diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/grive/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/grive/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f4472c27f1..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/grive/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, cmake, libgcrypt, json_c, curl, expat, boost, libiberty }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.3.0";
-  name = "grive-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/Grive/grive.git";
-    rev = "51e42914f3666ee6e0bc16a4c78f60b117265c24";
-    sha256 = "11cqfcjl128nfg1rjvpvr9x1x2ch3kyliw4vi14n51zqp82f9ysb";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [cmake libgcrypt json_c curl expat stdenv libiberty boost];
-
-  # work around new libiberty headers, see
-  # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11748035/libiberty-bfd-h-wants-config-h-now
-  prePatch = ''
-    sed -i '1i#define PACKAGE "grive"\n#define PACKAGE_VERSION "${version}"' \
-      libgrive/src/bfd/SymbolInfo.cc
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "An open source (experimental) Linux client for Google Drive";
-    homepage = https://github.com/Grive/grive;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 901bab62d11..8db01eab4dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2606,10 +2606,6 @@ with pkgs;
   grin = callPackage ../tools/text/grin { };
   ripgrep = callPackage ../tools/text/ripgrep { };
 
-  grive = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/grive {
-    json_c = json-c-0-11; # won't configure with 0.12; others are vulnerable
-  };
-
   grive2 = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/grive2 { };
 
   groff = callPackage ../tools/text/groff {