diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/opencxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/opencxx/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 54eda51353f..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/opencxx/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libtool, gcc, patches ? []}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "opencxx-2.8";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/opencxx/opencxx-2.8.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "0f71df82751fe8aba5122d6e0541c98a";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [libtool];
-  NIX_GCC = gcc;
-
-  inherit patches;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 68041c0847c..57ad4ff7398 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3308,10 +3308,6 @@ let
 
   ocamlnat = let callPackage = newScope pkgs.ocamlPackages_3_12_1; in callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/ocamlnat { };
 
-  opencxx = callPackage ../development/compilers/opencxx {
-    gcc = gcc33;
-  };
-
   qcmm = callPackage ../development/compilers/qcmm {
     lua   = lua4;
     ocaml = ocaml_3_08_0;