diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix
index f2fd6eebd56e..bd84dd06e7f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure = ''
     cd build/
   '';
-  resources = ./resources;
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p "$prefix/lib/$name"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/resources/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/pharo.png b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/resources/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/pharo.png
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/resources/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/pharo.png b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/resources/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/pharo.png
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diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/resources/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/pharo.png b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/resources/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/pharo.png
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diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/resources/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/pharo.png b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/resources/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/pharo.png
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/resources/share/mime/packages/pharo-image.xml b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/resources/share/mime/packages/pharo-image.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 927514dd215b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/resources/share/mime/packages/pharo-image.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<mime-info xmlns='http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info'>
-  <mime-type type="application/x-pharo-image">
-    <comment>Pharo image file</comment>
-    <comment xml:lang="fr">Fichier d'image Pharo</comment>
-    <glob pattern="*.image"/>
-    <icon name="pharo"/>
-  </mime-type>
-</mime-info>
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/share.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/share.nix
index 1a24ecd274ee..75ce2ff771c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/share.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/share.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.0";
   name = "pharo-share-${version}";
 
-  src = ./resources;
+  unpackPhase = "true";
 
   sources10Zip = fetchurl {
     url = http://files.pharo.org/sources/PharoV10.sources.zip;
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $prefix/lib
 
-    cp -R "$src/"* "$prefix/"
-
     unzip ${sources10Zip} -d $prefix/lib/
     unzip ${sources20Zip} -d $prefix/lib/
     unzip ${sources30Zip} -d $prefix/lib/