diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernelscripts/make-kernel.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernelscripts/make-kernel.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 14f006a0553..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernelscripts/make-kernel.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh -e
-
-archivesDir=$(mktemp -d)
-manifest=${archivesDir}/MANIFEST
-nixpkgs=/nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs
-fill_disk=$archivesDir/scripts/fill-disk.sh
-ramdisk_login=$archivesDir/scripts/ramdisk-login.sh
-storePaths=$archivesDir/mystorepaths
-validatePaths=$archivesDir/validatepaths
-bootiso=/tmp/nixos.iso
-initrd=/tmp/initram.img
-initdir=${archivesDir}/initdir
-initscript=$archivesDir/scripts/init.sh
-
-NIX_CMD_PATH=$(dirname $(which nix-store))
-cpwd=`pwd`
-
-storeExpr=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -qR $($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -r $(echo '(import ./kernel.nix).everything' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -)))
-
-kernel=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -r $(echo '(import ./kernel.nix).kernel' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -))
-
-ov511=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -r $(echo '(import ./kernel.nix).ov511' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -))
-
-echo $kernel
-echo $ov511
-
-echo making kernel stuff
-
-kernelVersion=$(cd $kernel/lib/modules/; ls -d *)
-mkdir -p $archivesDir/lib/modules/$kernelVersion
-
-echo $kernelVersion
-
-cd $kernel
-
-# make directories
-
-find . -not -path "./lib/modules/$kernelVersion/build*" -type d | xargs -n 1 -i% mkdir -p $archivesDir/%
-
-# link all files
-find . -not -path "./lib/modules/$kernelVersion/build*" -type f | xargs -n 1 -i% ln -s $kernel/% $archivesDir/%
-
-# make directories
-
-cd $ov511
-find . -not -path "./lib/modules/$kernelVersion/build*" -type d | xargs -n 1 -i% mkdir -p $archivesDir/%
-
-# link all files
-find . -not -path "./lib/modules/$kernelVersion/build*" -type f | xargs -n 1 -i% ln -s $ov511/% $archivesDir/%