diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
index 6726790d50fe..b093c7e0529d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   , patches ? [ ]
 }:
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ncurses, xlibsWrapper, libXaw, libXpm
-, Xaw3d, libXcursor,  pkg-config, gettext, libXft, dbus, libpng, libjpeg, libungif
+, Xaw3d, libXcursor,  pkg-config, gettext, libXft, dbus, libpng, libjpeg, giflib
 , libtiff, librsvg, gconf, libxml2, imagemagick, gnutls, libselinux
 , alsaLib, cairo, acl, gpm, AppKit, GSS, ImageIO, m17n_lib, libotf
 , jansson, harfbuzz
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ let emacs = stdenv.mkDerivation (lib.optionalAttrs nativeComp {
     [ ncurses gconf libxml2 gnutls alsaLib acl gpm gettext jansson harfbuzz.dev ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ dbus libselinux systemd ]
     ++ lib.optionals withX
-      [ xlibsWrapper libXaw Xaw3d libXpm libpng libjpeg libungif libtiff libXft
+      [ xlibsWrapper libXaw Xaw3d libXpm libpng libjpeg giflib libtiff libXft
         gconf cairo ]
     ++ lib.optionals (withX || withNS) [ librsvg ]
     ++ lib.optionals withImageMagick [ imagemagick ]
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/fbida/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/fbida/default.nix
index 9ed6ee75159e..f2d2e267595c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/fbida/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/fbida/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, libjpeg, libexif, libungif, libtiff, libpng, libwebp, libdrm
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, libjpeg, libexif, giflib, libtiff, libpng, libwebp, libdrm
 , pkg-config, freetype, fontconfig, which, imagemagick, curl, sane-backends, libXpm
 , epoxy, poppler, mesa, lirc }:
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config which ];
   buildInputs = [
-    libexif libjpeg libpng libungif freetype fontconfig libtiff libwebp
+    libexif libjpeg libpng giflib freetype fontconfig libtiff libwebp
     imagemagick curl sane-backends libdrm libXpm epoxy poppler lirc
     mesa
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/glsurf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/glsurf/default.nix
index 599d4bac8e76..3b4604fe2aa8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/glsurf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/glsurf/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, ocamlPackages, libGLU, libGL, freeglut
-, libmysqlclient, mpfr, gmp, libtiff, libjpeg, libpng, giflib
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, ocamlPackages, libGLU, libGL, freeglut, giflib
+, libmysqlclient, mpfr, gmp, libtiff, libjpeg, libpng
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/icewm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/icewm/default.nix
index 8f1a920296ae..b24aa24222bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/icewm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/icewm/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 , libpthreadstubs
 , libsndfile
 , libtiff
-, libungif
+, giflib
 , libxcb
 , mkfontdir
 , pcre
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libpthreadstubs
     libsndfile
     libtiff
-    libungif
+    giflib
     libxcb
     mkfontdir
     pcre
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/windowmaker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/windowmaker/default.nix
index e56ff2512c10..8c354c616fd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/windowmaker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/windowmaker/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config
 , libX11, libXext, libXft, libXmu, libXinerama, libXrandr, libXpm
-, imagemagick, libpng, libjpeg, libexif, libtiff, libungif, libwebp }:
+, imagemagick, libpng, libjpeg, libexif, libtiff, giflib, libwebp }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "windowmaker";
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libX11 libXext libXft libXmu libXinerama libXrandr libXpm
-                  imagemagick libpng libjpeg libexif libtiff libungif libwebp ];
+                  imagemagick libpng libjpeg libexif libtiff giflib libwebp ];
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-x"
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnustep/base/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnustep/base/default.nix
index 8fe232dff7b4..e661dae90990 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnustep/base/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnustep/base/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , fetchurl, fetchpatch
 , gmp, gnutls
 , libffi, binutils-unwrapped
-, libjpeg, libtiff, libpng, giflib, libungif
+, libjpeg, libtiff, libpng, giflib
 , libxml2, libxslt, libiconv
 , libobjc, libgcrypt
 , icu
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ gsmakeDerivation {
     cups
     gmp gnutls
     libffi binutils-unwrapped
-    libjpeg libtiff libpng giflib libungif
+    libjpeg libtiff libpng giflib giflib
     libxml2 libxslt libiconv
     libobjc libgcrypt
     icu
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2_image/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2_image/default.nix
index 96f85ddb0ea5..a0f770178cc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2_image/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2_image/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, SDL2, libpng, libjpeg, libtiff, libungif, libwebp, libXpm, zlib, Foundation }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, SDL2, libpng, libjpeg, libtiff, giflib, libwebp, libXpm, zlib, Foundation }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "SDL2_image";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1l0864kas9cwpp2d32yxl81g98lx40dhbdp03dz7sbv84vhgdmdx";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ SDL2 libpng libjpeg libtiff libungif libwebp libXpm zlib ]
+  buildInputs = [ SDL2 libpng libjpeg libtiff giflib libwebp libXpm zlib ]
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Foundation;
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL_image/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL_image/default.nix
index 2e5841b3f482..fe97f0167439 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL_image/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL_image/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, SDL, libpng, libjpeg, libtiff, libungif, libXpm }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, SDL, libpng, libjpeg, libtiff, giflib, libXpm }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "SDL_image";
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--disable-tif-shared"
   ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "--disable-sdltest";
 
-  buildInputs = [ SDL libpng libjpeg libtiff libungif libXpm ];
+  buildInputs = [ SDL libpng libjpeg libtiff giflib libXpm ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "SDL image library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/libungif.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/libungif.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d8c32d14fca2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/libungif.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "libungif-4.1.4";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/giflib/libungif-4.1.4.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "5e65e1e5deacd0cde489900dbf54c6c2ee2ebc818199e720dbad685d87abda3d";
-  };
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Library and utilities for processing GIFs";
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    license = licenses.mit;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pslib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pslib/default.nix
index ec2362009ff3..b3439b7ee96f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pslib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pslib/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkg-config, zlib, libpng, libjpeg, libungif, libtiff
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkg-config, zlib, libpng, libjpeg, giflib, libtiff
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ zlib libpng libjpeg libungif libtiff ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib libpng libjpeg giflib libtiff ];
 
   doCheck = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix
index 89bd0f0491ee..5f64057c46c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchpatch, fetchFromGitHub, lib
 , cmake, perl, uthash, pkg-config, gettext
-, python, freetype, zlib, glib, libungif, libpng, libjpeg, libtiff, libxml2, cairo, pango
+, python, freetype, zlib, glib, giflib, libpng, libjpeg, libtiff, libxml2, cairo, pango
 , readline, woff2, zeromq, libuninameslist
 , withSpiro ? false, libspiro
 , withGTK ? false, gtk3
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config cmake ];
   buildInputs = [
     readline uthash woff2 zeromq libuninameslist
-    python freetype zlib glib libungif libpng libjpeg libtiff libxml2
+    python freetype zlib glib giflib libpng libjpeg libtiff libxml2
   ]
     ++ lib.optionals withSpiro [libspiro]
     ++ lib.optionals withGUI [ gtk3 cairo pango ]
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/video/swftools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/video/swftools/default.nix
index 4d3014388c8c..6867869a0a9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/video/swftools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/video/swftools/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, freetype, libjpeg, libungif, zlib }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, freetype, libjpeg, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "swftools";
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [ ./swftools.patch ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ freetype libjpeg libungif zlib ];
+  buildInputs = [ freetype libjpeg zlib ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Collection of SWF manipulation and creation utilities";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index fe162e3723fd..45f86eb56f9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   libtxc_dxtn = throw "libtxc_dxtn was removed 2020-03-16, now integrated in Mesa";
   libtxc_dxtn_s2tc = throw "libtxc_dxtn_s2tc was removed 2020-03-16, now integrated in Mesa";
   libudev = udev; # added 2018-04-25
+  libungif = giflib; # added 2020-02-12
   libusb = libusb1; # added 2020-04-28
   libsexy = throw "libsexy has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's abandoned and no package needed it."; # 2019-12-10
   libstdcxxHook = throw "libstdcxx hook has been removed because cc-wrapper is now directly aware of the c++ standard library intended to be used."; # 2020-06-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index debfb711d89e..33ffdc7c503a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16163,8 +16163,6 @@ in
 
   libunarr = callPackage ../development/libraries/libunarr { };
 
-  libungif = callPackage ../development/libraries/giflib/libungif.nix { };
-
   libunibreak = callPackage ../development/libraries/libunibreak { };
 
   libuninameslist = callPackage ../development/libraries/libuninameslist { };