diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/8.30.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/8.30.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f636492eb6..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/8.30.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, unicodeSupport ? true, cplusplusSupport ? true }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "pcre-8.30";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "c1113fd7db934e97ad8b3917d432e5b642e9eb9afd127eb797804937c965f4ac";
-  };
-
-  # The compiler on Darwin crashes with an internal error while building the
-  # C++ interface. Disabling optimizations on that platform remedies the
-  # problem. In case we ever update the Darwin GCC version, the exception for
-  # that platform ought to be removed.
-  configureFlags = ''
-    ${if unicodeSupport then "--enable-unicode-properties" else ""}
-    ${if !cplusplusSupport then "--disable-cpp" else ""}
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "CXXFLAGS=-O0";
-
-  doCheck = !stdenv.isCygwin;                   # XXX: test failure on Cygwin
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://www.pcre.org/";
-    description = "A library for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions";
-    license = "BSD-3";
-
-    longDescription = ''
-      The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular
-      expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as
-      Perl 5. PCRE has its own native API, as well as a set of wrapper
-      functions that correspond to the POSIX regular expression API. The
-      PCRE library is free, even for building proprietary software.
-    '';
-
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
index edfe26740de..e59c249348a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, unicodeSupport ? true, cplusplusSupport ? true }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "pcre-8.21";
+  name = "pcre-8.31";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1qwrqldbwszbmr4cw4f0xmcl889cmmjbf58l9vxn89zw26fm1f54";
+    sha256 = "5778a02535473c7ee7838ea598c19f451e63cf5eec0bf0307a688301c9078c3c";
   };
 
   # The compiler on Darwin crashes with an internal error while building the
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 94e6f806db9..d7d9a82d8fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2394,7 +2394,6 @@ let
 
   julia = callPackage ../development/compilers/julia {
     llvm = llvm_3_1;
-    pcre = pcre_8_30;
     liblapack = liblapack.override {shared = true;};
     fftw = fftw.override {pthreads = true;};
     fftwSinglePrec = fftwSinglePrec.override {pthreads = true;};
@@ -4563,11 +4562,6 @@ let
     cplusplusSupport = !stdenv ? isDietLibC;
   };
 
-  pcre_8_30 = callPackage ../development/libraries/pcre/8.30.nix {
-    unicodeSupport = getConfig ["pcre" "unicode"] true;
-    cplusplusSupport = !stdenv ? isDietLibC;
-  };
-
   pdf2xml = callPackage ../development/libraries/pdf2xml {} ;
 
   phonon = callPackage ../development/libraries/phonon { };