diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.2.2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.2.2.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 070279fadfd..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.2.2.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ cabal }:
-
-cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
-  pname = "syb";
-  version = "0.2.2";
-  sha256 = "0m29vnqkkmpf4m3gi42kcbr2gfyxgkcw85xsyrq0mgbxb0zg6ky9";
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/GenericProgramming/SYB";
-    description = "Scrap Your Boilerplate";
-    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
-    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
-    maintainers = [
-      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres
-      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons
-    ];
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.3.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ddf16ad41e5..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.3.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ cabal }:
-
-cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
-  pname = "syb";
-  version = "0.3";
-  sha256 = "1gnqw76zy7xvlabhbyk8hml88hpz2igf7b3mz2ic091f77qkkch7";
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/GenericProgramming/SYB";
-    description = "Scrap Your Boilerplate";
-    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
-    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
-    maintainers = [
-      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres
-      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons
-    ];
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 345f9a09974..9689fdec875 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1239,8 +1239,6 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   stringCombinators = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/string-combinators {};
 
-  syb_0_2_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.2.2.nix {};
-  syb_0_3   = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.3.nix {};
   syb_0_3_3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.3.3.nix {};
   syb_0_3_6 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.3.6.nix {};
   syb       = null; # by default, we assume that syb ships with GHC, which is