diff --git a/srcpkgs/emacs-gtk2 b/srcpkgs/emacs-gtk2
deleted file mode 120000
index a7642dd168d..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/emacs-gtk2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-emacs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/emacs/template b/srcpkgs/emacs/template
index 1cd4d18bd6a..9c4405ffc88 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/emacs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/emacs/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="--with-file-notification=inotify --with-modules
  $(vopt_with xml xml2) $(vopt_with gnutls) $(vopt_with sound) $(vopt_with m17n m17n-flt)
  $(vopt_with json) $(vopt_with harfbuzz) $(vopt_with cairo) $(vopt_with gmp libgmp)"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config tar"
-makedepends="ncurses-devel libXaw-devel gtk+-devel gtk+3-devel webkit2gtk-devel
+makedepends="ncurses-devel libXaw-devel gtk+3-devel webkit2gtk-devel
  dbus-devel acl-devel
  $(vopt_if jpeg libjpeg-turbo-devel) $(vopt_if tiff tiff-devel)
  $(vopt_if gif giflib-devel) $(vopt_if png libpng-devel) $(vopt_if xpm libXpm-devel)
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ pre_configure() {
 	mkdir -p nox
 	mv * nox || true
 	cp -a nox x11
-	cp -a nox gtk2
 	cp -a nox gtk3
 }
 
@@ -54,9 +53,6 @@ do_configure() {
 		$(vopt_with dbus) --without-gconf --without-gsettings \
 		${configure_args}
 
-	cd $wrksrc/gtk2
-	./configure --with-x-toolkit=gtk2 ${configure_args}
-
 	cd $wrksrc/gtk3
 	./configure --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-xwidgets ${configure_args}
 }
@@ -64,7 +60,6 @@ do_configure() {
 do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs} -C nox
 	make ${makejobs} -C x11
-	make ${makejobs} -C gtk2
 	make ${makejobs} -C gtk3
 }
 
@@ -101,19 +96,6 @@ emacs-x11_package() {
 	}
 }
 
-emacs-gtk2_package() {
-	depends="emacs-common-${version}_${revision} desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
-	provides="emacs-${version}_${revision}"
-	replaces="emacs>=0"
-	short_desc+=" - GTK+2 version"
-	pkg_install() {
-		make DESTDIR=${PKGDESTDIR} -C ${wrksrc}/gtk2 install
-		rm -f ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/bin/ctags
-		rm -rf ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/{emacs,man,info}
-		rm -rf ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	}
-}
-
 emacs-gtk3_package() {
 	depends="emacs-common-${version}_${revision} desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 	provides="emacs-${version}_${revision}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
index df264c9d750..d5a5e66b8b1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ replaces="
  eclipse-ecj<=4.9_3
  electron7<=7.3.3_1
  electron9<=9.4.1_1
+ emacs-gtk2<=27.2_1
  enventor<=1.0.0_2
  epstopdf<=2.27_3
  flickcurl-devel<=1.26_4