diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
index cc27693ab2b..47e2faaa48f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
@@ -36,15 +36,8 @@ rec {
   crossMaintainers = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; [ viric ];
 
 
-  /* Set the Hydra scheduling priority for a job.  The default
-     priority (10) should be used for most jobs.  A different priority
-     should only be used for a few particularly interesting jobs (in
-     terms of giving feedback to developers), such as stdenv. */
-  prio = level: job: toJob job // { schedulingPriority = level; };
-
-
   toJob = x: if builtins.isAttrs x then x else
-    { type = "job"; systems = x; schedulingPriority = 10; };
+    { type = "job"; systems = x; };
 
 
   /* Build a package on the given set of platforms.  The function `f'
@@ -73,9 +66,7 @@ rec {
     (path: value:
       let
         job = toJob value;
-        getPkg = pkgs:
-          pkgs.lib.addMetaAttrs { schedulingPriority = toString job.schedulingPriority; }
-          (pkgs.lib.getAttrFromPath path pkgs);
+        getPkg = pkgs: pkgs.lib.getAttrFromPath path pkgs;
       in testOn job.systems getPkg);
 
 
@@ -87,11 +78,8 @@ rec {
     (path: value:
       let
         job = toJob value;
-        getPkg = pkgs: (pkgs.lib.addMetaAttrs {
-            schedulingPriority = toString job.schedulingPriority;
-            maintainers = crossMaintainers;
-          }
-          (pkgs.lib.getAttrFromPath path pkgs));
+        getPkg = pkgs: pkgs.lib.addMetaAttrs { maintainers = crossMaintainers; }
+          (pkgs.lib.getAttrFromPath path pkgs);
       in testOnCross crossSystem job.systems getPkg);
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
index 946228cf889..b74976438c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ let
       spidermonkey = linux;
       squid = linux;
       ssmtp = linux;
-      stdenv = prio 175 all;
+      stdenv = all;
       stlport = linux;
       su = linux;
       sudo = linux;