diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/modutils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/modutils/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a063408a2f..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/modutils/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, bison, flex}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "modutils-2.4.27";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://kernel/linux/utils/kernel/modutils/v2.4/modutils-2.4.27.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "bac989c74ed10f3bf86177fc5b4b89b6";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [bison flex];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f617914c404..ea7173d692a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6200,10 +6200,6 @@ let
       inherit stdenv module_init_tools modules buildEnv;
     };
 
-  modutils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/modutils {
-    stdenv = overrideGCC stdenv gcc34;
-  };
-
   multipath_tools = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/multipath-tools { };
 
   nettools = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/net-tools { };