diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfsprogs/3.16.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfsprogs/3.16.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e1d4b8bd31c..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfsprogs/3.16.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, attr, acl, zlib, libuuid, e2fsprogs, lzo
-, asciidoc, xmlto, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl, libxslt }:
-
-let version = "3.16"; in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "btrfs-progs-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/people/kdave/btrfs-progs/btrfs-progs-v${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0phbrgipl04q8cdj9nnshik7b6p2bg51jxb3l1gvfc04dkgm2xls";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    attr acl zlib libuuid e2fsprogs lzo
-    asciidoc xmlto docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl libxslt
-  ];
-
-  # for btrfs to get the rpath to libgcc_s, needed for pthread_cancel to work
-  NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-lgcc_s";
-
-  makeFlags = "prefix=$(out)";
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Utilities for the btrfs filesystem";
-    homepage = https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin wkennington ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fd139892af6..b0b9eaae66f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -654,7 +654,6 @@ let
   bsod = callPackage ../misc/emulators/bsod { };
 
   btrfsProgs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/btrfsprogs { };
-  btrfsProgs-3_16 = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/btrfsprogs/3.16.nix { };
 
   bwm_ng = callPackage ../tools/networking/bwm-ng { };
 
@@ -10757,9 +10756,7 @@ let
 
   smartdeblur = callPackage ../applications/graphics/smartdeblur { };
 
-  snapper = callPackage ../tools/misc/snapper {
-    btrfsProgs = btrfsProgs-3_16;
-  };
+  snapper = callPackage ../tools/misc/snapper { };
 
   snd = callPackage ../applications/audio/snd { };