diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/3.6.23.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/3.6.23.1.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a1c02dede1..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/3.6.23.1.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, readline ? null, ncurses ? null }:
-
-assert readline != null -> ncurses != null;
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "sqlite-3.6.23.1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-amalgamation-3.6.23.1.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0n1maahlqxk7p6kmsv0v2afy6qbv15n85mgkr4ylbf3ghcjdg06h";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [readline ncurses];
-  configureFlags = "--enable-threadsafe";
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1";
-  NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = if readline != null then "-lncurses" else "";
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://www.sqlite.org/;
-    description = "A self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine";
-  };
-}