diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/burp/1.3.48.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/burp/1.3.48.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bff46992d8b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/burp/1.3.48.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, acl, librsync_0_9, ncurses, openssl, zlib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "burp-1.3.48";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/grke/burp.git";
-    rev = "3636ce0a992904a374234d68170fc1c265bff357";
-    sha256 = "1vycivml5r87y4fmcpi9q82nhiydrq3zqvkr2gsp9d1plwsbgizz";
-  };
-
-  patches = [ ./burp_1.3.48.patch ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ librsync_0_9 ncurses openssl zlib ]
-    # next two lines copied from bacula, as burp needs acl as well
-    # acl relies on attr, which I can't get to build on darwin
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) acl;
-
-  configureFlags = [
-      "--sbindir=$out/bin"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "BURP - BackUp and Restore Program";
-    homepage    = http://burp.grke.org;
-    license     = licenses.agpl3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ tokudan ];
-    platforms   = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/burp/burp_1.3.48.patch b/pkgs/tools/backup/burp/burp_1.3.48.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fe57202bc34..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/burp/burp_1.3.48.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur burp~/Makefile.in burp/Makefile.in
---- burp~/Makefile.in	2015-11-01 21:14:52.621376413 +0000
-+++ burp/Makefile.in	2015-11-01 22:09:25.098997115 +0000
-@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@
- 	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
- 	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)
- 	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/CA-client
--	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)/var/run
--	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)/var/spool/burp
- 	@if [ ! -d $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/clientconfdir ] ; then $(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/clientconfdir ; cp configs/server/clientconfdir/testclient $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/clientconfdir/testclient ; fi
- 	@if [ ! -d $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/clientconfdir/incexc ] ; then $(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/clientconfdir/incexc ; cp configs/server/clientconfdir/incexc $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/clientconfdir/incexc/example ; fi
- 	@if [ ! -d $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/autoupgrade/client ] ; then $(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/autoupgrade/client ; fi
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 40a1727be9b..5bb3750340d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1198,8 +1198,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   bup = callPackage ../tools/backup/bup { };
 
-  burp_1_3 = callPackage ../tools/backup/burp/1.3.48.nix { };
-
   burp = callPackage ../tools/backup/burp { };
 
   buku = callPackage ../applications/misc/buku {