diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/wrapper.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 72e86805053..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/wrapper.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, makeWrapper, writeText, vim, vimrc }:
-
-let
-
-  vimrcfile = writeText "vimrc" vimrc;
-
-  p = builtins.parseDrvName vim.name;
-
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${p.name}-with-vimrc-${p.version}";
-
-  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper vim vimrcfile ];
-
-  phases = [ "installPhase" ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out
-    cp -r ${vim}/* $out/
-
-    chmod u+w $out/bin
-    chmod u+w $out/share/vim
-
-    ln -s ${vimrcfile} $out/share/vim/vimrc
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/vim --set VIM "$out/share/vim"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "The most popular clone of the VI editor";
-    homepage    = http://www.vim.org;
-    platforms   = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e9c907de9d5..4f303f2004f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9830,12 +9830,8 @@ let
 
   macvim = callPackage ../applications/editors/vim/macvim.nix { };
 
-  vimWrapper = wrapVim vim;
-
   vimHugeX = vim_configurable;
 
-  vimHugeXWrapper = wrapVim vimHugeX;
-
   vim_configurable = callPackage ../applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix {
     inherit (pkgs) fetchurl fetchhg stdenv ncurses pkgconfig gettext
       composableDerivation lib config glib gtk python perl tcl ruby;
@@ -9868,11 +9864,6 @@ let
     flags = [ "python" "X11" ]; # only flag "X11" by now
   });
 
-  wrapVim = vim: import ../applications/editors/vim/wrapper.nix {
-    inherit stdenv makeWrapper writeText vim;
-    vimrc = config.vim.vimrc or "";
-  };
-
   virtviewer = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/virt-viewer {
     gtkvnc = gtkvnc.override { enableGTK3 = true; };
     spice_gtk = spice_gtk.override { enableGTK3 = true; };