diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scion/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scion/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 43fff2132e1..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scion/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{cabal, ghcPaths, ghcSyb, hslogger, json, multiset, time, uniplate}:
-
-cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
-  pname = "scion";
-  version = "0.1";
-  sha256 = "5c9fd9922182abed57c6ec260dfa497de411124c63851a72c640232b9cf78d83";
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ghcPaths ghcSyb hslogger json multiset time uniplate];
-  meta = {
-    description = "Haskell IDE library";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 6165aadd4dd..8c8181179ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1046,9 +1046,6 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
     parsec = self.parsec2;
   };
 
-  # known not to work with anything above ghc-6.10.*
-  scion = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/scion {};
-
   sendfile = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/sendfile {};
 
   semigroups = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/semigroups {};