diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/db/db-4.4.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/db/db-4.4.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 00875d73f41..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/db/db-4.4.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, ... } @ args:
-
-import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "4.4.20";
-  extraPatches = [ ./cygwin-4.4.patch ];
-  sha256 = "0y9vsq8dkarx1mhhip1vaciz6imbbyv37c1dm8b20l7p064bg2i9";
-  branch = "4.4";
-  drvArgs = { hardeningDisable = [ "format" ]; };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9583121c019..2e259f1b4c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6712,7 +6712,6 @@ in
   # bsd-like license
   db = db5;
   db4 = db48;
-  db44 = callPackage ../development/libraries/db/db-4.4.nix { };
   db45 = callPackage ../development/libraries/db/db-4.5.nix { };
   db47 = callPackage ../development/libraries/db/db-4.7.nix { };
   db48 = callPackage ../development/libraries/db/db-4.8.nix { };