diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.1.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bcc801c98ea..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.1.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, bootPkgs, perl, ncurses, libiconv, targetPackages, coreutils
-, autoconf, automake, happy, alex, python3, sphinx, hscolour
-, buildPlatform, targetPlatform , selfPkgs, cross ? null
-
-  # If enabled GHC will be build with the GPL-free but slower integer-simple
-  # library instead of the faster but GPLed integer-gmp library.
-, enableIntegerSimple ? false, gmp
-}:
-
-let
-  inherit (bootPkgs) ghc;
-  version = "8.2.1";
-
-  commonBuildInputs = [ alex autoconf automake ghc happy hscolour perl python3 sphinx ];
-  commonPreConfigure =  ''
-    sed -i -e 's|-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk||' configure
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) ''
-    export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -rpath $out/lib/ghc-${version}"
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    export NIX_LDFLAGS+=" -no_dtrace_dof"
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString enableIntegerSimple ''
-    echo "INTEGER_LIBRARY=integer-simple" > mk/build.mk
-  '';
-in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
-  inherit version;
-  name = "ghc-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/${version}/${name}-src.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1w4k0n23b9fg8kmarqhfamzpmf91p6jcdr6xlwzfmb4df2bd9hng";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = "patchShebangs .";
-
-  patches = [ ./ghc-gold-linker.patch ];
-
-  preConfigure = commonPreConfigure;
-
-  buildInputs = commonBuildInputs;
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "CC=${stdenv.cc}/bin/cc"
-    "--with-curses-includes=${ncurses.dev}/include" "--with-curses-libraries=${ncurses.out}/lib"
-    "--datadir=$doc/share/doc/ghc"
-  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (! enableIntegerSimple) [
-    "--with-gmp-includes=${gmp.dev}/include" "--with-gmp-libraries=${gmp.out}/lib"
-  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin [
-    "--with-iconv-includes=${libiconv}/include" "--with-iconv-libraries=${libiconv}/lib"
-  ];
-
-  # required, because otherwise all symbols from HSffi.o are stripped, and
-  # that in turn causes GHCi to abort
-  stripDebugFlags = [ "-S" ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) "--keep-file-symbols";
-
-  checkTarget = "test";
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    paxmark m $out/lib/${name}/bin/{ghc,haddock}
-
-    # Install the bash completion file.
-    install -D -m 444 utils/completion/ghc.bash $out/share/bash-completion/completions/ghc
-
-    # Patch scripts to include "readelf" and "cat" in $PATH.
-    for i in "$out/bin/"*; do
-      test ! -h $i || continue
-      egrep --quiet '^#!' <(head -n 1 $i) || continue
-      sed -i -e '2i export PATH="$PATH:${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools coreutils ]}"' $i
-    done
-  '';
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
-
-  passthru = {
-    inherit bootPkgs;
-  } // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (targetPlatform != buildPlatform) {
-    crossCompiler = selfPkgs.ghc.override {
-      cross = targetPlatform;
-      bootPkgs = selfPkgs;
-    };
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://haskell.org/ghc;
-    description = "The Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ marcweber andres peti ];
-    inherit (ghc.meta) license platforms;
-  };
-
-} // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (cross != null) {
-  name = "${cross.config}-ghc-${version}";
-
-  preConfigure = commonPreConfigure + ''
-    sed 's|#BuildFlavour  = quick-cross|BuildFlavour  = perf-cross|' mk/build.mk.sample > mk/build.mk
-  '';
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "CC=${stdenv.ccCross}/bin/${cross.config}-cc"
-    "LD=${targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-ld"
-    "AR=${targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-ar"
-    "NM=${targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-nm"
-    "RANLIB=${targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-ranlib"
-    "--target=${cross.config}"
-    "--enable-bootstrap-with-devel-snapshot"
-  ] ++
-    # fix for iOS: https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/4ttdz1/building_an_osxi386_to_iosarm64_cross_compiler/d5qvd67/
-    lib.optional (cross.config or null == "aarch64-apple-darwin14") "--disable-large-address-space";
-
-  buildInputs = commonBuildInputs ++ [ stdenv.ccCross stdenv.targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools ];
-
-  dontSetConfigureCross = true;
-
-  passthru = {
-    inherit bootPkgs cross;
-    cc = "${stdenv.ccCross}/bin/${cross.config}-cc";
-    ld = "${stdenv.targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-ld";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 7e52fdb29fc..661c6d8bf76 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -71,13 +71,6 @@ in rec {
       inherit (bootPkgs) hscolour;
       sphinx = pkgs.python27Packages.sphinx;
     };
-    ghc821 = callPackage ../development/compilers/ghc/8.2.1.nix rec {
-      bootPkgs = packages.ghc802;
-      inherit (bootPkgs) hscolour alex happy;
-      inherit buildPlatform targetPlatform;
-      sphinx = pkgs.python3Packages.sphinx;
-      selfPkgs = packages.ghc821;
-    };
     ghc822 = callPackage ../development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix rec {
       bootPkgs = packages.ghc802;
       inherit (bootPkgs) hscolour alex happy;
@@ -169,10 +162,6 @@ in rec {
       ghc = compiler.ghc802;
       compilerConfig = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix { };
     };
-    ghc821 = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules {
-      ghc = compiler.ghc821;
-      compilerConfig = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.2.x.nix { };
-    };
     ghc822 = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules {
       ghc = compiler.ghc822;
       compilerConfig = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.2.x.nix { };
@@ -186,10 +175,6 @@ in rec {
       ghc = compiler.ghcHEAD.crossCompiler;
       compilerConfig = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-head.nix { };
     };
-    ghcCross821 = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules {
-      ghc = compiler.ghc821.crossCompiler;
-      compilerConfig = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.2.x.nix { };
-    };
     ghcjs = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules {
       ghc = compiler.ghcjs;
       compilerConfig = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix { };