diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc-6.8/d.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc-6.8/d.nix
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index a011405f541..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc-6.8/d.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
-  homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/ghc";
-
-  src = map fetchurl [
-    { url = "${homepage}/dist/stable/dist/${name}-src.tar.bz2";
-    }
-    { url = "${homepage}/dist/stable/dist/${name}-src-extralibs.tar.bz2";
-    }
-  ];
-
-
-  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
-
-  meta = {
-  };
-
-  postInstall = "
-    ensureDir \"$out/nix-support\"
-    echo \"# Path to the GHC compiler directory in the store\" > $out/nix-support/setup-hook
-    echo \"ghc=$out\" >> $out/nix-support/setup-hook
-    echo \"\"         >> $out/nix-support/setup-hook
-    cat $setupHook    >> $out/nix-support/setup-hook
-  ";
-
-  patch64 = ./x86_64-linux_patch;
-
-  # Thanks to Ian Lynagh ghc now works on x86_64-linux as well 
-  patchPhase = if (stdenv.system == "x86_64-linx") then "patch -p2 < $patch64" else "";
-
-
-  # the presence of this file makes Cabal cry for happy while generating makefiles ...
-  preConfigure = "
-    echo 'GhcThreaded=NO' > mk/build.mk
-    rm libraries/haskell-src/Language/Haskell/Parser.ly
-  ";
-})