diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jikes/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/jikes/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a297c67f6e..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jikes/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-. $stdenv/setup
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jikes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jikes/default.nix
index 6c03886c85f..21bd4167113 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jikes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/jikes/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "jikes-1.22";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/jikes/jikes-1.22.tar.bz2;
     md5 = "cda958c7fef6b43b803e1d1ef9afcb85";