diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/php-apc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/php-apc/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cfdc9ce30d..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/php-apc/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, php, autoconf, automake, libtool }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "php-apc-3.1.7";
-  
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://pecl.php.net/get/APC-3.1.7.tgz;
-    sha256 = "0xlvhw5398sl5zzkjm4rkk1m3fcra30zkq0k4i6fij0ylpd6nlls";
-  };
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    phpize
-
-    sed -i 's,^EXTENSION_DIR.*,'EXTENSION_DIR=$out/lib/php/extensions, configure
-  '';
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--enable-apc" "--enable-apc-mmap" ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ php autoconf automake libtool ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Alternative PHP Cache";
-    homepage = "http://pecl.php.net/package/APC";
-    license = "PHP+";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4dde2597d0b..dbc08b9aeab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3540,8 +3540,6 @@ let
 
   php54 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/php/5.4.nix { };
 
-  php_apc = callPackage ../development/libraries/php-apc { };
-
   php_xcache = callPackage ../development/libraries/php-xcache { };
 
   picolisp = callPackage ../development/interpreters/picolisp {};