diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/shelly/0.15.4.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/shelly/0.15.4.1.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2840ba736f5..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/shelly/0.15.4.1.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# This file was auto-generated by cabal2nix. Please do NOT edit manually!
-
-{ cabal, hspec, HUnit, mtl, systemFileio, systemFilepath, text
-, time, unixCompat
-}:
-
-cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
-  pname = "shelly";
-  version = "0.15.4.1";
-  sha256 = "12m11s22izz0ny1syb1ykp2hi9n240myf0nhapvn8jx1fgf5iyck";
-  buildDepends = [
-    mtl systemFileio systemFilepath text time unixCompat
-  ];
-  testDepends = [
-    hspec HUnit mtl systemFileio systemFilepath text time unixCompat
-  ];
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/yesodweb/Shelly.hs";
-    description = "shell-like (systems) programming in Haskell";
-    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
-    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
-    hydraPlatforms = self.stdenv.lib.platforms.none;
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 4c3a986821b..2cc48820fe3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -2200,9 +2200,7 @@ self : let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope self x y); in
 
   shellmate = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/shellmate {};
 
-  shelly_0_15_4_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/shelly/0.15.4.1.nix {};
-  shelly_1_5_3_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/shelly {};
-  shelly = self.shelly_1_5_3_1;
+  shelly = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/shelly {};
 
   shell-conduit = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/shell-conduit {};