optional speexSupport speex
-    ++ optional bs2bSupport libbs2b
-    ++ optional libpngSupport libpng
-    ++ optional libjpegSupport libjpeg
-    ;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ yasm python3 ];
-
-  postConfigure = ''
-    patchShebangs TOOLS
-  '';
-
-  configureFlags = with stdenv.lib;
-    ''
-      ${optionalString (useUnfreeCodecs && codecs != null) "--codecsdir=${codecs}"}
-      ${optionalString (stdenv.isi686 || stdenv.isx86_64) "--enable-runtime-cpudetection"}
-      ${optionalString dvdnavSupport "--extra-ldflags=-ldvdread"}
-      ${if xvSupport then "--enable-xv" else "--disable-xv"}
-      ${if x11Support then "--enable-x11 --enable-gl --extra-cflags=-I${libX11}/include"
-        else "--disable-x11 --disable-gl"}
-      --disable-xvid
-      --disable-ossaudio
-    '';
-
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString x11Support "-lX11 -lXext";
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  # Provide a reasonable standard font.  Maybe we should symlink here.
-  postInstall =
-    ''
-      mkdir -p $out/share/mplayer
-      cp ${freefont_ttf}/share/fonts/truetype/FreeSans.ttf $out/share/mplayer/subfont.ttf
-    '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A movie player that supports many video formats (MPlayer fork)";
-    homepage = "http://mplayer2.org";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.viric ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 467389aa799e..769dbb8810b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11284,10 +11284,6 @@ let
     pulseSupport = config.pulseaudio or false;
   } // (config.mplayer or {}));
 
-  mplayer2 = callPackage ../applications/video/mplayer2 {
-    ffmpeg = libav_9; # see https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44386
-  };
-
   MPlayerPlugin = browser:
     callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/mozilla-plugins/mplayerplug-in {
       inherit browser;