diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 123d813fc77..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{ mkDerivation, fetchurl }:
-
-mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "16B03-1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_R${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1rvyfh22g1fir1i4xn7v2md868wcmhajwhfsq97v7kn5kd2m7khp";
-  };
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    sed -i "s@/bin/rm@rm@" lib/odbc/configure erts/configure
-  '';
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export HOME=$PWD/../
-    sed -e s@/bin/pwd@pwd@g -i otp_build
-  '';
-
-  # Do not install docs, instead use prebuilt versions.
-  installTargets = "install";
-  postInstall = let
-    manpages = fetchurl {
-      url = "http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_man_R${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "17f3k5j17rdsah18gywjngip6cbfgp6nb9di6il4pahmf9yvqc8g";
-    };
-  in ''
-    tar xf "${manpages}" -C "$out/lib/erlang"
-    for i in "$out"/lib/erlang/man/man[0-9]/*.[0-9]; do
-      prefix="''${i%/*}"
-      ensureDir "$out/share/man/''${prefix##*/}"
-      ln -s "$i" "$out/share/man/''${prefix##*/}/''${i##*/}erl"
-    done
-  '';
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16B02-8-basho.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16B02-basho.nix
similarity index 90%
rename from pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16B02-8-basho.nix
rename to pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16B02-basho.nix
index 037628a514d..33c34f7fecc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16B02-8-basho.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16B02-basho.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   baseName = "erlang";
-  version = "16B02";
+  version = "16B02.basho10";
 
   src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "basho";
     repo = "otp";
-    rev = "OTP_R16B02_basho8";
-    sha256 = "1w0hbm0axxxa45v3kl6bywc9ayir5vwqxjpnjlzc616ldszb2m0x";
+    rev = "OTP_R16B02_basho10";
+    sha256 = "1s2c3ag9dnp6xmcr27kh95n1w50xly97n1mp8ivc2a3gpv4blqmj";
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   installTargets = "install";
   postInstall = let
     manpages = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_man_R${version}.tar.gz";
+      url = "http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_man_R16B02.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "12apxjmmd591y9g9bhr97z5jbd1jarqg7wj0y2sqhl21hc1yp75p";
     };
   in ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 744f905c657..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{ mkDerivation, fetchurl }:
-
-mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "17.5";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0x34hj1a4j3rphqdaapdld7la4sqiqillamcz06wac0vk0684a1w";
-  };
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    sed -i "s@/bin/rm@rm@" lib/odbc/configure erts/configure
-  '';
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export HOME=$PWD/../
-    sed -e s@/bin/pwd@pwd@g -i otp_build
-  '';
-
-  # Do not install docs, instead use prebuilt versions.
-  installTargets = "install";
-  postInstall = let
-    manpages = fetchurl {
-      url = "http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_man_${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1hspm285bl7i9a0d4r6j6lm5yk4sb5d9xzpia3simh0z06hv5cc5";
-    };
-  in ''
-    tar xf "${manpages}" -C "$out/lib/erlang"
-    for i in "$out"/lib/erlang/man/man[0-9]/*.[0-9]; do
-      prefix="''${i%/*}"
-      ensureDir "$out/share/man/''${prefix##*/}"
-      ln -s "$i" "$out/share/man/''${prefix##*/}/''${i##*/}erl"
-    done
-  '';
-
-  meta.knownVulnerabilities = [ "CVE-2017-1000385" ];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3d9983af0ef..807931d3a04 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6481,7 +6481,7 @@ with pkgs;
   beam = callPackage ./beam-packages.nix { };
 
   inherit (beam.interpreters)
-    erlang erlangR17 erlangR18 erlangR19 erlangR20
+    erlang erlangR18 erlangR19 erlangR20
     erlang_odbc erlang_javac erlang_odbc_javac erlang_nox erlang_basho_R16B02
     elixir elixir_1_5 elixir_1_4 elixir_1_3
     lfe lfe_1_2;
@@ -11561,7 +11561,7 @@ with pkgs;
     spidermonkey = spidermonkey_1_8_5;
     python = python27;
     sphinx = python27Packages.sphinx;
-    erlang = erlangR17;
+    erlang = erlangR19;
   };
 
   couchdb2 = callPackage ../servers/http/couchdb/2.0.0.nix {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
index 8a63dcc1a4f..7c07c34b2fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ rec {
     erlang_nox = erlangR19_nox;
 
     # These are standard Erlang versions, using the generic builder.
-    erlangR17 = lib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix {};
-    erlangR17_odbc = erlangR17.override { odbcSupport = true; };
-    erlangR17_javac = erlangR17.override { javacSupport = true; };
-    erlangR17_odbc_javac = erlangR17.override {
-      javacSupport = true; odbcSupport = true;
-    };
-    erlangR17_nox = erlangR17.override { wxSupport = false; };
     erlangR18 = lib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/R18.nix {
       wxGTK = wxGTK30;
     };
@@ -49,8 +42,8 @@ rec {
     };
     erlangR20_nox = erlangR20.override { wxSupport = false; };
 
-    # Bash fork, using custom builder.
-    erlang_basho_R16B02 = lib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/R16B02-8-basho.nix {
+    # Basho fork, using custom builder.
+    erlang_basho_R16B02 = lib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/R16B02-basho.nix {
     };
     erlang_basho_R16B02_odbc = erlang_basho_R16B02.override {
       odbcSupport = true;
@@ -73,7 +66,6 @@ rec {
 
     # Packages built with default Erlang version.
     erlang = packagesWith interpreters.erlang;
-    erlangR17 = packagesWith interpreters.erlangR17;
     erlangR18 = packagesWith interpreters.erlangR18;
     erlangR19 = packagesWith interpreters.erlangR19;
     erlangR20 = packagesWith interpreters.erlangR20;