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-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/gigolo.nix22
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/gigolo/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/gigolo/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad-12134.patch90
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad.nix38
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/mousepad/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/orage.nix44
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/orage/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/orage/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/parole.nix38
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/parole/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/parole/default.nix)9
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/ristretto.nix34
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/ristretto/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/ristretto/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/terminal.nix25
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfburn/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfburn/default.nix)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-dict/configure-gio.patch (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-dict/configure-gio.patch)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-dict/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-dict/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-mixer.nix51
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix32
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-notifyd/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-screenshooter.nix29
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-screenshooter/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-screenshooter/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-taskmanager.nix22
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-taskmanager/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-taskmanager/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-terminal/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-terminal/default.nix)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-volumed-pulse.nix31
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-volumed-pulse/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-volumed-pulse/default.nix)2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-volumed/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-volumed.nix)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfdashboard/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfdashboard/default.nix)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/automakeAddFlags.sh (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/automakeAddFlags.sh)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/exo.nix27
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/exo/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/exo/default.nix)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon-10967.patch14
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon-12700.patch44
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon.nix27
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/garcon/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/gtk-xfce-engine.nix31
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4ui.nix41
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4ui/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/libxfce4ui/default.nix)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4util.nix26
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4util/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/libxfce4util/default.nix)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfcegui4.nix37
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-build.nix42
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-volman.nix30
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-volman/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/thunar-volman/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar.nix68
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/default.nix70
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/thunarx_plugins_directory.patch (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunarx_plugins_directory.patch)10
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/wrapper.nix34
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/tumbler.nix42
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/tumbler/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/tumbler/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-appfinder.nix29
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-appfinder/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-appfinder/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools.nix28
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-dev-tools/default.nix)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-light-locker.patch25
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel.nix59
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-panel/default.nix)2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel/xfce4-panel-datadir.patch (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel-datadir.patch)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-power-manager.nix44
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-power-manager/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-power-manager/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-session.nix44
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-session/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-session/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings-default-icon-theme.patch11
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings.nix54
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-settings/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfconf.nix30
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfconf/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfconf/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop.nix36
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfdesktop/default.nix)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfwm4.nix31
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfwm4/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfwm4/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix125
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/mkXfceDerivation.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/mkXfceDerivation.nix)0
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-battery-plugin.nix24
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-battery-plugin/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-battery-plugin/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-clipman-plugin.nix24
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-clipman-plugin/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-clipman-plugin/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-cpufreq-plugin.nix29
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-cpufreq-plugin/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-cpufreq-plugin/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-cpugraph-plugin.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-datetime-plugin.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-dict-plugin.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-eyes-plugin.nix5
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-fsguard-plugin.nix5
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-genmon-plugin.nix5
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.nix5
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mpc-plugin.nix5
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin.nix24
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-netload-plugin/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-notes-plugin.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.nix34
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-sensors-plugin.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-systemload-plugin.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-timer-plugin.nix7
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-verve-plugin.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.nix36
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/default.nix)4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin.nix28
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin/default.nix (renamed from pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-xkb-plugin/default.nix)7
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/archive/default.nix8
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/dropbox/default.nix8
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/default.nix116
-rw-r--r--pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/thunar/default.nix25
-rw-r--r--pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix5
107 files changed, 328 insertions, 1726 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/gigolo.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/gigolo.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d0fc55e77e8..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/gigolo.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, gettext, intltool, pkgconfig, gtk, gvfs }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "gigolo";
-  ver_maj = "0.4";
-  ver_min = "2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/apps/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0r4ij0mlnp0bqq44pyrdcpz18r1zwsksw6w5yc0jzgg7wj7wfgsm";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ python gettext intltool gtk gvfs];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/${p_name}";
-    description = "A frontend to easily manage connections to remote filesystems";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/gigolo/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/gigolo/default.nix
index 5b25e474af2..32486aab981 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/gigolo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/gigolo/default.nix
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ exo ];
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 glib gvfs ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A frontend to easily manage connections to remote filesystems";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad-12134.patch b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad-12134.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 74a28ecf61a..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad-12134.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-diff -urNZ a/mousepad/mousepad-action-group.c b/mousepad/mousepad-action-group.c
---- a/mousepad/mousepad-action-group.c	2014-09-01 20:50:07.000000000 +0000
-+++ b/mousepad/mousepad-action-group.c	2017-12-18 16:57:46.836538403 +0000
-@@ -302,11 +302,6 @@
-   gtk_toggle_action_set_active (GTK_TOGGLE_ACTION (action), TRUE);
-   self->locked = FALSE;
- 
--  /* update the setting when the active action is changed */
--  self->locked = TRUE;
--  MOUSEPAD_SETTING_SET_STRING (COLOR_SCHEME, gtk_source_style_scheme_get_id (scheme));
--  self->locked = FALSE;
--
-   g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (self), "active-style-scheme");
- }
- 
-@@ -473,6 +468,8 @@
- mousepad_action_group_style_scheme_action_activate (MousepadActionGroup       *self,
-                                                     MousepadStyleSchemeAction *action)
- {
-+  const gchar *scheme_name = NULL;
-+
-   /* only update the active action if we're not already in the process of
-    * setting it and the sender action is actually active */
-   if (! self->locked &&
-@@ -481,7 +478,14 @@
-       GtkSourceStyleScheme *scheme;
- 
-       scheme = mousepad_style_scheme_action_get_style_scheme (action);
--      mousepad_action_group_set_active_style_scheme (self, scheme);
-+
-+      /* update the setting when the active action is changed */
-+      if (scheme != NULL)
-+        scheme_name = gtk_source_style_scheme_get_id(scheme);
-+
-+      self->locked = TRUE;
-+      MOUSEPAD_SETTING_SET_STRING (COLOR_SCHEME, scheme_name);
-+      self->locked = FALSE;
-     }
- }
- 
-diff -urNZ a/mousepad/mousepad-window.c b/mousepad/mousepad-window.c
---- a/mousepad/mousepad-window.c	2014-09-01 20:58:02.000000000 +0000
-+++ b/mousepad/mousepad-window.c	2017-12-18 17:07:51.099321408 +0000
-@@ -712,32 +712,6 @@
- 
- 
- static void
--mousepad_window_action_group_style_scheme_changed (MousepadWindow      *window,
--                                                   GParamSpec          *pspec,
--                                                   MousepadActionGroup *group)
--{
--  GtkSourceStyleScheme *scheme;
--  const gchar          *scheme_id;
--  gint                  npages, i;
--
--  /* get the new active language */
--  scheme = mousepad_action_group_get_active_style_scheme (group);
--  scheme_id = gtk_source_style_scheme_get_id (scheme);
--
--  /* update the color scheme on all the documents */
--  npages = gtk_notebook_get_n_pages (GTK_NOTEBOOK (window->notebook));
--  for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
--    {
--      MousepadDocument *document;
--
--      document = MOUSEPAD_DOCUMENT (gtk_notebook_get_nth_page (GTK_NOTEBOOK (window->notebook), i));
--      mousepad_view_set_color_scheme (document->textview, scheme_id);
--    }
--}
--
--
--
--static void
- mousepad_window_create_style_schemes_menu (MousepadWindow *window)
- {
-   GtkWidget           *menu, *item;
-@@ -751,13 +725,6 @@
-   gtk_menu_item_set_submenu (GTK_MENU_ITEM (item), menu);
-   gtk_widget_show_all (menu);
-   gtk_widget_show (item);
--  
--  /* watch for activations of the style schemes actions */
--  g_signal_connect_object (window->action_group,
--                           "notify::active-style-scheme",
--                           G_CALLBACK (mousepad_window_action_group_style_scheme_changed),
--                           window,
--                           G_CONNECT_SWAPPED);
- }
- 
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2dca1fa29b0..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util
-, gtk, gtksourceview, dbus, dbus-glib, makeWrapper
-, dconf }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "mousepad";
-  ver_maj = "0.4";
-  ver_min = "0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/apps/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "60114431eac8db6bb6ce18bd38f1630cccb684375b97a445a1b6fd619848d132";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  patches = [ ./mousepad-12134.patch ];
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig intltool libxfce4util
-      gtk gtksourceview dbus dbus-glib makeWrapper
-      dconf
-    ];
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--enable-keyfile-settings" ];
-
-  preFixup = ''
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/mousepad" \
-      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH:${gtksourceview}/share" \
-      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/;
-    description = "A simple text editor for Xfce";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/mousepad/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad/default.nix
index 77559aaf329..6f841958c79 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/mousepad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad/default.nix
@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
 
   # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/36468
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${glib.dev}/include/gio-unix-2.0";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A simple text editor for Xfce";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/orage.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/orage.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 19bd560cbae..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/orage.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, bison, flex, intltool, gtk, libical, dbus-glib, tzdata
-, libnotify, popt, xfce }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-  p_name  = "orage";
-  ver_maj = "4.12";
-  ver_min = "1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/apps/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0qlhvnl2m33vfxqlbkic2nmfpwyd4mq230jzhs48cg78392amy9w";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Fix build with libical 3.0
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-libical3.patch";
-      url = https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/plain/trunk/libical3.patch?h=packages/orage&id=7b1b06c42dda034d538977b9f3550b28e370057f;
-      sha256 = "1l8s106mcidmbx2p8c2pi8v9ngbv2x3fsgv36j8qk8wyd4qd1jbf";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/parameters.c        --replace "/usr/share/zoneinfo" "${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo"
-    substituteInPlace src/tz_zoneinfo_read.c  --replace "/usr/share/zoneinfo" "${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo"
-    substituteInPlace tz_convert/tz_convert.c --replace "/usr/share/zoneinfo" "${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo"
-  '';
-
-  postConfigure = "rm -rf libical"; # ensure pkgs.libical is used instead of one included in the orage sources
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool bison flex ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ gtk libical dbus-glib libnotify popt xfce.libxfce4util
-    xfce.xfce4-panel ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/projects/;
-    description = "A simple calendar application with reminders";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.romildo ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/orage/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/orage/default.nix
index 7bb10c2fd94..4a48cc83dda 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/orage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/orage/default.nix
@@ -32,4 +32,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
       sha256 = "1l8s106mcidmbx2p8c2pi8v9ngbv2x3fsgv36j8qk8wyd4qd1jbf";
     })
   ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A simple calendar application with reminders";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/parole.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/parole.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ac0180c20fe..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/parole.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, intltool, gst_all_1
-, gtk, dbus-glib, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, xfconf
-, taglib, libnotify, hicolor-icon-theme
-, withGstPlugins ? true
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "parole";
-  ver_maj = "0.5";
-  ver_min = "4";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/apps/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1hxzqg9dfghrhvmnnccwwa4278fh2awkcqy89sla05m08mxvvx60";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    makeWrapper hicolor-icon-theme
-    gtk dbus-glib libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfconf
-    taglib libnotify
-  ] ++ (with gst_all_1; [ gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav]);
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-gstreamer=1.0" ];
-
-  postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString withGstPlugins ''
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/parole" --prefix \
-      GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0 ":" "$GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0"
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/${p_name}";
-    description = "Modern simple media player";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/parole/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/parole/default.nix
index ed3979072ed..20b899165f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/parole/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/parole/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { mkXfceDerivation, dbus, dbus-glib
-, gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good
-, gst-plugins-ugly, gtk3, libnotify, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util
+, gst_all_1, gtk3, libnotify, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util
 , taglib, xfconf }:
 
 # Doesn't seem to find H.264 codec even though built with gst-plugins-bad.
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
       --replace GST_BASE_CFLAGS GST_VIDEO_CFLAGS
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [
+  buildInputs = with gst_all_1; [
     dbus
     dbus-glib
     gst-plugins-bad
@@ -31,4 +30,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
     taglib
     xfconf
   ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Modern simple media player";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/ristretto.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/ristretto.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c0e8040c3b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/ristretto.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libexif, gtk
-, exo, dbus-glib, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui, xfconf
-, hicolor-icon-theme, makeWrapper
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "ristretto";
-  ver_maj = "0.6";
-  ver_min = "3";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/apps/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0y9d8w1plwp4vmxs44y8k8x15i0k0xln89k6jndhv6lf57g1cs1b";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig intltool libexif gtk dbus-glib exo libxfce4util
-      libxfce4ui xfconf hicolor-icon-theme makeWrapper
-    ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/ristretto" \
-      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${hicolor-icon-theme}/share"
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/${p_name}";
-    description = "A fast and lightweight picture-viewer for the Xfce desktop environment";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/ristretto/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/ristretto/default.nix
index 4a24bf90532..8766bd302ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/ristretto/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/ristretto/default.nix
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ exo ];
   buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 libexif libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfconf ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A fast and lightweight picture-viewer for the Xfce desktop environment";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/terminal.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/terminal.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 31e851a469d..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/terminal.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, ncurses, gtk, vte, dbus-glib
-, exo, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "xfce4-terminal";
-  ver_maj = "0.6";
-  ver_min = "3";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/apps/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "023y0lkfijifh05yz8grimxadqpi98mrivr00sl18nirq8b4fbwi";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool exo gtk vte libxfce4util ncurses dbus-glib libxfce4ui ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/projects/terminal;
-    description = "A modern terminal emulator primarily for the Xfce desktop environment";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfburn/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfburn/default.nix
index dd3a9af1680..dd3a9af1680 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfburn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfburn/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-dict/configure-gio.patch b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-dict/configure-gio.patch
index 787b63511a2..787b63511a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-dict/configure-gio.patch
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-dict/configure-gio.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-dict/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-dict/default.nix
index 66ca7affa48..b2682080216 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-dict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-dict/default.nix
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
   '';
 
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfce4-panel ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A Dictionary Client for the Xfce desktop environment";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-mixer.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-mixer.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e1646d93a61..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-mixer.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, makeWrapper
-, glib, gstreamer, gst-plugins-base, gtk
-, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui, xfce4-panel, xfconf, libunique ? null
-, pulseaudioSupport ? false, gst-plugins-good
-}:
-
-let
-  # The usual Gstreamer plugins package has a zillion dependencies
-  # that we don't need for a simple mixer, so build a minimal package.
-  gst_plugins_minimal = gst-plugins-base.override {
-    minimalDeps = true;
-  };
-  gst_plugins_pulse = gst-plugins-good.override {
-    minimalDeps = true;
-  };
-  gst_plugins = [ gst_plugins_minimal ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional pulseaudioSupport gst_plugins_pulse;
-
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "xfce4-mixer";
-  ver_maj = "4.10";
-  ver_min = "0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/apps/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1pnsd00583l7p5d80rxbh58brzy3jnccwikbbbm730a33c08kid8";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig intltool glib gstreamer gtk
-      libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel xfconf libunique makeWrapper
-    ] ++ gst_plugins;
-
-  postInstall =
-    ''
-      wrapProgram "$out/bin/xfce4-mixer" \
-        --prefix GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH : "$GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH"
-    '';
-
-  passthru = { inherit gst_plugins; };
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/projects/xfce4-mixer; # referenced but inactive
-    description = "A volume control application for the Xfce desktop environment";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 19ecff29093..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libnotify
-, gtk , libxfce4util, libxfce4ui, xfconf, hicolor-icon-theme }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "xfce4-notifyd";
-  ver_maj = "0.2";
-  ver_min = "4";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/apps/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1l6fpfk0fkizdx7vwbyjdyzzj5i2ng8pf7r8j49nv0cnjhpxczlc";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libnotify gtk libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfconf hicolor-icon-theme ];
-
-  preFixup = ''
-    # to be able to run the daemon we need it in PATH
-    ln -rs $out/lib/xfce4/notifyd/xfce4-notifyd $out/bin
-  '';
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/${p_name}";
-    description = "Notification daemon for Xfce";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-notifyd/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd/default.nix
index e468fea637e..a991e8c8180 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-notifyd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd/default.nix
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
   sha256 = "1lmm9h3ych8dz9jpjkxg91f9ln14xs527nxjxsryks00kmqk4kai";
 
   buildInputs = [ exo gtk3 glib libnotify libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfce4-panel xfconf ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Simple notification daemon for Xfce";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-screenshooter.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-screenshooter.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 085cfd7b8f9..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-screenshooter.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, xfce4-panel, libxfce4util, gtk, libsoup
-, glib-networking, exo, hicolor-icon-theme, wrapGAppsHook }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "xfce4-screenshooter";
-  ver_maj = "1.8";
-  ver_min = "2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/apps/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "9dce2ddfaa87f703e870e29bae13f3fc82a1b3f06b44f8386640e45a135f5f69";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig intltool wrapGAppsHook
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    xfce4-panel libxfce4util gtk libsoup exo hicolor-icon-theme glib-networking
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-screenshooter;
-    description = "Xfce screenshooter";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-screenshooter/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-screenshooter/default.nix
index f13a8fba6d0..012486baac9 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-screenshooter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-screenshooter/default.nix
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
   sha256 = "1h14sywvk9l06p3z1cpb79911j8w2wqbk03ldknjkia2rfymjk06";
 
   buildInputs = [ exo gtk3 libsoup libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfce4-panel glib-networking ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Screenshot utility for the Xfce desktop";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-taskmanager.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-taskmanager.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 96f71e004a8..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-taskmanager.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, gtk, libwnck }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "xfce4-taskmanager";
-  ver_maj = "1.1";
-  ver_min = "0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/apps/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1jwywmkkkmz7406m1jq40w6apiav25cznafhigbgpjv6z5hv27if";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool gtk libwnck ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/${p_name}";
-    description = "Easy to use task manager for Xfce";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-taskmanager/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-taskmanager/default.nix
index 776b3797f76..e3d8b4b87d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-taskmanager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-taskmanager/default.nix
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ exo ];
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 libwnck3 libXmu ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Easy to use task manager for Xfce";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-terminal/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-terminal/default.nix
index 3b9cd268d55..3b9cd268d55 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-terminal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-terminal/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-volumed-pulse.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-volumed-pulse.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4344d34f13f..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-volumed-pulse.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libpulseaudio
-, gtk2, libnotify
-, keybinder, xfconf
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "xfce4-volumed-pulse";
-  ver_maj = "0.2";
-  ver_min = "2";
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/apps/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0xjcs1b6ix6rwj9xgr9n89h315r3yhdm8wh5bkincd4lhz6ibhqf";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ libpulseaudio gtk2
-      keybinder xfconf libnotify
-    ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://launchpad.net/xfce4-volumed-pulse;
-    description = "A volume keys control daemon for the Xfce desktop environment (Xubuntu fork)";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.abbradar ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-volumed-pulse/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-volumed-pulse/default.nix
index 97a00e9b67f..413c04a84cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-volumed-pulse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-volumed-pulse/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 libnotify libpulseaudio keybinder3 xfconf ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A volume keys control daemon for Xfce using pulseaudio";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.abbradar ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-volumed.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-volumed/default.nix
index dafb72582b3..dafb72582b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-volumed.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-volumed/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfdashboard/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfdashboard/default.nix
index a17c29f6723..a17c29f6723 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfdashboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfdashboard/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/automakeAddFlags.sh b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/automakeAddFlags.sh
index 92d5659d05c..92d5659d05c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/automakeAddFlags.sh
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/automakeAddFlags.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/exo.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/exo.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a7cdd39d10..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/exo.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, URI, glib, gtk, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util
-, hicolor-icon-theme }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "exo";
-  ver_maj = "0.10";
-  ver_min = "7";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "521581481128af93e815f9690020998181f947ac9e9c2b232b1f144d76b1b35c";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
-    # lib/xfce4/exo-1/exo-compose-mail-1 is a perl script :-/
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
-  buildInputs = [ URI glib gtk libxfce4ui libxfce4util hicolor-icon-theme ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = "https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/${p_name}/start";
-    description = "Application library for the Xfce desktop environment";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/exo/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/exo/default.nix
index 59ab5823314..59ab5823314 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/exo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/exo/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon-10967.patch b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon-10967.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index aea12325547..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon-10967.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -urNZ a/garcon-gtk/garcon-gtk-menu.c b/garcon-gtk/garcon-gtk-menu.c
---- a/garcon-gtk/garcon-gtk-menu.c	2017-11-16 19:22:33.551926068 +0000
-+++ b/garcon-gtk/garcon-gtk-menu.c	2017-11-16 19:23:33.055497211 +0000
-@@ -676,6 +676,9 @@
-                   G_CALLBACK (garcon_gtk_menu_deactivate), menu);
-               gtk_widget_show (mi);
- 
-+	      /* submenu are child items, too. */
-+	      has_children = TRUE;
-+	      
-               if (menu->priv->show_menu_icons)
-                 {
-                   icon_name = garcon_menu_element_get_icon_name (li->data);
-Binary files a/.git/index and b/.git/index differ
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon-12700.patch b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon-12700.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b95a65cc219..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon-12700.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-From 222080e6d5fce85eb2a8a5c33df671bd9f21add8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Yegor Timoshenko <yegortimoshenko@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 22:04:04 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] Decrement allocation counter on item unref (#12700)
-
----
- garcon/garcon-menu-item-pool.c | 7 ++++++-
- garcon/garcon-menu-item.c      | 2 ++
- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/garcon/garcon-menu-item-pool.c b/garcon/garcon-menu-item-pool.c
-index 2017180..355e520 100644
---- a/garcon/garcon-menu-item-pool.c
-+++ b/garcon/garcon-menu-item-pool.c
-@@ -191,7 +191,12 @@ garcon_menu_item_pool_filter_exclude (const gchar    *desktop_id,
-   g_return_val_if_fail (GARCON_IS_MENU_ITEM (item), FALSE);
-   g_return_val_if_fail (node != NULL, FALSE);
- 
--  return garcon_menu_node_tree_rule_matches (node, item);
-+  gboolean matches = garcon_menu_node_tree_rule_matches (node, item);
-+
-+  if (matches)
-+    garcon_menu_item_increment_allocated (item);
-+
-+  return matches;
- }
- 
- 
-diff --git a/garcon/garcon-menu-item.c b/garcon/garcon-menu-item.c
-index 66a86bf..d61c88f 100644
---- a/garcon/garcon-menu-item.c
-+++ b/garcon/garcon-menu-item.c
-@@ -1516,6 +1516,8 @@ garcon_menu_item_unref (GarconMenuItem *item)
- {
-   g_return_if_fail (GARCON_IS_MENU_ITEM (item));
- 
-+  garcon_menu_item_decrement_allocated (item);
-+
-   /* Decrement the reference counter */
-   g_object_unref (G_OBJECT (item));
- }
--- 
-2.15.1
-
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 41d98f17516..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui, gtk }:
-let
-  p_name  = "garcon";
-  ver_maj = "0.4";
-  ver_min = "0";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0wm9pjbwq53s3n3nwvsyf0q8lbmhiy2ln3bn5ncihr9vf5cwhzbq";
-  };
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
-  patches = [ ./garcon-10967.patch ./garcon-12700.patch ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool glib libxfce4util gtk libxfce4ui ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/;
-    description = "Xfce menu support library";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/garcon/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon/default.nix
index 0d6cb8c410e..69184f2afa8 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/garcon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/garcon/default.nix
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
   sha256 = "0pamhp1wffiw638s66nws2mpzmwkhvhb6iwccfy8b0kyr57wipjv";
 
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 libxfce4ui libxfce4util ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Xfce menu support library";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/gtk-xfce-engine.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/gtk-xfce-engine.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 567d3b80387..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/gtk-xfce-engine.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk2, withGtk3 ? false, gtk3 ? null }:
-
-assert withGtk3 -> (gtk3 != null);
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "gtk-xfce-engine";
-  ver_maj = "3.2";
-  ver_min = "0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1va71f3gpl8gikfkmqsd5ikgp7qj8b64jii2l98g1ylnv8xrqp47";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool gtk2 ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional withGtk3 gtk3;
-
-  # `glib-mkenums' is unhappy that some source files are not valid UTF-8
-  postPatch = ''find . -type f -name '*.[ch]' -exec sed -r -i 's/\xD6/O/g' {} +'';
-
-  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional withGtk3 "--enable-gtk3";
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/;
-    description = "GTK theme engine for Xfce";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4ui.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4ui.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 797b51de8e4..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4ui.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, xorg, gtk, libxfce4util, xfconf
-, libglade, libstartup_notification, hicolor-icon-theme
-, withGtk3 ? false, gtk3
-}:
-let
-  p_name  = "libxfce4ui";
-  ver_maj = "4.12";
-  ver_min = "1";
-  inherit (stdenv.lib) optional;
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "3d619811bfbe7478bb984c16543d980cadd08586365a7bc25e59e3ca6384ff43";
-  };
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ gtk libxfce4util xfconf libglade
-      libstartup_notification hicolor-icon-theme
-    ] ++ optional withGtk3 gtk3;
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ xorg.libICE xorg.libSM ];
-
-  #TODO: glade?
-  configureFlags = optional withGtk3 "--enable-gtk3";
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/;
-    description = "Basic GUI library for Xfce";
-    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/libxfce4ui/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4ui/default.nix
index 79c8ec74b62..79c8ec74b62 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/libxfce4ui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4ui/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4util.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4util.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b68b7059f8d..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4util.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, intltool }:
-let
-  p_name  = "libxfce4util";
-  ver_maj = "4.12";
-  ver_min = "1";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "07c8r3xwx5is298zk77m3r784gmr5y4mh8bbca5zdjqk5vxdwsw7";
-  };
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ glib intltool ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/;
-    description = "Basic utility non-GUI functions for Xfce";
-    license = "bsd";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/libxfce4util/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4util/default.nix
index 4540d235251..4540d235251 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/libxfce4util/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4util/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfcegui4.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfcegui4.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c61c16cbcc..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfcegui4.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk
-, libxfce4util, xfconf, libglade, libstartup_notification, hicolor-icon-theme }:
-let
-  p_name  = "libxfcegui4";
-  ver_maj = "4.10";
-  ver_min = "0";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0cs5im0ib0cmr1lhr5765yliqjfyxvk4kwy8h1l8bn3mj6bzk0ib";
-  };
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
-
-  #TODO: gladeui
-  # By default, libxfcegui4 tries to install into libglade's prefix.
-  # Install into our own prefix instead.
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-libglade-module-path=$(out)/lib/libglade/2.0"
-  ];
-  #NOTE: missing keyboard library support is OK according to the mailing-list
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig intltool gtk libxfce4util xfconf libglade
-      libstartup_notification hicolor-icon-theme
-    ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/;
-    description = "Basic GUI library for Xfce";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-build.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-build.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b606ee5fdd..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-build.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool
-, gtk, dbus-glib, libstartup_notification, libnotify, libexif, pcre, udev
-, exo, libxfce4util, xfconf, xfce4-panel, hicolor-icon-theme, wrapGAppsHook
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "thunar";
-  ver_maj = "1.6";
-  ver_min = "10";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/Thunar-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "7e9d24067268900e5e44d3325e60a1a2b2f8f556ec238ec12574fbea15fdee8a";
-  };
-
-  name = "${p_name}-build-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  patches = [ ./thunarx_plugins_directory.patch ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i -e 's|thunar_dialogs_show_insecure_program (parent, _(".*"), file, exec)|1|' thunar/thunar-file.c
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    intltool
-    gtk dbus-glib libstartup_notification libnotify libexif pcre udev
-    exo libxfce4util xfconf xfce4-panel
-    hicolor-icon-theme
-  ];
-  # TODO: optionality?
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://thunar.xfce.org/;
-    description = "Xfce file manager";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-volman.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-volman.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index eda3aab070a..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-volman.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, exo, gtk, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui
-, xfconf, udev, libgudev, libnotify, hicolor-icon-theme }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "thunar-volman";
-  ver_maj = "0.8";
-  ver_min = "1";
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1gf259n1v3y23n1zlkhyr6r0i8j59rnl1cmxvxj6la9cwdfbn22s";
-  };
-
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig intltool exo gtk udev libgudev libxfce4ui libxfce4util
-      xfconf libnotify hicolor-icon-theme
-    ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/thunar-plugins/thunar-volman;
-    description = "Thunar extension for automatic management of removable drives and media";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/thunar-volman/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-volman/default.nix
index 11b29c64b33..fc6db0fcce4 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/thunar-volman/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-volman/default.nix
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ exo gtk3 libgudev libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfconf ];
 
   sha256 = "1qrlpn0q5g9psd41l6y80r3bvbg8jaic92m6r400zzwcvivf95z0";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Thunar extension for automatic management of removable drives and media";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 83e3a2879d7..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, buildEnv, runCommand, makeWrapper, lndir, thunar-bare
-, thunarPlugins ? []
-}:
-
-with stdenv.lib; 
-
-let
-
-  build = thunar-bare;
-
-  replaceLnExeListWithWrapped = exeDir: exeNameList: mkWrapArgs: ''
-    exeDir="${exeDir}"
-    oriDir=`realpath -e "$exeDir"`
-    unlink "$exeDir"
-    mkdir -p "$exeDir"
-    lndir "$oriDir" "$exeDir"
-
-    exeList="${concatStrings (intersperse " " (map (x: "${exeDir}/${x}") exeNameList))}"
-
-    for exe in $exeList; do
-      oriExe=`realpath -e "$exe"`
-      rm -f "$exe"
-      makeWrapper "$oriExe" "$exe" ${concatStrings (intersperse " " mkWrapArgs)}
-    done
-  '';
-
-  name = "${build.p_name}-${build.ver_maj}.${build.ver_min}";
-
-  meta = {
-    inherit (build.meta) homepage license platforms;
-
-    description = build.meta.description + optionalString
-      (0 != length thunarPlugins)
-      " (with plugins: ${concatStrings (intersperse ", " (map (x: x.name) thunarPlugins))})";
-    maintainers = build.meta.maintainers /*++ [ jraygauthier ]*/;
-  };
-
-in
-
-# TODO: To be replaced with `buildEnv` awaiting missing features.
-runCommand name {
-  inherit build;
-  inherit meta;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper lndir ];
-
-  dontPatchELF = true;
-  dontStrip = true;
-
-} 
-(let
-  buildWithPlugins = buildEnv {
-    name = "thunar-bare-with-plugins";
-    paths = [ build ] ++ thunarPlugins;
-  };
-
-in ''
-  mkdir -p $out
-  pushd ${buildWithPlugins} > /dev/null
-  for d in `find . -maxdepth 1 -name "*" -printf "%f\n" | tail -n+2`; do
-    ln -s "${buildWithPlugins}/$d" "$out/$d"
-  done
-  popd > /dev/null
-
-  ${replaceLnExeListWithWrapped "$out/bin" [ "thunar" "thunar-settings" ] [
-    "--set THUNARX_MODULE_DIR \"${buildWithPlugins}/lib/thunarx-2\""
-  ]}
-'')
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11220141d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{ mkXfceDerivation
+, lib
+, docbook_xsl
+, exo
+, gdk-pixbuf
+, gtk3
+, libgudev
+, libnotify
+, libX11
+, libxfce4ui
+, libxfce4util
+, libxslt
+, xfconf
+, gobject-introspection
+, gvfs
+, makeWrapper
+, symlinkJoin
+, thunarPlugins ? []
+}:
+
+let unwrapped = mkXfceDerivation {
+  category = "xfce";
+  pname = "thunar";
+  version = "1.8.9";
+
+  sha256 = "01w60csbs2nq1bhb8n1bnmjmx48fm0va3qbnq84z0h2dxpr80b1w";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    docbook_xsl
+    gobject-introspection
+    libxslt
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    exo
+    gdk-pixbuf
+    gtk3
+    gvfs
+    libX11
+    libgudev
+    libnotify
+    libxfce4ui
+    libxfce4util
+    xfconf
+  ];
+
+  patches = [
+    ./thunarx_plugins_directory.patch
+  ];
+
+  # the desktop file … is in an insecure location»
+  # which pops up when invoking desktop files that are
+  # symlinks to the /nix/store
+  #
+  # this error was added by this commit:
+  # https://github.com/xfce-mirror/thunar/commit/1ec8ff89ec5a3314fcd6a57f1475654ddecc9875
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i -e 's|thunar_dialogs_show_insecure_program (parent, _(".*"), file, exec)|1|' thunar/thunar-file.c
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Xfce file manager";
+  };
+};
+
+in if thunarPlugins == [] then unwrapped
+  else import ./wrapper.nix {
+    inherit makeWrapper symlinkJoin thunarPlugins lib;
+    thunar = unwrapped;
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunarx_plugins_directory.patch b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/thunarx_plugins_directory.patch
index e1431d86b14..594a81c829e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunarx_plugins_directory.patch
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/thunarx_plugins_directory.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 diff --git a/thunarx/thunarx-provider-factory.c b/thunarx/thunarx-provider-factory.c
-index 31b8835..a3e7f4e 100644
+index 94b11545..1f66c982 100644
 --- a/thunarx/thunarx-provider-factory.c
 +++ b/thunarx/thunarx-provider-factory.c
-@@ -141,12 +141,19 @@ static GList*
+@@ -150,12 +150,19 @@ static GList*
  thunarx_provider_factory_load_modules (ThunarxProviderFactory *factory)
  {
    ThunarxProviderModule *module;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ index 31b8835..a3e7f4e 100644
      {
        /* determine the types for all existing plugins */
 diff --git a/thunarx/thunarx-provider-module.c b/thunarx/thunarx-provider-module.c
-index 023ad2a..6c21997 100644
+index 023ad2ae..b1d1be8f 100644
 --- a/thunarx/thunarx-provider-module.c
 +++ b/thunarx/thunarx-provider-module.c
 @@ -174,10 +174,17 @@ static gboolean
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ index 023ad2a..6c21997 100644
    ThunarxProviderModule *module = THUNARX_PROVIDER_MODULE (type_module);
 +  const gchar           *thunar_dir;
    gchar                 *path;
-+    
+ 
 +  thunar_dir = g_getenv("THUNARX_MODULE_DIR");
 +  if (NULL == thunar_dir)
 +    {
 +      thunar_dir = THUNARX_DIRECTORY;
 +    }
- 
++
    /* load the module using the runtime link editor */
 -  path = g_build_filename (THUNARX_DIRECTORY, type_module->name, NULL);
 +  path = g_build_filename (thunar_dir, type_module->name, NULL);
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/wrapper.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc44e662457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/wrapper.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ makeWrapper, symlinkJoin, thunar, thunarPlugins, lib }:
+
+symlinkJoin {
+  name = "thunar-with-plugins-${thunar.version}";
+
+  paths = [ thunar ] ++ thunarPlugins;
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/thunar" \
+      --set "THUNARX_MODULE_DIR" "$out/lib/thunarx-3"
+
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/thunar-settings" \
+      --set "THUNARX_MODULE_DIR" "$out/lib/thunarx-3"
+
+    for file in "lib/systemd/user/thunar.service" "share/dbus-1/services/org.xfce.FileManager.service" \
+      "share/dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Thunar.FileManager1.service" \
+      "share/dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Thunar.service"
+    do
+      rm -f "$out/$file"
+      substitute "${thunar}/$file" "$out/$file" \
+        --replace "${thunar}" "$out"
+    done
+  '';
+
+   meta = with lib; {
+    inherit (thunar.meta) homepage license platforms maintainers;
+
+    description = thunar.meta.description + optionalString
+      (0 != length thunarPlugins)
+      " (with plugins: ${concatStrings (intersperse ", " (map (x: x.name) thunarPlugins))})";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/tumbler.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/tumbler.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9087d3a0255..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/tumbler.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, dbus-glib, gdk-pixbuf, curl, freetype
-, libgsf, poppler, bzip2 }:
-let
-  p_name  = "tumbler";
-  ver_maj = "0.1";
-  ver_min = "31";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0wvip28gm2w061hn84zp2q4dv947ihylrppahn4cjspzff935zfh";
-  };
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    intltool dbus-glib gdk-pixbuf curl freetype
-    poppler libgsf bzip2
-  ];
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    # Needs gst-tag
-    # "--enable-gstreamer-thumbnailer"
-
-    # Needs libffmpegthumbnailer
-    # "--enable-ffmpeg-thumbnailer"
-
-    "--enable-odf-thumbnailer"
-    "--enable-poppler-thumbnailer"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = http://git.xfce.org/xfce/tumbler/;
-    description = "A D-Bus thumbnailer service";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-  };
-}
-
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/tumbler/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/tumbler/default.nix
index e99551bd8d2..b795007ca7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/tumbler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/tumbler/default.nix
@@ -32,4 +32,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
   postFixup = ''
     wrapProgram $out/lib/tumbler-1/tumblerd "''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}"
   '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A D-Bus thumbnailer service";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-appfinder.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-appfinder.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d39708dd523..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-appfinder.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, gtk, libxfce4util
-, libxfce4ui, garcon, xfconf }:
-let
-  p_name  = "xfce4-appfinder";
-  ver_maj = "4.12";
-  ver_min = "0";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0ry5hin8xhgnkmm9vs7jq8blk1cnbyr0s18nm1j6nsm7360abm1a";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig intltool glib gtk libxfce4util libxfce4ui garcon xfconf ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-appfinder/;
-    description = "Xfce application finder, a tool to locate and launch programs on your system";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}
-
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-appfinder/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-appfinder/default.nix
index 6c4af66c866..cbb444c6c76 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-appfinder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-appfinder/default.nix
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ exo ];
   buildInputs = [ garcon gtk3 libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfconf ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Appfinder for the Xfce4 Desktop Environment";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 109c22f1e58..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, autoconf, automake, libtool, intltool }:
-let
-  p_name  = "xfce4-dev-tools";
-  ver_maj = "4.12";
-  ver_min = "0";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1jxmyp80pwbfgmqmwpjxs7z5dmm6pyf3qj62z20xy44izraadqz2";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ glib ];
-
-  # not needed to build it but to use it
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool intltool ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://foo-projects.org/~benny/projects/xfce4-dev-tools/;
-    description = "Tools and M4 macros for Xfce4 developers";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
-
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-dev-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/default.nix
index 38fe82ffb01..38fe82ffb01 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-dev-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh
index 600bf47fd87..600bf47fd87 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-light-locker.patch b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-light-locker.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fabdffd7ed..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-light-locker.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
---- ./scripts/xflock4.orig	2017-08-06 23:05:53.807688995 +0100
-+++ ./scripts/xflock4	2017-08-06 23:09:06.171789989 +0100
-@@ -24,12 +24,19 @
- PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
- export PATH
- 
--# Lock by xscreensaver or gnome-screensaver, if a respective daemon is running
-+# First test for the command set in the session's xfconf channel
-+LOCK_CMD=$(xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -p /general/LockCommand)
-+
-+# Lock by xscreensaver, gnome-screensaver, or light-locker, if a respective daemon is running
- for lock_cmd in \
-+    "$LOCK_CMD" \
-     "xscreensaver-command -lock" \
--    "gnome-screensaver-command --lock"
-+    "gnome-screensaver-command --lock" \
-+    "light-locker-command -l"
- do
--    $lock_cmd >/dev/null 2>&1 && exit
-+    if [ ! -z "$lock_cmd" ]; then
-+        $lock_cmd >/dev/null 2>&1 && exit
-+    fi
- done
- 
- # else run another access locking utility, if installed
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b8ecae7e4e6..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui
-, libxfce4ui_gtk3, libwnck, exo, garcon, xfconf, libstartup_notification
-, makeWrapper, xfce4-mixer, hicolor-icon-theme, tzdata
-, withGtk3 ? false, gtk3, gettext, glib-networking
-}:
-let
-  inherit (stdenv.lib) optional;
-  p_name  = "xfce4-panel";
-  ver_maj = "4.12";
-  ver_min = "2";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1s8cvsrgmkmmm84g6mghpj2k4777gm22g5lrsf8pdy5qh6xql1a2";
-  };
-
-  patches = [ ./xfce4-panel-datadir.patch ];
-  patchFlags = "-p1";
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    for f in $(find . -name \*.sh); do
-      substituteInPlace $f --replace gettext ${gettext}/bin/gettext
-    done
-    substituteInPlace plugins/clock/clock.c \
-       --replace "/usr/share/zoneinfo" "${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo" \
-       --replace "if (!g_file_test (filename, G_FILE_TEST_IS_SYMLINK))" ""
-  '';
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig intltool gtk libxfce4util exo libwnck
-      garcon xfconf libstartup_notification makeWrapper hicolor-icon-theme
-    ] ++ xfce4-mixer.gst_plugins
-      ++ optional withGtk3 gtk3;
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ (if withGtk3 then libxfce4ui_gtk3 else libxfce4ui) ];
-
-  configureFlags = optional withGtk3 "--enable-gtk3";
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/xfce4-panel" \
-      --prefix GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH : "$GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH" \
-      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${glib-networking}/lib/gio/modules"
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/projects/xfce4-panel;
-    description = "Xfce panel";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-panel/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel/default.nix
index c571666e5c4..f7e500bdf54 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-panel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gobject-introspection ];
   buildInputs = [ exo garcon gtk2 gtk3 glib glib-networking libxfce4ui libxfce4util libwnck3 xfconf ];
 
-  patches = [ ../../xfce/core/xfce4-panel-datadir.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./xfce4-panel-datadir.patch ];
   patchFlags = "-p1";
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel-datadir.patch b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel/xfce4-panel-datadir.patch
index ed9df9ef36f..ed9df9ef36f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel-datadir.patch
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel/xfce4-panel-datadir.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-power-manager.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-power-manager.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 266f3064507..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-power-manager.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, gtk, dbus-glib, upower, xfconf
-, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, libnotify, xfce4-panel, hicolor-icon-theme
-, withGtk3 ? false, gtk3, libxfce4ui_gtk3, xfce4panel_gtk3 }:
-let
-  p_name  = "xfce4-power-manager";
-  ver_maj = if withGtk3 then "1.6" else "1.4";
-  ver_min = if withGtk3 then "0"   else "4";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 =
-      if withGtk3
-      then "0avzhllpimcn7a6z9aa4jn0zg5ahxr9ks5ldchizycdb0rz1bqxx"
-      else "01rvqy1cif4s8lkidb7hhmsz7d9f2fwcwvc51xycaj3qgsmch3n5";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig intltool glib dbus-glib upower xfconf libxfce4util
-      libnotify hicolor-icon-theme
-    ] ++
-    (if withGtk3
-    then [ gtk3 libxfce4ui_gtk3 xfce4panel_gtk3 ]
-    else [ gtk  libxfce4ui      xfce4-panel      ]);
-
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString withGtk3 ''
-    substituteInPlace configure --replace gio-2.0 gio-unix-2.0
-  '';
-
-  postConfigure = lib.optionalString withGtk3 ''
-    substituteInPlace src/Makefile      --replace "xfce4_power_manager_CFLAGS = "          "xfce4_power_manager_CFLAGS = \$(GIO_CFLAGS) "
-    substituteInPlace settings/Makefile --replace "xfce4_power_manager_settings_CFLAGS = " "xfce4_power_manager_settings_CFLAGS = \$(GIO_CFLAGS) "
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-power-manager;
-    description = "A power manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-power-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-power-manager/default.nix
index 985146c8257..fb3f05b3664 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-power-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-power-manager/default.nix
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
     automakeAddFlags src/Makefile.am xfce4_power_manager_CFLAGS GIO_CFLAGS
     automakeAddFlags settings/Makefile.am xfce4_power_manager_settings_CFLAGS GIO_CFLAGS
   '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A power manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-session.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-session.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b57dd252033..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-session.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk, polkit
-, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui, xfce4-panel, libwnck, dbus-glib, xfconf, libglade, xorg
-, hicolor-icon-theme
-}:
-
-let
-  p_name  = "xfce4-session";
-  ver_maj = "4.12";
-  ver_min = "1";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "97d7f2a2d0af7f3623b68d1f04091e02913b28f9555dab8b0d26c8a1299d08fd";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Fix "lock screen" not working for light-locker
-    ./xfce4-light-locker.patch
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig intltool gtk libxfce4util libxfce4ui libwnck dbus-glib
-      xfconf xfce4-panel libglade xorg.iceauth xorg.libSM
-      polkit hicolor-icon-theme
-    ]; #TODO: upower-glib, gconf (assistive?), gnome keyring
-
-  preBuild = ''
-    sed '/^PATH=/d'        -i scripts/xflock4
-    sed '/^export PATH$/d' -i scripts/xflock4
-  '';
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-xsession-prefix=$(out)" ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/projects/xfce4-session;
-    description = "Session manager for Xfce";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-session/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-session/default.nix
index d44cd8b0dd7..0ab362aa21d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-session/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-session/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ mkXfceDerivation, polkit, exo, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui, xfconf, iceauth, gtk3, glib, libwnck3, xorg }:
+{ mkXfceDerivation, polkit, exo, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui, xfconf, iceauth, gtk3, glib, libwnck3, xorg, xfce4-session }:
 
 mkXfceDerivation {
   category = "xfce";
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
   # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/36468
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${glib.dev}/include/gio-unix-2.0";
 
+  passthru.xinitrc = "${xfce4-session}/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc";
+
   meta =  {
     description = "Session manager for Xfce";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings-default-icon-theme.patch b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings-default-icon-theme.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2683b3c3dfd..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings-default-icon-theme.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml       2015-02-28 22:32:02.681796319 +0100
-+++ b/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml       2015-02-28 22:32:27.881214735 +0100
-@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
- <channel name="xsettings" version="1.0">
-   <property name="Net" type="empty">
-     <property name="ThemeName" type="empty"/>
--    <property name="IconThemeName" type="empty"/>
-+    <property name="IconThemeName" type="string" value="Rodent"/>
-     <property name="DoubleClickTime" type="int" value="400"/>
-     <property name="DoubleClickDistance" type="int" value="5"/>
-     <property name="DndDragThreshold" type="int" value="8"/>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 584055c8ddf..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, exo, gtk, garcon, libxfce4util
-, libxfce4ui, xfconf, libXi, upower ? null, libnotify ? null
-, libXcursor ? null, xf86inputlibinput ? null, libxklavier ? null }:
-
-let
-  p_name  = "xfce4-settings";
-  ver_maj = "4.12";
-  ver_min = "1";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0x35i1cvkqp0hib1knwa58mckdwrfbhaisz4bsx6bbbx385llj7n";
-  };
-
-  patches = [ ./xfce4-settings-default-icon-theme.patch ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    for f in $(find . -name \*.c); do
-      substituteInPlace $f --replace \"libinput-properties.h\" '<xorg/libinput-properties.h>'
-    done
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    exo
-    gtk
-    garcon
-    libxfce4util
-    libxfce4ui
-    xfconf
-    libXi
-    upower
-    libnotify
-    libXcursor
-    xf86inputlibinput
-    libxklavier
-  ];
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--enable-pluggable-dialogs" "--enable-sound-settings" ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/projects/xfce4-settings;
-    description = "Settings manager for Xfce";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-settings/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings/default.nix
index 8cda66359e3..74ab96ed1bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-settings/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings/default.nix
@@ -33,4 +33,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
     "--enable-pluggable-dialogs"
     "--enable-sound-settings"
   ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Settings manager for Xfce";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfconf.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfconf.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9af365c6f14..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfconf.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, libxfce4util, dbus-glib }:
-let
-  p_name  = "xfconf";
-  ver_maj = "4.12";
-  ver_min = "1";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0dns190bwb615wy9ma2654sw4vz1d0rcv061zmaalkv9wmj8bx1m";
-  };
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
-
-  #TODO: no perl bingings yet (ExtUtils::Depends, ExtUtils::PkgConfig, Glib)
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool glib libxfce4util ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dbus-glib ];
-
-  doCheck = false; # requires dbus daemon
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf/start;
-    description = "Simple client-server configuration storage and query system for Xfce";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfconf/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfconf/default.nix
index a9d6ceaf469..a0923f0fda1 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfconf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfconf/default.nix
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
   sha256 = "1mbqc1463xgn7gafbh2fyshshdxin33iwk96y4nw2gl48nhx4sgs";
 
   buildInputs = [ libxfce4util ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Simple client-server configuration storage and query system for Xfce";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 091dd03c0bc..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui
-, libwnck, xfconf, libglade, xfce4-panel, thunar, exo, garcon, libnotify
-, hicolor-icon-theme }:
-let
-  p_name  = "xfdesktop";
-  ver_maj = "4.12";
-  ver_min = "3";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "a8a8d93744d842ca6ac1f9bd2c8789ee178937bca7e170e5239cbdbef30520ac";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig intltool gtk libxfce4util libxfce4ui libwnck xfconf
-    libglade xfce4-panel thunar exo garcon libnotify hicolor-icon-theme
-  ];
-
-  patches = [(fetchpatch {
-    url = https://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/patch?id=157f5b55cfc3629d595ef38984278de5915aac27;
-    sha256 = "0ki7hnyfpz7bdmsxqnm9qvyk040iyv1fawnhzfbyyzrh4nc5jd3x";
-  })];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/projects/xfdesktop;
-    description = "Xfce desktop manager";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfdesktop/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop/default.nix
index afcd0d19dc3..afcd0d19dc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfdesktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfwm4.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfwm4.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d26649ee6ce..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfwm4.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, intltool, libglade, libxfce4util
-, libxfce4ui, xfconf, libwnck, libstartup_notification, xorg }:
-let
-  p_name  = "xfwm4";
-  ver_maj = "4.12";
-  ver_min = "4";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/xfce/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0dpvdrd5lclkcrzmdpva38gfsgvdf3xkqfknvy96x6k4fn508x7s";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig intltool gtk libglade libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfconf
-      libwnck libstartup_notification
-      xorg.libXcomposite xorg.libXfixes xorg.libXdamage
-    ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://www.xfce.org/projects/xfwm4;
-    description = "Window manager for Xfce";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfwm4/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfwm4/default.nix
index 358e99c893f..2dff3302617 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfwm4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfwm4/default.nix
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
     libXpresent
     xfconf
   ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Window manager for Xfce";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index 20d5175fed6..b40dc6669e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -3,91 +3,91 @@
 lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   #### NixOS support
 
-  inherit (pkgs.gnome2) libglade vte gtksourceview;
   inherit (pkgs.gnome3) dconf;
-  inherit (pkgs.perlPackages) URI;
 
-  gtk = pkgs.gtk2;
+  mkXfceDerivation = callPackage ./mkXfceDerivation.nix { };
+
+  automakeAddFlags = pkgs.makeSetupHook { } ./automakeAddFlags.sh;
 
   # Samba is a rather heavy dependency
   gvfs = pkgs.gvfs.override { samba = null; };
 
-  xinitrc = "${xfce4-session}/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc";
-
   #### CORE
 
-  exo = callPackage ./core/exo.nix { };
-
-  garcon = callPackage ./core/garcon.nix { };
+  exo = callPackage ./core/exo { };
 
-  # When built with GTK 3, it was breaking GTK 3 app layout
-  gtk-xfce-engine = callPackage ./core/gtk-xfce-engine.nix { withGtk3 = false; };
+  garcon = callPackage ./core/garcon { };
 
-  libxfce4ui = callPackage ./core/libxfce4ui.nix { };
+  libxfce4ui = callPackage ./core/libxfce4ui { };
 
-  libxfce4util = callPackage ./core/libxfce4util.nix { };
+  libxfce4util = callPackage ./core/libxfce4util { };
 
-  libxfcegui4 = callPackage ./core/libxfcegui4.nix { };
+  thunar = callPackage ./core/thunar {
+    thunarPlugins = [];
+  };
 
-  thunar-bare = callPackage ./core/thunar-build.nix { };
-
-  thunar = callPackage ./core/thunar.nix { };
-
-  # NB: thunar already has it
-  thunar-volman = callPackage ./core/thunar-volman.nix { };
+  thunar-volman = callPackage ./core/thunar-volman { };
 
   thunar-archive-plugin = callPackage ./thunar-plugins/archive { };
 
   thunar-dropbox-plugin = callPackage ./thunar-plugins/dropbox { };
 
-  tumbler = callPackage ./core/tumbler.nix { };
+  tumbler = callPackage ./core/tumbler { };
 
-  # TODO: impure plugins from /run/current-system/sw/lib/xfce4
-  xfce4-panel = callPackage ./core/xfce4-panel.nix { };
+  xfce4-panel = callPackage ./core/xfce4-panel { };
 
-  xfce4-session = callPackage ./core/xfce4-session.nix { };
+  xfce4-session = callPackage ./core/xfce4-session { };
 
-  xfce4-settings = callPackage ./core/xfce4-settings.nix { };
+  xfce4-settings = callPackage ./core/xfce4-settings { };
 
-  xfce4-power-manager = callPackage ./core/xfce4-power-manager.nix { };
+  xfce4-power-manager = callPackage ./core/xfce4-power-manager { };
 
-  xfconf = callPackage ./core/xfconf.nix { };
+  xfconf = callPackage ./core/xfconf { };
 
-  xfdesktop = callPackage ./core/xfdesktop.nix { };
+  xfdesktop = callPackage ./core/xfdesktop { };
 
-  xfwm4 = callPackage ./core/xfwm4.nix { };
+  xfwm4 = callPackage ./core/xfwm4 { };
 
-  xfce4-appfinder = callPackage ./core/xfce4-appfinder.nix { };
+  xfce4-appfinder = callPackage ./core/xfce4-appfinder { };
 
-  xfce4-dev-tools = callPackage ./core/xfce4-dev-tools.nix { };
+  xfce4-dev-tools = callPackage ./core/xfce4-dev-tools {
+    mkXfceDerivation = mkXfceDerivation.override {
+      xfce4-dev-tools = null;
+    };
+  };
 
   #### APPLICATIONS
 
-  gigolo = callPackage ./applications/gigolo.nix { };
+  gigolo = callPackage ./applications/gigolo { };
+
+  mousepad = callPackage ./applications/mousepad { };
 
-  mousepad = callPackage ./applications/mousepad.nix { };
+  orage = callPackage ./applications/orage { };
 
-  orage = callPackage ./applications/orage.nix { };
+  parole = callPackage ./applications/parole { };
 
-  parole = callPackage ./applications/parole.nix { };
+  ristretto = callPackage ./applications/ristretto { };
 
-  ristretto = callPackage ./applications/ristretto.nix { };
+  xfce4-taskmanager = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-taskmanager { };
 
-  xfce4-mixer = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-mixer.nix { };
+  xfce4-dict = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-dict { };
 
-  xfce4-mixer-pulse = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-mixer.nix { pulseaudioSupport = true; };
+  xfce4-terminal = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-terminal { };
 
-  xfce4-notifyd = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix { };
+  xfce4-screenshooter = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-screenshooter {
+    inherit (pkgs.gnome3) libsoup;
+  };
 
-  xfce4-taskmanager = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-taskmanager.nix { };
+  xfdashbooard = callPackage ./applications/xfdashboard {};
 
-  xfce4-terminal = callPackage ./applications/terminal.nix { };
+  # TODO: this repo is inactive for many years. Remove?
+  xfce4-volumed = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-volumed { };
 
-  xfce4-screenshooter = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-screenshooter.nix { };
+  xfce4-volumed-pulse = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-volumed-pulse { };
 
-  xfce4-volumed = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-volumed.nix { };
+  xfce4-notifyd = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-notifyd { };
 
-  xfce4-volumed-pulse = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-volumed-pulse.nix { };
+  xfburn = callPackage ./applications/xfburn { };
 
   #### ART
 
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   xfce4-vala-panel-appmenu-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-vala-panel-appmenu-plugin { };
 
-  xfce4-battery-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-battery-plugin.nix { };
+  xfce4-battery-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-battery-plugin { };
 
-  xfce4-clipman-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-clipman-plugin.nix { };
+  xfce4-clipman-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-clipman-plugin { };
 
-  xfce4-cpufreq-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-cpufreq-plugin.nix { };
+  xfce4-cpufreq-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-cpufreq-plugin { };
 
   xfce4-cpugraph-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-cpugraph-plugin.nix { };
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   xfce4-namebar-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-namebar-plugin.nix { };
 
-  xfce4-netload-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin.nix { };
+  xfce4-netload-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin { };
 
   xfce4-notes-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-notes-plugin.nix { };
 
@@ -141,23 +141,15 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   xfce4-verve-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-verve-plugin.nix { };
 
-  xfce4-xkb-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin.nix { };
+  xfce4-xkb-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin { };
 
   xfce4-weather-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin.nix { };
 
-  xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.nix { };
+  xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin { };
 
   xfce4-windowck-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-windowck-plugin.nix { };
 
-  xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.nix { };
-
-  #### GTK3 (deprecated, see NixOS/nixpkgs#32763)
-
-  libxfce4ui_gtk3 = libxfce4ui.override { withGtk3 = true; };
-
-  xfce4panel_gtk3 = xfce4-panel.override { withGtk3 = true; };
-
-  xfce4_power_manager_gtk3 = xfce4-power-manager.override { withGtk3 = true; };
+  xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin { };
 
 } // lib.optionalAttrs (config.allowAliases or true) {
   #### ALIASES - added 2018-01
@@ -208,4 +200,21 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   xfce4_whiskermenu_plugin = xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin;
   xfce4_windowck_plugin = xfce4-windowck-plugin;
   xfce4_pulseaudio_plugin = xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin;
+
+  xfce4-mixer = throw "deprecated 2019-08-18: obsoleted by xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin"; # added 2019-08-18
+  gtk-xfce-engine = throw "deprecated 2019-09-17: Xfce 4.14 deprecated gtk-xfce-engine"; # added 2019-09-17
+
+  # added 2019-11-04
+  libxfce4ui_gtk3 = libxfce4ui;
+  xfce4panel_gtk3 = xfce4-panel;
+  xfce4_power_manager_gtk3 = xfce4-power-manager;
+  gtk = pkgs.gtk2;
+  libxfcegui4 = throw "libxfcegui4 is the deprecated Xfce GUI library. It has been superseded by the libxfce4ui library";
+  xinitrc = xfce4-session.xinitrc;
+  inherit (pkgs.gnome2) libglade;
+  inherit (pkgs.gnome3) vte gtksourceview;
+  xfce4-mixer-pulse = xfce4-mixer;
+  thunar-bare = thunar.override {
+    thunarPlugins = [];
+  };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/mkXfceDerivation.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/mkXfceDerivation.nix
index b7dc8322569..b7dc8322569 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/mkXfceDerivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/mkXfceDerivation.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-battery-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-battery-plugin.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6399aa3cc20..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-battery-plugin.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk, hicolor-icon-theme }:
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "xfce4-battery-plugin";
-  ver_maj = "1.0";
-  ver_min = "5";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/panel-plugins/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "04gbplcj8z4vg5xbks8cc2jjf62mmf9sdymg90scjwmb82pv2ngn";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel libxfcegui4 xfconf gtk hicolor-icon-theme ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
-    description = "Battery plugin for Xfce panel";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-battery-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-battery-plugin/default.nix
index 376551b09c0..3966e256b16 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-battery-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-battery-plugin/default.nix
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation rec {
   sha256 = "0329miiclc8da6j0sz495p99hyrf9fjhvpmdl0556fphybz5agc0";
 
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfce4-panel xfconf ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Battery plugin for Xfce panel";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-clipman-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-clipman-plugin.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 280f39f8d99..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-clipman-plugin.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, exo, libXtst, xorgproto, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk, hicolor-icon-theme }:
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "xfce4-clipman-plugin";
-  ver_maj = "1.2";
-  ver_min = "6";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/panel-plugins/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "19a8gwcqc0r5qqi8w28dc8arqip34m8yxdb87lgps9g5qfcky113";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool glib exo libXtst xorgproto libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel libxfcegui4 xfconf gtk hicolor-icon-theme ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
-    description = "Clipboard manager for Xfce panel";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-clipman-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-clipman-plugin/default.nix
index 74628a325d4..bd1a3b5e5e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-clipman-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-clipman-plugin/default.nix
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation rec {
   sha256 = "1xk79xh1zk0x4r1z9m1dakp79pip0zh3naviybvl1dnpwwfc03gq";
 
   buildInputs = [ exo gtk3 libXtst libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfce4-panel xfconf ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Clipboard manager for Xfce panel";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-cpufreq-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-cpufreq-plugin.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 07838f8fe7c..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-cpufreq-plugin.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk, hicolor-icon-theme }:
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "xfce4-cpufreq-plugin";
-  ver_maj = "1.1";
-  ver_min = "3";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/panel-plugins/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0crd21l5cw0xgm6w7s049xa36k203yx7l56ssnah9nq1w73n58bl";
-  };
-
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel libxfcegui4 xfconf gtk hicolor-icon-theme ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
-    description = "CPU Freq load plugin for Xfce panel";
-    license = [ licenses.gpl2Plus ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-cpufreq-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-cpufreq-plugin/default.nix
index 22793963df3..3798edbf89d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-cpufreq-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-cpufreq-plugin/default.nix
@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
   sha256 = "1p7c4g3yfc19ksdckxpzq1q35jvplh5g55299cvv0afhdb5l8zhv";
 
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfce4-panel xfconf ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "CPU Freq load plugin for Xfce panel";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-cpugraph-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-cpugraph-plugin.nix
index e088e74cfb1..ef7f7e58020 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-cpugraph-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-cpugraph-plugin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, exo, libXtst, xorgproto, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, xfconf, gtk, hicolor-icon-theme }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, exo, libXtst, xorgproto, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, xfconf, gtk2, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool glib exo libXtst xorgproto libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel xfconf gtk hicolor-icon-theme ];
+  buildInputs = [ intltool glib exo libXtst xorgproto libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel xfconf gtk2 hicolor-icon-theme ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-datetime-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-datetime-plugin.nix
index c6317010031..31f502162cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-datetime-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-datetime-plugin.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, libxfcegui4, xfce4-panel
-, gtk }:
+, gtk2 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfcegui4 xfce4-panel gtk ];
+  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfcegui4 xfce4-panel gtk2 ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-dict-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-dict-plugin.nix
index 8210fc62ccb..0b31bac8d54 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-dict-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-dict-plugin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, xfconf, gtk2}:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel libxfcegui4 xfconf gtk ];
+  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel xfconf gtk2 ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-eyes-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-eyes-plugin.nix
index 3a79f67068c..03e5a222967 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-eyes-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-eyes-plugin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, xfconf, gtk2}:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel libxfcegui4 xfconf gtk ];
+  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel xfconf gtk2 ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
     description = "Eyes following you!";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-fsguard-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-fsguard-plugin.nix
index 6d0f8ee73a4..ee663aa71ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-fsguard-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-fsguard-plugin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, xfconf, gtk2}:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel libxfcegui4 xfconf gtk ];
+  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel xfconf gtk2 ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
     description = "Filesystem monitor";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-genmon-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-genmon-plugin.nix
index 039ac144094..193d27af98a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-genmon-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-genmon-plugin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, xfconf, gtk2}:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel libxfcegui4 xfconf gtk ];
+  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel xfconf gtk2 ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
     description = "Cyclically spawns a command and captures its output";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.nix
index 541b30ec1b3..e9d2eb590be 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui,
-libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk, exo, gnutls, libgcrypt }:
+ xfconf, gtk2, exo, gnutls, libgcrypt }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel
-    libxfcegui4 xfconf gtk exo gnutls libgcrypt ];
+    xfconf gtk2 exo gnutls libgcrypt ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
     description = "Mailwatch plugin for Xfce panel";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ ];
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mpc-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mpc-plugin.nix
index 5331c29a454..b909540144a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mpc-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mpc-plugin.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui,
-libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk, exo }:
+ xfconf, gtk2, exo }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel
-    libxfcegui4 xfconf gtk exo ];
+    xfconf gtk2 exo ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
     description = "MPD plugin for Xfce panel";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ ];
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e82669cc1a3..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk, hicolor-icon-theme }:
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "xfce4-netload-plugin";
-  ver_maj = "1.2";
-  ver_min = "4";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/panel-plugins/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1lrhhzxmybcfl52hnadr2dvasis9wmk6a48pcy02s09ch8cfkb7z";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel libxfcegui4 xfconf gtk hicolor-icon-theme ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
-    description = "Battery plugin for Xfce panel";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-netload-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin/default.nix
index d9f517981d3..d774649b536 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-netload-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin/default.nix
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation rec {
   sha256 = "0nm8advafw4jpc9p1qszyfqa56194sz51z216rdh4c6ilcrrpy1h";
 
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfce4-panel xfconf ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Battery plugin for Xfce panel";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-notes-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-notes-plugin.nix
index d61dae6bdd5..2876c1b1f7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-notes-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-notes-plugin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk, libunique }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, xfconf, gtk2, libunique }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel libxfcegui4 xfconf gtk libunique ];
+  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel xfconf gtk2 libunique ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f6f5699b6e..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4panel_gtk3, xfconf
-, gtk3, libpulseaudio, hicolor-icon-theme
-, withKeybinder ? true, keybinder3
-, withLibnotify ? true, libnotify
-}:
-
-assert withKeybinder -> keybinder3 != null;
-assert withLibnotify -> libnotify != null;
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin";
-  ver_maj = "0.2";
-  ver_min = "3";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/panel-plugins/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "e82836bc8cf7d905b4e60d43dc630ba8e32dea785989700c71d4aeee9f583b33";
-  };
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
-  buildInputs = [ libxfce4util xfce4panel_gtk3 xfconf gtk3 libpulseaudio hicolor-icon-theme ]
-    ++ optional withKeybinder keybinder3
-    ++ optional withLibnotify libnotify;
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
-    description = "Adjust the audio volume of the PulseAudio sound system";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix
index 6fca6069d1e..59f282d7411 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
   '';
 
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 libnotify libpulseaudio libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfce4-panel xfconf ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Adjust the audio volume of the PulseAudio sound system";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-sensors-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-sensors-plugin.nix
index 5a4dfee76fc..2e7233e6cdb 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-sensors-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-sensors-plugin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gnome2, libxfce4ui,
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk2, libxfce4ui,
   libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libnotify, lm_sensors, hddtemp, netcat-gnu
 }:
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    gnome2.gtk
+    gtk2
     libxfce4ui
     libxfce4util
     xfce4-panel
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-systemload-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-systemload-plugin.nix
index 698d4aae532..5575962ab77 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-systemload-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-systemload-plugin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, gtk}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, gtk2}:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel gtk ];
+  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel gtk2 ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-timer-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-timer-plugin.nix
index 57cd48c6f27..4eddfe8df57 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-timer-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-timer-plugin.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel
-, libxfce4ui, libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk, hicolor-icon-theme }:
+, libxfce4ui, xfconf, gtk2, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
   name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel libxfcegui4 xfconf
-    gtk hicolor-icon-theme ];
+  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel xfconf
+    gtk2 hicolor-icon-theme ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
 
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ ];
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-verve-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-verve-plugin.nix
index 96ef08cbeb7..c9e5c8befbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-verve-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-verve-plugin.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, exo, pcre
-, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, xfconf, gtk }:
+, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, libxfce4ui, xfconf, gtk2 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool glib exo pcre libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel xfconf gtk ];
+  buildInputs = [ intltool glib exo pcre libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel xfconf gtk2 ];
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin.nix
index 15cd526d6de..5ab311ef16f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk, libxml2, libsoup, upower,
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk2, libxml2, libsoup, upower,
 libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ gtk libxml2 libsoup upower libxfce4ui libxfce4util
+  buildInputs = [ gtk2 libxml2 libsoup upower libxfce4ui libxfce4util
    xfce4-panel hicolor-icon-theme ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c29758452ae..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, libxfcegui4
-, xfce4-panel, gtk, exo, garcon }:
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin";
-  version = "1.7.2";
-
-  name = "${p_name}-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "gottcode";
-    repo = "xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1rpazgnjp443abc31bgi6gp9q3sgbg13v7v74nn7vf6kl4v725ah";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig intltool ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ libxfce4util libxfcegui4 xfce4-panel gtk exo garcon ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  preFixup = ''
-    substituteInPlace $out/bin/xfce4-popup-whiskermenu \
-      --replace $out/bin/xfce4-panel ${xfce4-panel.out}/bin/xfce4-panel
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
-    description = "Alternate application launcher for Xfce";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.pjbarnoy ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/default.nix
index f943f2ab333..ef47d37e5ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/default.nix
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ mkXfceDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/xfce4-popup-whiskermenu \
       --replace $out/bin/xfce4-panel ${xfce4-panel.out}/bin/xfce4-panel
   '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Alternate application launcher for Xfce";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 307d2e81bf2..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui, xfce4-panel
-, garcon, gtk, libxklavier, librsvg, libwnck
-}:
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  p_name  = "xfce4-xkb-plugin";
-  ver_maj = "0.7";
-  ver_min = "1";
-
-  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://xfce/src/panel-plugins/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "10g65j5ia389ahhn3b9hr52ghpp0817fk0m60rfrv4wrzqrjxzk1";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4-panel garcon
-    gtk libxklavier librsvg libwnck  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
-    description = "Allows you to setup and use multiple keyboard layouts";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-xkb-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin/default.nix
index a024d3a88ba..4497a7b0e36 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/xfce4-xkb-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ mkXfceDerivation, gtk3, librsvg, libwnck3, libxklavier, garcon, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, xfconf }:
+{ lib, mkXfceDerivation, gtk3, librsvg, libwnck3, libxklavier, garcon, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, xfce4-panel, xfconf }:
 
 mkXfceDerivation rec {
   category = "panel-plugins";
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ mkXfceDerivation rec {
   sha256 = "1gyky4raynp2ggdnq0g96c6646fjm679fzipcsmf1q0aymr8d5ky";
 
   buildInputs = [ garcon gtk3 librsvg libxfce4ui libxfce4util libxklavier libwnck3 xfce4-panel xfconf ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Allows you to setup and use multiple keyboard layouts";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/archive/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/archive/default.nix
index ea3a0f08443..3d621037b02 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/archive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/archive/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, xfce4-dev-tools
-, gtk
-, thunar-bare
+, gtk2
+, thunar
 , exo, libxfce4util, libxfce4ui
 , xfconf, udev, libnotify, hicolor-icon-theme
 }:
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [
     xfce4-dev-tools
-    thunar-bare
-    exo gtk libxfce4util libxfce4ui
+    thunar
+    exo gtk2 libxfce4util libxfce4ui
     xfconf udev libnotify hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/dropbox/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/dropbox/default.nix
index 217cecf85a8..bbac9929ca8 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/dropbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/dropbox/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
-, gtk
-, thunar-bare, python2, hicolor-icon-theme
+, gtk2
+, thunar, python2, hicolor-icon-theme
 , wafHook
 }:
 
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig wafHook ];
   buildInputs = [
-    gtk
-    thunar-bare python2 hicolor-icon-theme
+    gtk2
+    thunar python2 hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e2c8c1696b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, makeSetupHook, newScope, gnome3, gst_all_1 }:
-
-let
-  inherit (lib) makeScope;
-in
-
-makeScope newScope (self: with self; {
-  mkXfceDerivation = callPackage ./mkXfceDerivation.nix { };
-
-  automakeAddFlags = makeSetupHook { } ./automakeAddFlags.sh;
-
-  exo = callPackage ./exo { };
-
-  garcon = callPackage ./garcon { };
-
-  gigolo = callPackage ./gigolo { };
-
-  libxfce4util = callPackage ./libxfce4util { };
-
-  libxfce4ui = callPackage ./libxfce4ui { };
-
-  mousepad = callPackage ./mousepad { };
-
-  orage = callPackage ./orage { };
-
-  parole = callPackage ./parole {
-    inherit (gst_all_1) gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good;
-    gst-plugins-ugly = null;
-  };
-
-  ristretto = callPackage ./ristretto { };
-
-  thunar = callPackage ./thunar { };
-
-  thunar-volman = callPackage ./thunar-volman { };
-
-  tumbler = callPackage ./tumbler { };
-
-  xfburn = callPackage ./xfburn { };
-
-  xfconf = callPackage ./xfconf { };
-
-  xfdesktop = callPackage ./xfdesktop { };
-
-  xfce4-appfinder = callPackage ./xfce4-appfinder { };
-
-  xfce4-battery-plugin = callPackage ./xfce4-battery-plugin { };
-
-  xfce4-cpufreq-plugin = callPackage ./xfce4-cpufreq-plugin { };
-
-  xfce4-clipman-plugin = callPackage ./xfce4-clipman-plugin { };
-
-  xfce4-dev-tools = callPackage ./xfce4-dev-tools {
-    mkXfceDerivation = mkXfceDerivation.override {
-      xfce4-dev-tools = null;
-    };
-  };
-
-  xfce4-dict = callPackage ./xfce4-dict { };
-
-  xfce4-netload-plugin = callPackage ./xfce4-netload-plugin { };
-
-  xfce4-notifyd = callPackage ./xfce4-notifyd { };
-
-  xfce4-panel = callPackage ./xfce4-panel { };
-
-  xfce4-power-manager = callPackage ./xfce4-power-manager { };
-
-  xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin = callPackage ./xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin { };
-
-  xfce4-screenshooter = callPackage ./xfce4-screenshooter {
-    inherit (gnome3) libsoup;
-  };
-
-  xfce4-session = callPackage ./xfce4-session { };
-  xinitrc = "${xfce4-session}/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc";
-
-  xfce4-settings = callPackage ./xfce4-settings { };
-
-  xfce4-taskmanager = callPackage ./xfce4-taskmanager { };
-
-  xfce4-terminal = callPackage ./xfce4-terminal { };
-
-  xfdashboard = callPackage ./xfdashboard { };
-
-  xfce4-volumed-pulse = callPackage ./xfce4-volumed-pulse { };
-
-  xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin = callPackage ./xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin { };
-
-  xfce4-xkb-plugin = callPackage ./xfce4-xkb-plugin { };
-
-  xfwm4 = callPackage ./xfwm4 { };
-
-  ## COMMON PARTS WITH XFCE 4.12
-
-  xfce4-icon-theme = callPackage ../xfce/art/xfce4-icon-theme.nix { };
-
-  xfwm4-themes = callPackage ../xfce/art/xfwm4-themes.nix { };
-
-  xfce4-embed-plugin = callPackage ../xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-embed-plugin.nix { };
-
-  xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin = callPackage ../xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin.nix { };
-
-  ## THIRD PARTY PLIGINS
-
-  xfce4-dockbarx-plugin = callPackage ../xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-dockbarx-plugin.nix { };
-
-  xfce4-namebar-plugin = callPackage ../xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-namebar-plugin.nix { };
-
-  xfce4-windowck-plugin = callPackage ../xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-windowck-plugin.nix { };
-
-
-  ## ALIASES
-  xfce4-mixer = throw "deprecated 2019-08-18: obsoleted by xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin"; # added 2019-08-18
-  gtk-xfce-engine = throw "deprecated 2019-09-17: Xfce 4.14 deprecated gtk-xfce-engine"; # added 2019-09-17
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/thunar/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/thunar/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 12a1a62991a..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/thunar/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ mkXfceDerivation, docbook_xsl, exo, gdk-pixbuf, gtk3, libgudev
-, libnotify, libX11, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, libxslt, xfconf, gobject-introspection, gvfs }:
-
-mkXfceDerivation {
-  category = "xfce";
-  pname = "thunar";
-  version = "1.8.9";
-
-  sha256 = "01w60csbs2nq1bhb8n1bnmjmx48fm0va3qbnq84z0h2dxpr80b1w";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ libxslt docbook_xsl gobject-introspection ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    exo
-    gdk-pixbuf
-    gtk3
-    libgudev
-    libnotify
-    libX11
-    libxfce4ui
-    libxfce4util
-    xfconf
-    gvfs
-  ];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 840d02c51fc..90ce0d2bb2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@ mapAliases ({
   wireguard = wireguard-tools; # added 2018-05-19
   morituri = whipper; # added 2018-09-13
   xfceUnstable = xfce4-14; # added 2019-09-17
+  xfce4-14 = xfce;
+  xfce4-12 = xfce;
   x11 = xlibsWrapper; # added 2015-09
   xbmc = kodi; # added 2018-04-25
   xbmcPlain = kodiPlain; # added 2018-04-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 37ab33a0159..06a01805ceb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23408,10 +23408,7 @@ in
 
   solarc-gtk-theme = callPackage ../misc/themes/solarc { };
 
-  xfce = xfce4-12;
-
-  xfce4-12 = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../desktops/xfce { });
-  xfce4-14 = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../desktops/xfce4-14 { });
+  xfce = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../desktops/xfce { });
 
   xrandr-invert-colors = callPackage ../applications/misc/xrandr-invert-colors { };