diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libassuan1/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libassuan1/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2532cec0390..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libassuan1/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, pth }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libassuan-1.0.5";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnupg/libassuan/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1xar8i5jmah75wa9my4x7vkc5b6nmzd2p6k9kmpdg9hsv04292y5";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pth ];
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Libassuan, the IPC library used by GnuPG and related software";
-
-    longDescription = ''
-      Libassuan is a small library implementing the so-called Assuan
-      protocol.  This protocol is used for IPC between most newer
-      GnuPG components.  Both, server and client side functions are
-      provided.
-    '';
-
-    homepage = http://gnupg.org;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f96187817f0..4438916942f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6371,8 +6371,6 @@ let
 
   libass = callPackage ../development/libraries/libass { };
 
-  libassuan1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libassuan1 { };
-
   libassuan = callPackage ../development/libraries/libassuan { };
 
   libassuan2_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libassuan/git.nix {