diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/lzma/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/lzma/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 13de50fafcf..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/lzma/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "lzma-4.32.7";
-  
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gentoo/distfiles/lzma-4.32.7.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0b03bdvm388kwlcz97aflpr3ir1zpa3m0bq3s6cd3pp5a667lcwz";
-  };
-
-  CFLAGS = "-O3";
-  CXXFLAGS = "-O3";
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://tukaani.org/lzma/;
-    description = "The LZMA compression program";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8e29f29d69a..b68df761115 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -968,9 +968,7 @@ let
       readline nettools lsof procps;
   };
 
-  lzma = makeOverridable (import ../tools/compression/lzma) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
-  };
+  lzma = xz;
 
   xz = import ../tools/compression/xz {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv lib;