diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdfjava/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdfjava/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 70a2f091116..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdfjava/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, javac }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "hdf-java";
-  version = "3.3.2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/HDF-JAVA/hdfjni-${version}/src/CMake-hdfjava-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0m1gp2aspcblqzmpqbdpfp6giskws85ds6p5gz8sx7asyp7wznpr";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake javac ];
-
-  dontConfigure = true;
-  buildPhase = "./build-hdfjava-unix.sh";
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out
-    cp -r build/_CPack_Packages/Linux/TGZ/HDFJava-3.3.2-Linux/HDF_Group/HDFJava/${version}/* $out/
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A Java package that implements HDF4 and HDF5 data objects in an object-oriented form";
-    license = lib.licenses.free; # BSD-like
-    homepage = "https://support.hdfgroup.org/products/java/index.html";
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3dec64193e0..c8c3e327fbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5111,10 +5111,6 @@ in
 
   hdfview = callPackage ../tools/misc/hdfview { };
 
-  hdf_java = callPackage ../tools/misc/hdfjava {
-    javac = jdk8; # TODO: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
-  };
-
   hecate = callPackage ../applications/editors/hecate { };
 
   heaptrack = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/tools/profiling/heaptrack {};