diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/7.48.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/7.48.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d156423a547..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/7.48.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl
-, http2Support ? true, nghttp2
-, idnSupport ? false, libidn ? null
-, ldapSupport ? false, openldap ? null
-, zlibSupport ? false, zlib ? null
-, sslSupport ? false, openssl ? null
-, scpSupport ? false, libssh2 ? null
-, gssSupport ? false, gss ? null
-, c-aresSupport ? false, c-ares ? null
-}:
-
-assert http2Support -> nghttp2 != null;
-assert idnSupport -> libidn != null;
-assert ldapSupport -> openldap != null;
-assert zlibSupport -> zlib != null;
-assert sslSupport -> openssl != null;
-assert scpSupport -> libssh2 != null;
-assert c-aresSupport -> c-ares != null;
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "curl-7.48.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://curl.haxx.se/download/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0ly7fbysxrdbclswcr6s7n5sfxfffzazv8blqr16sn0b44cphkl6";
-  };
-
-  outputs = [ "dev" "out" "bin" "man" "docdev" ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig perl ];
-
-  # Zlib and OpenSSL must be propagated because `libcurl.la' contains
-  # "-lz -lssl", which aren't necessary direct build inputs of
-  # applications that use Curl.
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with stdenv.lib;
-    optional http2Support nghttp2 ++
-    optional idnSupport libidn ++
-    optional ldapSupport openldap ++
-    optional zlibSupport zlib ++
-    optional gssSupport gss ++
-    optional c-aresSupport c-ares ++
-    optional sslSupport openssl ++
-    optional scpSupport libssh2;
-
-  # for the second line see http://curl.haxx.se/mail/tracker-2014-03/0087.html
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -e 's|/usr/bin|/no-such-path|g' -i.bak configure
-    rm src/tool_hugehelp.c
-  '';
-
-  configureFlags = [
-      "--with-ca-bundle=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
-      "--disable-manual"
-      ( if sslSupport then "--with-ssl=${openssl.dev}" else "--without-ssl" )
-      ( if scpSupport then "--with-libssh2=${libssh2.dev}" else "--without-libssh2" )
-      ( if ldapSupport then "--enable-ldap" else "--disable-ldap" )
-      ( if ldapSupport then "--enable-ldaps" else "--disable-ldaps" )
-      ( if idnSupport then "--with-libidn=${libidn.dev}" else "--without-libidn" )
-    ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional c-aresSupport "--enable-ares=${c-ares}"
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional gssSupport "--with-gssapi=${gss}";
-
-  CXX = "g++";
-  CXXCPP = "g++ -E";
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    moveToOutput bin/curl-config "$dev"
-    sed '/^dependency_libs/s|${libssh2.dev}|${libssh2.out}|' -i "$out"/lib/*.la
-  '';
-
-  crossAttrs = {
-    # We should refer to the cross built openssl
-    # For the 'urandom', maybe it should be a cross-system option
-    configureFlags = [
-        ( if sslSupport then "--with-ssl=${openssl.crossDrv}" else "--without-ssl" )
-        "--with-random /dev/urandom"
-      ];
-  };
-
-  passthru = {
-    inherit sslSupport openssl;
-  };
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax";
-    homepage    = http://curl.haxx.se/;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
-    platforms   = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 79ae2523ff6..c35136b1637 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1235,14 +1235,6 @@ in
     scpSupport = zlibSupport && !stdenv.isSunOS && !stdenv.isCygwin;
   };
 
-  curl_7_48 = callPackage ../tools/networking/curl/7.48.nix rec {
-    fetchurl = fetchurlBoot;
-    http2Support = !stdenv.isDarwin;
-    zlibSupport = true;
-    sslSupport = zlibSupport;
-    scpSupport = zlibSupport && !stdenv.isSunOS && !stdenv.isCygwin;
-  };
-
   curl3 = callPackage ../tools/networking/curl/7.15.nix rec {
     zlibSupport = true;
     sslSupport = zlibSupport;
@@ -13728,7 +13720,6 @@ in
     harfbuzz = harfbuzz.override {
       withIcu = true; withGraphite2 = true;
     };
-    curl = curl_7_48;
   });