diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/cppflags-include-fix.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/cppflags-include-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 731a8d07548..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/cppflags-include-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-diff --git openjdk-orig/jdk/make/sun/awt/mawt.gmk openjdk/jdk/make/sun/awt/mawt.gmk
-index c6ab06d..23a14da 100644
---- openjdk-orig/jdk/make/sun/awt/mawt.gmk
-+++ openjdk/jdk/make/sun/awt/mawt.gmk
-@@ -270,12 +270,6 @@ LDFLAGS  += -L$(MOTIF_LIB) -L$(OPENWIN_LIB)
- endif # !HEADLESS
- endif # PLATFORM
- 
--ifeq ($(PLATFORM), linux)
--  # Checking for the X11/extensions headers at the additional location
--  CPPFLAGS += -I$(firstword $(wildcard $(OPENWIN_HOME)/include/X11/extensions) \
--                        $(wildcard /usr/include/X11/extensions))
--endif
--
- ifeq ($(PLATFORM), macosx)
-   CPPFLAGS += -I$(OPENWIN_HOME)/include/X11/extensions \
-               -I$(OPENWIN_HOME)/include 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a96d1c380d..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,181 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, jdk, ant, wget, zip, unzip, cpio, file, libxslt
-, xorg, zlib, pkgconfig, libjpeg, libpng, giflib, lcms2, gtk2, kerberos, attr
-, alsaLib, procps, automake, autoconf, cups, which, perl, coreutils, binutils
-, cacert, setJavaClassPath
-}:
-
-let
-
-  /**
-   * The JRE libraries are in directories that depend on the CPU.
-   */
-  architecture =
-    if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then
-      "i386"
-    else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then
-      "amd64"
-    else
-      throw "icedtea requires i686-linux or x86_64 linux";
-
-  srcInfo = (import ./sources.nix).icedtea7;
-
-  pkgName = "icedtea7-${srcInfo.version}";
-
-  defSrc = name:
-    with (builtins.getAttr name srcInfo.bundles); fetchurl {
-      inherit url sha256;
-      name = "${pkgName}-${baseNameOf url}";
-    };
-
-  bundleNames = builtins.attrNames srcInfo.bundles;
-
-  sources = stdenv.lib.genAttrs bundleNames (name: defSrc name);
-
-  bundleFun = name: "--with-${name}-src-zip=" + builtins.getAttr name sources;
-  bundleFlags = map bundleFun bundleNames;
-
-  icedtea = stdenv.mkDerivation (with srcInfo; {
-    name = pkgName;
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      inherit url sha256;
-    };
-
-    outputs = [ "out" "jre" ];
-
-    # TODO: Probably some more dependencies should be on this list but are being
-    # propagated instead
-    buildInputs = [
-      jdk ant wget zip unzip cpio file libxslt pkgconfig procps automake
-      autoconf which perl coreutils xorg.lndir
-      zlib libjpeg libpng giflib lcms2 kerberos attr alsaLib cups
-      xorg.libX11 xorg.libXtst gtk2
-    ];
-
-    configureFlags = bundleFlags ++ [
-      "--disable-bootstrap"
-      "--disable-downloading"
-
-      "--without-rhino"
-      "--with-pax=paxctl"
-      "--with-jdk-home=${jdk.home}"
-    ];
-
-    preConfigure = ''
-      unset JAVA_HOME JDK_HOME CLASSPATH JAVAC JAVACFLAGS
-
-      substituteInPlace javac.in --replace '#!/usr/bin/perl' '#!${perl}/bin/perl'
-      substituteInPlace javah.in --replace '#!/usr/bin/perl' '#!${perl}/bin/perl'
-
-      ./autogen.sh
-    '';
-
-    preBuild = ''
-      make stamps/extract.stamp
-
-      substituteInPlace openjdk/jdk/make/common/shared/Defs-utils.gmk --replace '/bin/echo' '${coreutils}/bin/echo'
-      substituteInPlace openjdk/corba/make/common/shared/Defs-utils.gmk --replace '/bin/echo' '${coreutils}/bin/echo'
-
-      patch -p0 < ${./cppflags-include-fix.patch}
-      patch -p0 < ${./fix-java-home.patch}
-    '';
-
-    NIX_NO_SELF_RPATH = true;
-
-    makeFlags = [
-      "ALSA_INCLUDE=${alsaLib}/include/alsa/version.h"
-      "ALT_UNIXCOMMAND_PATH="
-      "ALT_USRBIN_PATH="
-      "ALT_DEVTOOLS_PATH="
-      "ALT_COMPILER_PATH="
-      "ALT_CUPS_HEADERS_PATH=${cups}/include"
-      "ALT_OBJCOPY=${binutils}/bin/objcopy"
-      "SORT=${coreutils}/bin/sort"
-      "UNLIMITED_CRYPTO=1"
-    ];
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p $out/lib/icedtea $out/share $jre/lib/icedtea
-
-      cp -av openjdk.build/j2sdk-image/* $out/lib/icedtea
-
-      # Move some stuff to top-level.
-      mv $out/lib/icedtea/include $out/include
-      mv $out/lib/icedtea/man $out/share/man
-
-      # jni.h expects jni_md.h to be in the header search path.
-      ln -s $out/include/linux/*_md.h $out/include/
-
-      # Remove some broken manpages.
-      rm -rf $out/share/man/ja*
-
-      # Remove crap from the installation.
-      rm -rf $out/lib/icedtea/demo $out/lib/icedtea/sample
-
-      # Move the JRE to a separate output.
-      mv $out/lib/icedtea/jre $jre/lib/icedtea/
-      mkdir $out/lib/icedtea/jre
-      lndir $jre/lib/icedtea/jre $out/lib/icedtea/jre
-
-      # The following files cannot be symlinked, as it seems to violate Java security policies
-      rm $out/lib/icedtea/jre/lib/ext/*
-      cp $jre/lib/icedtea/jre/lib/ext/* $out/lib/icedtea/jre/lib/ext/
-
-      rm -rf $out/lib/icedtea/jre/bin
-      ln -s $out/lib/icedtea/bin $out/lib/icedtea/jre/bin
-
-      # Remove duplicate binaries.
-      for i in $(cd $out/lib/icedtea/bin && echo *); do
-        if [ "$i" = java ]; then continue; fi
-        if cmp -s $out/lib/icedtea/bin/$i $jre/lib/icedtea/jre/bin/$i; then
-          ln -sfn $jre/lib/icedtea/jre/bin/$i $out/lib/icedtea/bin/$i
-        fi
-      done
-
-      # Generate certificates.
-      pushd $jre/lib/icedtea/jre/lib/security
-      rm cacerts
-      perl ${./generate-cacerts.pl} $jre/lib/icedtea/jre/bin/keytool ${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
-      popd
-
-      ln -s $out/lib/icedtea/bin $out/bin
-      ln -s $jre/lib/icedtea/jre/bin $jre/bin
-    '';
-
-    # FIXME: this is unnecessary once the multiple-outputs branch is merged.
-    preFixup = ''
-      prefix=$jre stripDirs "$stripDebugList" "''${stripDebugFlags:--S}"
-      patchELF $jre
-      propagatedNativeBuildInputs+=" $jre"
-
-      # Propagate the setJavaClassPath setup hook from the JRE so that
-      # any package that depends on the JRE has $CLASSPATH set up
-      # properly.
-      mkdir -p $jre/nix-support
-      echo -n "${setJavaClassPath}" > $jre/nix-support/propagated-native-build-inputs
-
-      # Set JAVA_HOME automatically.
-      mkdir -p $out/nix-support
-      cat <<EOF > $out/nix-support/setup-hook
-      if [ -z "\$JAVA_HOME" ]; then export JAVA_HOME=$out/lib/icedtea; fi
-      EOF
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Free Java development kit based on OpenJDK 7.0 and the IcedTea project";
-      longDescription = ''
-        Free Java environment based on OpenJDK 7.0 and the IcedTea project.
-        - Full Java runtime environment
-        - Needed for executing Java Webstart programs and the free Java web browser plugin.
-      '';
-      homepage = http://icedtea.classpath.org;
-      maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ wizeman ];
-      platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    };
-
-    passthru = {
-      inherit architecture;
-      home = "${icedtea}/lib/icedtea";
-    };
-  });
-in icedtea
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/fix-java-home.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/fix-java-home.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5def344f171..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/fix-java-home.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru -x '*~' openjdk-orig/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp openjdk/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
---- openjdk-orig/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	2013-09-06 20:22:03.000000000 +0200
-+++ openjdk/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	2014-01-24 22:44:08.223857012 +0100
-@@ -2358,12 +2358,10 @@
-                 CAST_FROM_FN_PTR(address, os::jvm_path),
-                 dli_fname, sizeof(dli_fname), NULL);
-   assert(ret, "cannot locate libjvm");
-   char *rp = NULL;
-   if (ret && dli_fname[0] != '\0') {
--    rp = realpath(dli_fname, buf);
-+    snprintf(buf, buflen, "%s", dli_fname);
-   }
--  if (rp == NULL)
--    return;
- 
-   if (Arguments::created_by_gamma_launcher()) {
-     // Support for the gamma launcher.  Typical value for buf is
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/generate-cacerts.pl b/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/generate-cacerts.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bdd42f7274..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/generate-cacerts.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,366 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-
-# Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-# generate-cacerts.pl generates a JKS keystore named 'cacerts' from
-# OpenSSL's certificate bundle using OpenJDK's keytool.
-
-# First extract each of OpenSSL's bundled certificates into its own
-# aliased filename.
-
-# Downloaded from http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/ca-certificates/F-12/generate-cacerts.pl?revision=1.2
-# Check and prevention of duplicate aliases added by Vlastimil Babka <caster@gentoo.org>
-
-$file = $ARGV[1];
-open(CERTS, $file);
-@certs = <CERTS>;
-close(CERTS);
-
-$pem_file_count = 0;
-$in_cert_block = 0;
-$write_current_cert = 1;
-foreach $cert (@certs)
-{
-    if ($cert =~ /Issuer: /)
-    {
-        $_ = $cert;
-        if ($cert =~ /personal-freemail/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "thawtepersonalfreemailca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /personal-basic/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "thawtepersonalbasicca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /personal-premium/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "thawtepersonalpremiumca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /server-certs/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "thawteserverca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /premium-server/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "thawtepremiumserverca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Class 1 Public Primary Certification Authority$/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "verisignclass1ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Class 1 Public Primary Certification Authority - G2/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "verisignclass1g2ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~
-               /VeriSign Class 1 Public Primary Certification Authority - G3/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "verisignclass1g3ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Class 2 Public Primary Certification Authority$/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "verisignclass2ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Class 2 Public Primary Certification Authority - G2/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "verisignclass2g2ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~
-               /VeriSign Class 2 Public Primary Certification Authority - G3/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "verisignclass2g3ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority$/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "verisignclass3ca";
-        }
-        # Version 1 of Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority
-        # - G2 is added.  Version 3 is excluded.  See below.
-        elsif ($cert =~
-               /VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G3/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "verisignclass3g3ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~
-               /RSA Data Security.*Secure Server Certification Authority/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "verisignserverca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /GTE CyberTrust Global Root/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "gtecybertrustglobalca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Baltimore CyberTrust Root/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "baltimorecybertrustca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /www.entrust.net\/Client_CA_Info\/CPS/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "entrustclientca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /www.entrust.net\/GCCA_CPS/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "entrustglobalclientca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /www.entrust.net\/CPS_2048/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "entrust2048ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /www.entrust.net\/CPS /)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "entrustsslca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /www.entrust.net\/SSL_CPS/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "entrustgsslca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /The Go Daddy Group/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "godaddyclass2ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Starfield Class 2 Certification Authority/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "starfieldclass2ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /ValiCert Class 2 Policy Validation Authority/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "valicertclass2ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /GeoTrust Global CA$/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "geotrustglobalca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Equifax Secure Certificate Authority/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "equifaxsecureca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Equifax Secure eBusiness CA-1/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "equifaxsecureebusinessca1";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Equifax Secure eBusiness CA-2/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "equifaxsecureebusinessca2";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Equifax Secure Global eBusiness CA-1/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "equifaxsecureglobalebusinessca1";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Sonera Class1 CA/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "soneraclass1ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Sonera Class2 CA/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "soneraclass2ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /AAA Certificate Services/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "comodoaaaca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /AddTrust Class 1 CA Root/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "addtrustclass1ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /AddTrust External CA Root/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "addtrustexternalca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /AddTrust Qualified CA Root/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "addtrustqualifiedca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /UTN-USERFirst-Hardware/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "utnuserfirsthardwareca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /UTN-USERFirst-Client Authentication and Email/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "utnuserfirstclientauthemailca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /UTN - DATACorp SGC/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "utndatacorpsgcca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /UTN-USERFirst-Object/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "utnuserfirstobjectca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /America Online Root Certification Authority 1/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "aolrootca1";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /DigiCert Assured ID Root CA/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "digicertassuredidrootca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /DigiCert Global Root CA/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "digicertglobalrootca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /DigiCert High Assurance EV Root CA/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "digicerthighassuranceevrootca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /GlobalSign Root CA$/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "globalsignca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /GlobalSign Root CA - R2/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "globalsignr2ca";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Elektronik.*Kas.*2005/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "extra-elektronikkas2005";
-        }
-        elsif ($cert =~ /Elektronik/)
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "extra-elektronik2005";
-        }
-        # Mozilla does not provide these certificates:
-        #   baltimorecodesigningca
-        #   gtecybertrust5ca
-        #   trustcenterclass2caii
-        #   trustcenterclass4caii
-        #   trustcenteruniversalcai
-        else
-        {
-            # Generate an alias using the OU and CN attributes of the
-            # Issuer field if both are present, otherwise use only the
-            # CN attribute.  The Issuer field must have either the OU
-            # or the CN attribute.
-            $_ = $cert;
-            if ($cert =~ /OU=/)
-            {
-                s/Issuer:.*?OU=//;
-                # Remove other occurrences of OU=.
-                s/OU=.*CN=//;
-                # Remove CN= if there were not other occurrences of OU=.
-                s/CN=//;
-                s/\/emailAddress.*//;
-                s/Certificate Authority/ca/g;
-                s/Certification Authority/ca/g;
-            }
-            elsif ($cert =~ /CN=/)
-            {
-                s/Issuer:.*CN=//;
-                s/\/emailAddress.*//;
-                s/Certificate Authority/ca/g;
-                s/Certification Authority/ca/g;
-            }
-            s/\W//g;
-            tr/A-Z/a-z/;
-            $cert_alias = "extra-$_";
-
-        }
-        while (-e "$cert_alias.pem")
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "$cert_alias" . "_";
-        }
-    }
-    # When it attempts to parse:
-    #
-    # Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G2, Version 3
-    #
-    # keytool says:
-    #
-    # #2: ObjectId: 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.1.1 Criticality=false
-    # Unparseable AuthorityInfoAccess extension due to
-    # java.io.IOException: Invalid encoding of URI
-    #
-    # If we do not exclude this file
-    # openjdk/jdk/test/lib/security/cacerts/VerifyCACerts.java fails
-    # on this cert, printing:
-    #
-    # Couldn't verify: java.security.SignatureException: Signature
-    # does not match.
-    #
-    elsif ($cert =~
-           /A6:0F:34:C8:62:6C:81:F6:8B:F7:7D:A9:F6:67:58:8A:90:3F:7D:36/)
-    {
-        $write_current_cert = 0;
-        $pem_file_count--;
-    }
-    elsif ($cert eq "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n")
-    {
-        $_ = $cert;
-        s/\W//g;
-        tr/A-Z/a-z/;
-        $cert_alias = "extra-$_";
-        while (-e "$cert_alias.pem")
-        {
-            $cert_alias = "$cert_alias" . "_";
-        }
-        if ($in_cert_block != 0)
-        {
-            die "$file is malformed.";
-        }
-        $in_cert_block = 1;
-        if ($write_current_cert == 1)
-        {
-            $pem_file_count++;
-            if (-e "$cert_alias.pem")
-            {
-                print "$cert_alias";
-                die "already exists"
-            }
-            open(PEM, ">$cert_alias.pem");
-            print PEM $cert;
-        }
-    }
-    elsif ($cert eq "-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n")
-    {
-        $in_cert_block = 0;
-        if ($write_current_cert == 1)
-        {
-            print PEM $cert;
-            close(PEM);
-        }
-        $write_current_cert = 1
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        if ($in_cert_block == 1 && $write_current_cert == 1)
-        {
-            print PEM $cert;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-# Check that the correct number of .pem files were produced.
-@pem_files = <*.pem>;
-if (@pem_files != $pem_file_count)
-{
-    print "$pem_file_count";
-    die "Number of .pem files produced does not match".
-        " number of certs read from $file.";
-}
-
-# Now store each cert in the 'cacerts' file using keytool.
-$certs_written_count = 0;
-foreach $pem_file (@pem_files)
-{
-    system "$ARGV[0] -noprompt -import".
-        " -alias `basename $pem_file .pem`".
-        " -keystore cacerts -storepass 'changeit' -file $pem_file";
-    unlink($pem_file);
-    $certs_written_count++;
-}
-
-# Check that the correct number of certs were added to the keystore.
-if ($certs_written_count != $pem_file_count)
-{
-    die "Number of certs added to keystore does not match".
-        " number of certs read from $file.";
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/sources.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/sources.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 80d96b4660a..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/sources.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# This file is autogenerated from update.py in the same directory.
-{
-  icedtea7 = rec {
-    version = "2.5.5";
-
-    url = "http://icedtea.wildebeest.org/download/source/icedtea-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1irxk2ndwsfk4c1zbzb5h3rpwv2bc9bhfjvz6p4dws5476vsxrq9";
-
-    common_url = "http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea7/${version}";
-
-    bundles = {
-      openjdk = rec {
-        url = "${common_url}/openjdk.tar.bz2";
-        sha256 = "5301baacfb6b4ee28a3469b8429a0017898615532f727bb50d94777682c5fd0d";
-      };
-
-      corba = rec {
-        url = "${common_url}/corba.tar.bz2";
-        sha256 = "f0576599b474f56e58068071242cedbbf2f181b58c9010b614c9096be764ac51";
-      };
-
-      jaxp = rec {
-        url = "${common_url}/jaxp.tar.bz2";
-        sha256 = "293218d595763f7e02a91ea88860e5314e42330cbc21b73dc5de32e7e26fd256";
-      };
-
-      jaxws = rec {
-        url = "${common_url}/jaxws.tar.bz2";
-        sha256 = "76d6d0670ede806b01d39e07c644e423a50984f1cf0ec560afa23f0fedf575be";
-      };
-
-      jdk = rec {
-        url = "${common_url}/jdk.tar.bz2";
-        sha256 = "c1bc0d25457ccf40fcaeb5311052f6d2fbab8ef316b0381995835827711da483";
-      };
-
-      langtools = rec {
-        url = "${common_url}/langtools.tar.bz2";
-        sha256 = "71b269ea930da36d751c6183816ef53a65c0587b7cf0195f87759b4c02c3b660";
-      };
-
-      hotspot = rec {
-        url = "${common_url}/hotspot.tar.bz2";
-        sha256 = "d724a9749f51a3c66351ad8a27bc4570640720eace33cd03f1a52e2e45731dfb";
-      };
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/update.py b/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/update.py
deleted file mode 100755
index c41cf3d38d2..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/update.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,261 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import subprocess, urllib.request, re, os, tarfile
-from html.parser import HTMLParser
-
-URL = 'http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea{}/{}'
-DOWNLOAD_URL = 'http://icedtea.wildebeest.org/download/source/'
-DOWNLOAD_HTML = DOWNLOAD_URL + '?C=M;O=D'
-
-ICEDTEA_JDKS = [7]
-
-BUNDLES = ['openjdk', 'corba', 'jaxp', 'jaxws', 'jdk', 'langtools', 'hotspot']
-
-SRC_PATH = './sources.nix'
-
-def get_output(cmd, env = None):
-	try:
-		proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env = env, stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
-		out = proc.communicate()[0]
-	except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-		return None
-
-	return out.decode('utf-8').strip()
-
-def nix_prefetch_url(url):
-	env = os.environ.copy()
-	env['PRINT_PATH'] = '1'
-	out = get_output(['nix-prefetch-url', url], env = env)
-
-	return out.split('\n')
-
-def get_nix_attr(path, attr):
-	out = get_output(['nix-instantiate', '--eval-only', '-A', attr, path])
-
-	if len(out) < 2 or out[0] != '"' or out[-1] != '"':
-		raise Exception('Cannot find Nix attribute "{}" (parsing failure?)'.format(attr))
-
-	# Strip quotes
-	return out[1:-1]
-
-def get_jdk_attr(jdk, attr):
-	return get_nix_attr(SRC_PATH, 'icedtea{}.{}'.format(jdk, attr))
-
-class Parser(HTMLParser):
-	def __init__(self, link_regex):
-		HTMLParser.__init__(self)
-
-		self.regex = link_regex
-		self.href = None
-		self.version = None
-
-	def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
-		if self.href != None or tag != 'a':
-			return
-
-		href = None
-		for attr in attrs:
-			if attr[0] == 'href':
-				href = attr[1]
-		if href == None:
-			return
-
-		m = re.match(self.regex, href)
-		if m != None:
-			self.href = href
-			self.version = m.group(1)
-
-def get_latest_version_url(major):
-	f = urllib.request.urlopen(DOWNLOAD_HTML)
-	html = f.read().decode('utf-8')
-	f.close()
-
-	parser = Parser(r'^icedtea\d?-({}\.\d[\d.]*)\.tar\.xz$'.format(major))
-	parser.feed(html)
-	parser.close()
-
-	if parser.href == None:
-		raise Exception('Error: could not find download url for major version "{}"'.format(major))
-
-	return parser.version, DOWNLOAD_URL + parser.href
-
-def get_old_bundle_attrs(jdk, bundle):
-	attrs = {}
-	for attr in ('url', 'sha256'):
-		attrs[attr] = get_jdk_attr(jdk, 'bundles.{}.{}'.format(bundle, attr))
-
-	return attrs
-
-def get_old_attrs(jdk):
-	attrs = {}
-
-	for attr in ('version', 'url', 'sha256'):
-		attrs[attr] = get_jdk_attr(jdk, attr)
-
-	attrs['bundles'] = {}
-
-	for bundle in BUNDLES:
-		attrs['bundles'][bundle] = get_old_bundle_attrs(jdk, bundle)
-
-	return attrs
-
-def get_member_filename(tarball, name):
-	for fname in tarball.getnames():
-		m = re.match(r'^icedtea\d?-\d[\d.]*/{}$'.format(name), fname)
-		if m != None:
-			return m.group(0)
-
-	return None
-
-def get_member_file(tarball, name):
-	path = get_member_filename(tarball, name)
-	if path == None:
-		raise Exception('Could not find "{}" inside tarball'.format(name))
-
-	f = tarball.extractfile(path)
-	data = f.read().decode('utf-8')
-	f.close()
-
-	return data
-
-def get_new_bundle_attr(makefile, bundle, attr):
-	var = '{}_{}'.format(bundle.upper(), attr.upper())
-	regex = r'^{} = (.*?)$'.format(var)
-
-	m = re.search(regex, makefile, re.MULTILINE)
-	if m == None:
-		raise Exception('Could not find variable "{}" in Makefile.am'.format(var))
-
-	return m.group(1)
-
-def get_new_bundle_attrs(jdk, version, path):
-	url = URL.format(jdk, version)
-
-	attrs = {}
-
-	print('Opening file: "{}"'.format(path))
-	tar = tarfile.open(name = path, mode = 'r:xz')
-
-	makefile = get_member_file(tar, 'Makefile.am')
-	hotspot_map = get_member_file(tar, 'hotspot.map.in')
-
-	hotspot_map = hotspot_map.replace('@ICEDTEA_RELEASE@', version)
-
-	for bundle in BUNDLES:
-		battrs = {}
-
-		battrs['url'] = '{}/{}.tar.bz2'.format(url, bundle)
-		if bundle == 'hotspot':
-			m = re.search(r'^default (.*?) (.*?) (.*?) (.*?)$', hotspot_map, re.MULTILINE)
-			if m == None:
-				raise Exception('Could not find info for hotspot bundle in hotspot.map.in')
-
-			battrs['sha256'] = m.group(4)
-		else:
-			battrs['sha256'] = get_new_bundle_attr(makefile, bundle, 'sha256sum')
-
-		attrs[bundle] = battrs
-
-	tar.close()
-
-	return attrs
-
-def get_new_attrs(jdk):
-	print('Getting old attributes for JDK {}...'.format(jdk))
-	old_attrs = get_old_attrs(jdk)
-	attrs = {}
-
-	# The major version corresponds to a specific JDK (1 = OpenJDK6, 2 = OpenJDK7, 3 = OpenJDK8)
-	major = jdk - 5
-
-	print('Getting latest version for JDK {}...'.format(jdk))
-	version, url = get_latest_version_url(major)
-
-	print()
-	print('Old version: {}'.format(old_attrs['version']))
-	print('New version: {}'.format(version))
-	print()
-
-	if version == old_attrs['version']:
-		print('No update available, skipping...')
-		print()
-		return old_attrs
-
-	print('Update available, generating new attributes for JDK {}...'.format(jdk))
-
-	attrs['version'] = version
-	attrs['url'] = url
-
-	print('Downloading tarball from url "{}"...'.format(url))
-	print()
-	attrs['sha256'], path = nix_prefetch_url(url)
-	print()
-
-	print('Inspecting tarball for bundle information...')
-
-	attrs['bundles'] = get_new_bundle_attrs(jdk, attrs['version'], path)
-
-	print('Done!')
-
-	return attrs
-
-def generate_jdk(jdk):
-	attrs = get_new_attrs(jdk)
-
-	version = attrs['version']
-	src_url = attrs['url'].replace(version, '${version}')
-
-	common_url = URL.format(jdk, version)
-	src_common_url = URL.format(jdk, '${version}')
-
-	src =  '  icedtea{} = rec {{\n'.format(jdk)
-	src += '    version = "{}";\n'.format(version)
-	src += '\n'
-	src += '    url = "{}";\n'.format(src_url)
-	src += '    sha256 = "{}";\n'.format(attrs['sha256'])
-	src += '\n'
-	src += '    common_url = "{}";\n'.format(src_common_url)
-	src += '\n'
-	src += '    bundles = {\n'
-
-	for bundle in BUNDLES:
-		battrs = attrs['bundles'][bundle]
-
-		b_url = battrs['url']
-		b_url = b_url.replace(common_url, '${common_url}')
-
-		src += '      {} = rec {{\n'.format(bundle)
-		src += '        url = "{}";\n'.format(b_url)
-		src += '        sha256 = "{}";\n'.format(battrs['sha256'])
-		src += '      };\n'
-
-		if bundle != BUNDLES[-1]:
-			src += '\n'
-
-	src += '    };\n'
-	src += '  };\n'
-
-	return src
-
-def generate_sources(jdks):
-	src = '# This file is autogenerated from update.py in the same directory.\n'
-	src += '{\n'
-
-	for jdk in jdks:
-		print()
-		print('Generating sources for JDK {}...'.format(jdk))
-		src += generate_jdk(jdk)
-
-	src += '}\n'
-	return src
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-	print('Generating {}...'.format(SRC_PATH))
-	src = generate_sources(ICEDTEA_JDKS)
-
-	f = open(SRC_PATH, 'w', encoding = 'utf-8')
-	f.write(src)
-	f.close()
-
-	print()
-	print('Update complete!')
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 51dc6609660..60c941a7e27 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3905,14 +3905,6 @@ let
 
   gwt240 = callPackage ../development/compilers/gwt/2.4.0.nix { };
 
-  icedtea7 = callPackage ../development/compilers/icedtea rec {
-    bootjdk = openjdk-bootstrap;
-    giflib = giflib_5_0;
-  };
-
-  # There will not likely be an icedtea8 so users should move to openjdk
-  icedtea = icedtea7;
-
   icedtea7_web = callPackage ../development/compilers/icedtea-web {
     jdk = jdk7;
     xulrunner = firefox;
@@ -3949,7 +3941,7 @@ let
 
   openjdk = if stdenv.isDarwin then openjdk-darwin else openjdk8;
 
-  jdk7 = icedtea7;
+  jdk7 = openjdk7;
 
   jdk8 = openjdk8;