diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/eglibc/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/eglibc/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ac1d223b47e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/eglibc/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-# Glibc cannot have itself in its RPATH.
-export NIX_NO_SELF_RPATH=1
-
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-# Explicitly tell glibc to use our pwd, not /bin/pwd.
-export PWD_P=$(type -tP pwd)
-
-# Needed to install share/zoneinfo/zone.tab.  Set to impure /bin/sh to
-# prevent a retained dependency on the bootstrap tools in the
-# stdenv-linux bootstrap.
-export BASH_SHELL=/bin/sh
-
-preConfigure() {
-
-    for i in libc/configure libc/io/ftwtest-sh; do
-        # Can't use substituteInPlace here because replace hasn't been
-        # built yet in the bootstrap.
-        sed -i "$i" -e "s^/bin/pwd^$PWD_P^g"
-    done
-
-    # Include source for debugging
-    mkdir -p $out/src
-    cp -R libc ports $out/src
-    ln -s $out/src/ports $out/src/libc/ports
-    # glibc wants -O2 minimum
-    export CFLAGS="-pipe -g -O2"
-
-    mkdir $NIX_BUILD_TOP/build
-    cd $NIX_BUILD_TOP/build
-    
-    configureScript=$out/src/libc/configure
-}
-
-
-postConfigure() {
-    # Hack: get rid of the `-static' flag set by the bootstrap stdenv.
-    # This has to be done *after* `configure' because it builds some
-    # test binaries.
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_LINK=
-    export NIX_LDFLAGS_BEFORE=
-
-    export NIX_DONT_SET_RPATH=1
-    unset CFLAGS
-}
-
-
-postInstall() {
-    if test -n "$installLocales"; then
-        make localedata/install-locales
-    fi
-    rm $out/etc/ld.so.cache
-    (cd $out/include && ln -s $kernelHeaders/include/* .) || exit 1
-
-    # Fix for NIXOS-54 (ldd not working on x86_64).  Make a symlink
-    # "lib64" to "lib".
-    if test -n "$is64bit"; then
-        ln -s lib $out/lib64
-    fi
-}
-
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/eglibc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/eglibc/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a27d0f53fbf8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/eglibc/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchsvn, kernelHeaders
-, installLocales ? true
-, profilingLibraries ? false
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "eglibc-2.10";
-
-  src = fetchsvn {
-    url = svn://svn.eglibc.org/branches/eglibc-2_10;
-    rev = 8690;
-    sha256 = "029hklrx2rlhsb5r2csd0gapjm0rbr8n28ib6jnnhms12x302viq";
-  };
-
-  inherit kernelHeaders installLocales;
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-headers=${kernelHeaders}/include"
-    "--without-fp"
-    "--enable-add-ons=libidn,ports,nptl"
-    "--disable-profile"
-    "--host=arm-linux-gnueabi"
-    "--build=arm-linux-gnueabi"
-  ];
-
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/;
-    description = "The GNU C Library";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0f3f3fb9a8c3..e8f636af1a77 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5667,11 +5667,6 @@ let
 
   libcCross = assert crossSystem != null; libcCrossChooser crossSystem.libc;
 
-  eglibc = callPackage ../development/libraries/eglibc {
-    kernelHeaders = linuxHeaders;
-    installLocales = config.glibc.locales or false;
-  };
-
   # Only supported on Linux
   glibcLocales = if stdenv.isLinux then callPackage ../development/libraries/glibc/locales.nix { } else null;