diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index d5d9429d9a4..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-preBuild=preBuild
-
-preBuild() {
-  sed -e "s^@bash\@^$bash^g" \
-      < etc/hotplug/dasd.agent > etc/hotplug/dasd.agent.tmp
-  mv etc/hotplug/dasd.agent.tmp etc/hotplug/dasd.agent
-
-  sed -e "s^@bash\@^$bash^g" \
-      < etc/hotplug/tape.agent > etc/hotplug/tape.agent.tmp
-  mv etc/hotplug/tape.agent.tmp etc/hotplug/tape.agent
-
-  sed -e "s^@coreutils\@^$coreutils^g" \
-      -e "s^@utillinux\@^$utillinux^g" \
-      -e "s^@gnugrep\@^$gnugrep^g" \
-      -e "s^@module-init-tools\@^$module_init_tools^g" \
-      < etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions > etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions.tmp
-  mv etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions.tmp etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions
-
-  sed -e "s^@coreutils\@^$coreutils^g" \
-      < etc/hotplug/input.rc > etc/hotplug/input.rc.tmp
-  mv etc/hotplug/input.rc.tmp etc/hotplug/input.rc
-
-  sed -e "s^@coreutils\@^$coreutils^g" \
-      < etc/hotplug/pci.rc > etc/hotplug/pci.rc.tmp
-  mv etc/hotplug/pci.rc.tmp etc/hotplug/pci.rc
-
-  sed -e "s^@gnused\@^$gnused^g" \
-      -e "s^@coreutils\@^$coreutils^g" \
-      < etc/hotplug/usb.agent > etc/hotplug/usb.agent.tmp
-  mv etc/hotplug/usb.agent.tmp etc/hotplug/usb.agent
-
-  sed -e "s^@coreutils\@^$coreutils^g" \
-      -e "s^@gnugrep\@^$gnugrep^g" \
-      -e "s^@utillinux\@^$utillinux^g" \
-      -e "s^@module_init_tools\@^$module_init_tools^g" \
-      -e "s^@gnused\@^$gnused^g" \
-      -e "s^@procps\@^$procps^g" \
-      < etc/hotplug/usb.rc > etc/hotplug/usb.rc.tmp
-  mv etc/hotplug/usb.rc.tmp etc/hotplug/usb.rc
-
-  sed -e "s^@bash\@^$bash^g" \
-      -e "s^@gnused\@^$gnused^g" \
-      -e "s^@coreutils\@^$coreutils^g" \
-      < etc/hotplug.d/default/default.hotplug > etc/hotplug.d/default/default.hotplug.tmp
-  mv etc/hotplug.d/default/default.hotplug.tmp etc/hotplug.d/default/default.hotplug
-}
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 318ddf0637c..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, bash, gnused, coreutils, utillinux, gnugrep, module_init_tools}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "hotplug-2004_03_29";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/hotplug-2004_03_29.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "167bd479a1ca30243c51ca088e0942b3";
-  };
-  patches = [./hotplug-install-path.patch ./hotplug-install.patch ./hotplug-2004_03_29.patch];
-  inherit bash gnused coreutils utillinux gnugrep module_init_tools;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/hotplug-2004_03_29.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/hotplug-2004_03_29.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 13ee98c5108..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/hotplug-2004_03_29.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,281 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/dasd.agent hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/dasd.agent
---- hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/dasd.agent	2002-08-08 12:05:17.000000000 +0200
-+++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/dasd.agent	2006-01-07 23:10:53.000000000 +0100
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--#!/bin/bash
-+#!@bash@/bin/bash
- #
- # Dasd hotplug policy agent for Linux 2.4 kernels
- #
-diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/dasd.permissions hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/dasd.permissions
---- hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/dasd.permissions	2002-08-08 11:53:23.000000000 +0200
-+++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/dasd.permissions	2006-01-07 23:10:53.000000000 +0100
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--#!/bin/bash
-+#!@bash@/bin/bash
- #
- # Copyright (c) 2002 SuSE Linux AG, Nuremberg
- #
-@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@
- 	*)
- 	    die "dasd_permissions: don't know what permissions to give $NODE-$MAJOR-$MINOR-$MISC"
-     esac
--}
-\ No newline at end of file
-+}
-diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions
---- hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions	2004-03-29 21:25:59.000000000 +0200
-+++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions	2006-01-08 00:11:10.000000000 +0100
-@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
- #
- 
- # DEBUG=yes; export DEBUG
--PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
-+#PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
- 
--KERNEL=`uname -r`
-+KERNEL=`@coreutils@/bin/uname -r`
- MODULE_DIR=/lib/modules/$KERNEL
- 
- HOTPLUG_DIR=/etc/hotplug
-@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
-     . /etc/sysconfig/hotplug
- fi
- 
--if [ -x /usr/bin/logger ]; then
--    LOGGER=/usr/bin/logger
--elif [ -x /bin/logger ]; then
--    LOGGER=/bin/logger
-+if [ -x @utillinux@/bin/logger ]; then
-+    LOGGER=@utillinux@/bin/logger
-+#elif [ -x /bin/logger ]; then
-+    #LOGGER=/bin/logger
- else
-     unset LOGGER
- fi
-@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
-     }
- else
-     mesg () {
--	$LOGGER -t $(basename $0)"[$$]" "$@"
-+	$LOGGER -t $(@coreutils@/bin/basename $0)"[$$]" "$@"
-     }
- fi
- 
-@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
- # Autocleaning happens if none of the devices are open, once any of
- # them gets opened; wrong timing.
- #
--MODPROBE="/sbin/modprobe -s -q"
-+MODPROBE="@module-init-tools@/sbin/modprobe -s -q"
- #MODPROBE="/sbin/modprobe -vs"
- 
- 
-@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@
-     do
- 	# maybe driver modules need loading
-         LOADED=false
--	if ! lsmod | grep -q "^$MODULE " > /dev/null 2>&1; then
--	    if grep -q "^$MODULE\$" $HOTPLUG_DIR/blacklist \
-+	if ! @module-init-tools@/sbin/lsmod | @gnugrep@/bin/grep -q "^$MODULE " > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-+	    if @gnugrep@/bin/grep -q "^$MODULE\$" $HOTPLUG_DIR/blacklist \
- 		    >/dev/null 2>&1; then
- 		debug_mesg "... blacklisted module:  $MODULE"
- 		continue
-@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
- 	if [ $LOADED = false ]; then
- 	    mesg "missing kernel or user mode driver $MODULE "
- 	fi
--	if echo "$MODULE" | grep -q "usb-storage" > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-+	if echo "$MODULE" | @gnugrep@/bin/grep -q "usb-storage" > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
- 	    [ -x /usr/sbin/updfstab ] &&  /usr/sbin/updfstab
- 	fi
-     done
-@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
- 	echo "HOTPLUG_TIME='$(/bin/date)'"
-     fi
- 
--    env | egrep -v '^PATH=|^PWD=|^_=|^OLDPWD=|^SHLVL=|^HOME='
-+    @coreutils@/bin/env | @gnugrep@/bin/egrep -v '^PATH=|^PWD=|^_=|^OLDPWD=|^SHLVL=|^HOME='
-     echo ''
-     # empty line terminates events
- }
-diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/input.rc hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/input.rc
---- hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/input.rc	2004-03-26 23:34:34.000000000 +0100
-+++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/input.rc	2006-01-07 23:10:53.000000000 +0100
-@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
- 	: not supported currently
-         ;;
-   status)
--	echo $"INPUT status for kernel: " `uname -srm`
-+	echo $"INPUT status for kernel: " `@coreutils@/bin/uname -srm`
- 	echo ''
- 
- 	echo "INPUT devices:"
-diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/pci.rc hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/pci.rc
---- hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/pci.rc	2004-03-26 23:34:24.000000000 +0100
-+++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/pci.rc	2006-01-07 23:10:53.000000000 +0100
-@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
- 	# echo $"pci stop -- ignored"
-         ;;
-   status)
--	echo $"PCI Status for kernel: "  `uname -srm`
-+	echo $"PCI Status for kernel: "  `@coreutils/bin/uname -srm`
- 	echo ''
- 
- 	if [ -f /proc/bus/pci/devices ]; then
-diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/tape.agent hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/tape.agent
---- hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/tape.agent	2002-10-10 15:43:24.000000000 +0200
-+++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/tape.agent	2006-01-07 23:10:53.000000000 +0100
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--#!/bin/bash
-+#!@bash@/bin/bash
- ###############################################################################
- # Tape hotplug agent for Linux 2.4 kernels
- #
-diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/tape.permissions hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/tape.permissions
---- hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/tape.permissions	2002-10-08 13:09:14.000000000 +0200
-+++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/tape.permissions	2006-01-07 23:10:53.000000000 +0100
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--#!/bin/bash
-+#!@bash@/bin/bash
- #
- # Copyright (c) 2002 IBM Development Germany, Boeblingen
- #
-diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/usb.agent hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/usb.agent
---- hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/usb.agent	2004-03-26 23:36:38.000000000 +0100
-+++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/usb.agent	2006-01-07 23:59:02.000000000 +0100
-@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
-     if [ ! -f $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bNumConfigurations ]; then
- 	exit 0
-     fi
--    TMP=$(cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bNumConfigurations)
-+    TMP=$(@coreutils@/bin/cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bNumConfigurations)
-     if [ $TMP -ne 1 -a "$ACTION" = add ]; then
- 	mesg Keeping default configuration with $SYSFS/$DEVPATH
-     fi
-@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@
-     # work around 2.2.early brokenness
-     # munges the usb_bcdDevice such that it is a integer rather
-     # than a float: e.g. 1.0 become 0100
--    PRODUCT=`echo $PRODUCT | sed -e "s+\.\([0-9]\)$+.\10+" -e "s/\.$/00/" \
-+    PRODUCT=`echo $PRODUCT | @gnused@/bin/sed -e "s+\.\([0-9]\)$+.\10+" -e "s/\.$/00/" \
-                                   -e "s+/\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9][0-9]\)+/0\1\2+" \
- 			  -e "s+/\([0-9][0-9]\)\.\([0-9][0-9]\)+/\1\2+"`
--    set $(echo $PRODUCT | sed -e 's+\([^/]*\)/\([^/]*\)/\(.*\)+\1 \2 \3+')
-+    set $(echo $PRODUCT | @gnused@/bin/sed -e 's+\([^/]*\)/\([^/]*\)/\(.*\)+\1 \2 \3+')
-     usb_idVendor=$((0x$1))
-     usb_idProduct=$((0x$2))
-     usb_bcdDevice=$((0x$3))
-@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@
-         usb_bDeviceProtocol=$3
- 	IFS="$DEFAULT_IFS"
-     elif [ -r $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bDeviceClass ]; then
--	usb_bDeviceClass=$((0x$(cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bDeviceClass)))
--	usb_bDeviceSubClass=$((0x$(cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bDeviceSubClass)))
--	usb_bDeviceProtocol=$((0x$(cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bDeviceProtocol)))
-+	usb_bDeviceClass=$((0x$(@coreutils@/bin/cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bDeviceClass)))
-+	usb_bDeviceSubClass=$((0x$(@coreutils@/bin/cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bDeviceSubClass)))
-+	usb_bDeviceProtocol=$((0x$(@coreutils@/bin/cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bDeviceProtocol)))
-     else
- 	# out-of-range values
- 	usb_bDeviceClass=1000
-@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@
-     	usb_bInterfaceProtocol=$3
- 	IFS="$DEFAULT_IFS"
-     elif [ -r $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bInterfaceClass ]; then
--	usb_bInterfaceClass=$((0x$(cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bInterfaceClass)))
--	usb_bInterfaceSubClass=$((0x$(cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bInterfaceSubClass)))
--	usb_bInterfaceProtocol=$((0x$(cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bInterfaceProtocol)))
-+	usb_bInterfaceClass=$((0x$(@coreutils@/bin/cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bInterfaceClass)))
-+	usb_bInterfaceSubClass=$((0x$(@coreutils@/bin/cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bInterfaceSubClass)))
-+	usb_bInterfaceProtocol=$((0x$(@coreutils@/bin/cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/bInterfaceProtocol)))
-     else
- 	# out-of-range values
- 	usb_bInterfaceClass=1000
-@@ -340,9 +340,9 @@
- # remover, or that the remove action can use to execute a remover.
- #
- if [ "$DEVICE" = "" ]; then
--  REMOVER=/var/run/usb/`echo "$INTERFACE/$PRODUCT/$TYPE" | sed -e 's;/;%;g'`
-+  REMOVER=/var/run/usb/`echo "$INTERFACE/$PRODUCT/$TYPE" | @gnused@/bin/sed -e 's;/;%;g'`
- else
--  REMOVER=/var/run/usb/`echo $DEVICE | sed -e 's;/;%;g'`
-+  REMOVER=/var/run/usb/`echo $DEVICE | @gnused@/bin/sed -e 's;/;%;g'`
- fi
- export REMOVER
- 
-@@ -365,13 +365,13 @@
- 
-     FOUND=false
-     if [ -f $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/manufacturer ]; then
--	LABEL="USB `cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/manufacturer` `cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/product`"
-+	LABEL="USB `@coreutils@/bin/cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/manufacturer` `@coreutils@/bin/cat $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/product`"
-     else
- 	LABEL="USB product $PRODUCT"
-     fi
- 
-     if [ -e "$REMOVER" ]; then
--	rm -f "$REMOVER"
-+	@coreutils@/bin/rm -f "$REMOVER"
-     fi
- 
-     # on 2.4 systems, modutils 2.4.2+ maintains MAP_CURRENT
-@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
-     if [ -x $REMOVER ]; then
- 	$REMOVER
-     fi
--    rm -f $REMOVER
-+    @coreutils@/bin/rm -f $REMOVER
- 
-     if [ -x /usr/sbin/updfstab ]; then
-         /usr/sbin/updfstab
-diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/usb.rc hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/usb.rc
---- hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/usb.rc	2004-03-29 21:34:30.000000000 +0200
-+++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/usb.rc	2006-01-07 23:10:53.000000000 +0100
-@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
- # system console can't be removed by accident.
- 
- 
--PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
-+#PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
-+PATH=@coreutils@/bin:@gnugrep@/bin:@utillinux@/bin:@module_init_tools@/sbin:@gnused@/bin:@procps@/bin
- 
- unset I_WANT_A_BROKEN_PS
- PS_PERSONALITY=linux
-@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@
- 	maybe_stop_usb
-         ;;
-   status)
--	echo $"USB Status for kernel: " `uname -srm`
-+	echo $"USB Status for kernel: " `@coreutils@/bin/uname -srm`
- 	echo ''
- 
- 	if [ -f /proc/bus/usb/devices ]; then
-diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug.d/default/default.hotplug hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug.d/default/default.hotplug
---- hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug.d/default/default.hotplug	2004-03-26 23:34:34.000000000 +0100
-+++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug.d/default/default.hotplug	2006-01-07 23:10:53.000000000 +0100
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--#!/bin/bash
-+#!@bash@/bin/bash
- #
- # This version of /sbin/hotplug should works on most GNU/Linux systems
- # using Linux 2.2.18+ or 2.4.* kernels.  On 2.2.*, only USB has such
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
- 
- # DEBUG=yes export DEBUG
- 
--debug_mesg "arguments ($*) env (`env`)"
-+debug_mesg "arguments ($*) env (`@coreutils@/bin/env`)"
- 
- #
- # Only one required argument:  event type type being dispatched.
-@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
- 
- 	AGENTS=""
- 	for AGENT in /etc/hotplug/*.agent ; do
--	    TYPE=`basename $AGENT | sed s/.agent//`
-+	    TYPE=`@coreutils@/bin/basename $AGENT | @gnused@/bin/sed s/.agent//`
- 	    if [ -x $AGENT ]; then
- 		AGENTS="$AGENTS $TYPE"
- 	    else
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/hotplug-install-path.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/hotplug-install-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ddaf94f336..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/hotplug-install-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/Makefile hotplug-2004_03_29.new/Makefile
---- hotplug-2004_03_29/Makefile	2003-06-28 02:13:10.000000000 +0200
-+++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/Makefile	2005-08-17 19:35:53.000000000 +0200
-@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
- REV=$(shell date "+%Y_%m_%d"| awk '{print $$1}')
- 
- # System locations
--prefix =
-+prefix = ${out}
- exec_prefix = ${prefix}
- etcdir = ${prefix}/etc
- sbindir = ${exec_prefix}/sbin
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/hotplug-install.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/hotplug-install.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c77d38328a2..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/hotplug-install.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/Makefile hotplug-2004_03_29.new/Makefile
---- hotplug-2004_03_29/Makefile	2003-06-28 02:13:10.000000000 +0200
-+++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/Makefile	2006-01-04 23:48:15.000000000 +0100
-@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
- mandir = ${prefix}/usr/share/man
- srcdir = .
- 
--INSTALL = /usr/bin/install -c
-+INSTALL = install -c
- INSTALL_PROGRAM = ${INSTALL}
- INSTALL_DATA  = ${INSTALL} -m 644
- INSTALL_SCRIPT = ${INSTALL_PROGRAM}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b4bd7848e1d..b8e04d55499 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2234,10 +2234,6 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
-  hotplug = import ../os-specific/linux/hotplug {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv bash gnused coreutils utillinux gnugrep module_init_tools;
-  };
-
   hwdata = import ../os-specific/linux/hwdata {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };