diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-mutter/deepin-mutter.plugins-dir.patch b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-mutter/deepin-mutter.plugins-dir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a57b501e01e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-mutter/deepin-mutter.plugins-dir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-From 8eeb4febcae517080d6638f8953e02335df79f01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Jos=C3=A9=20Romildo=20Malaquias?= <malaquias@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:28:47 -0300
-Subject: [PATCH] Get plugins dir from environment variable
-
----
- src/compositor/meta-plugin-manager.c | 12 ++++++++++--
- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-plugin-manager.c b/src/compositor/meta-plugin-manager.c
-index ac5716db..d000100b 100644
---- a/src/compositor/meta-plugin-manager.c
-+++ b/src/compositor/meta-plugin-manager.c
-@@ -56,14 +56,22 @@ meta_plugin_manager_set_plugin_type (GType gtype)
- void
- meta_plugin_manager_load (const gchar       *plugin_name)
- {
--  const gchar *dpath = MUTTER_PLUGIN_DIR "/";
-+  const gchar *env_var;
-+  const gchar *dpath;
-   gchar       *path;
-   MetaModule  *module;
- 
-+  env_var = g_getenv ("DEEPIN_MUTTER_PLUGINS_DIR");
-+  g_debug ("$DEEPIN_MUTTER_PLUGINS_DIR: %s\n", env_var);
-+
-+  dpath = env_var == NULL || strlen (env_var) == 0 ? MUTTER_PLUGIN_DIR : env_var;
-+  g_debug ("dpath: %s\n", dpath);
-+
-   if (g_path_is_absolute (plugin_name))
-     path = g_strdup (plugin_name);
-   else
--    path = g_strconcat (dpath, plugin_name, ".so", NULL);
-+    path = g_strconcat (dpath, "/", plugin_name, ".so", NULL);
-+  g_debug ("path: %s\n", path);
- 
-   module = g_object_new (META_TYPE_MODULE, "path", path, NULL);
-   if (!module || !g_type_module_use (G_TYPE_MODULE (module)))
--- 
-2.21.0
-
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-mutter/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-mutter/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f2e8068d555..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/deepin-mutter/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, intltool, libtool, gnome3, gtk3,
-  xorg, libcanberra-gtk3, upower, xkeyboard_config, libxkbcommon,
-  libstartup_notification, libinput, libgudev, cogl, clutter, systemd,
-  gsettings-desktop-schemas, deepin-desktop-schemas, wrapGAppsHook,
-  deepin }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "deepin-mutter";
-  version = "3.20.38";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "linuxdeepin";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1aq7606sgn2c6n8wfgxdryw3lprc4va0zjc0r65798w5656fdi31";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig
-    intltool
-    libtool
-    gnome3.gnome-common
-    wrapGAppsHook
-    deepin.setupHook
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    clutter
-    cogl
-    deepin-desktop-schemas
-    gnome3.gnome-desktop
-    gnome3.zenity
-    gsettings-desktop-schemas
-    gtk3
-    libcanberra-gtk3
-    libgudev
-    libinput
-    libstartup_notification
-    libxkbcommon
-    systemd
-    upower
-    xkeyboard_config
-    xorg.libxkbfile
-  ];
-
-  patches = [
-    ./deepin-mutter.plugins-dir.patch
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    searchHardCodedPaths  # debugging
-    sed -i -e "s,Exec=deepin-mutter,Exec=$out/bin/deepin-mutter," data/mutter.desktop.in
-  '';
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--enable-native-backend"
-    "--enable-compile-warnings=minimum"
-  ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
-  '';
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    searchHardCodedPaths $out  # debugging
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  passthru.updateScript = deepin.updateScript { inherit ;name = "${pname}-${version}"; };
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Base window manager for deepin, fork of gnome mutter";
-    homepage = https://github.com/linuxdeepin/deepin-mutter;
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ romildo ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/default.nix
index 24dc7212948b..cec6abca40b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ let
     deepin-image-viewer = callPackage ./deepin-image-viewer { };
     deepin-menu = callPackage ./deepin-menu { };
     deepin-movie-reborn = callPackage ./deepin-movie-reborn { };
-    deepin-mutter = callPackage ./deepin-mutter { };
     deepin-screenshot = callPackage ./deepin-screenshot { };
     deepin-shortcut-viewer = callPackage ./deepin-shortcut-viewer { };
     deepin-sound-theme = callPackage ./deepin-sound-theme { };