diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.49-headers.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.49-headers.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index afb094a3cad..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.49-headers.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "boost-headers-1.49.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_49_0.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0g0d33942rm073jgqqvj3znm3rk45b2y2lplfjpyg9q7amzqlx6x";
-  };
-
-  phases = [ "installPhase" ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/include
-    tar xvf $src -C $out/include --strip-components=1 boost_1_49_0/boost
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://boost.org/";
-    description = "Boost C++ Library Collection";
-    license = "boost-license";
-
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.viric ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 74ec836b84d..cf86e21cdf7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3445,7 +3445,6 @@ let
   boost153 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.53.nix { };
   boost = boost153;
 
-  boostHeaders149 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.49-headers.nix { };
   boostHeaders152 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.52-headers.nix { };
   boostHeaders153 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.53-headers.nix { };
   boostHeaders = boostHeaders153;