diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/4.0/darwin-library_search-dylib.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/4.0/darwin-library_search-dylib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index de7e4f615212..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/4.0/darwin-library_search-dylib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Fixed default libpatttern on Darwin, imported from prefix overlay.
-Got merged upstream:
-https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?37197
---- default.c.orig	2009-05-02 12:25:24 +0200
-+++ default.c	2009-05-02 12:25:58 +0200
-@@ -509,7 +509,11 @@
- #ifdef __MSDOS__
-     ".LIBPATTERNS", "lib%.a $(DJDIR)/lib/lib%.a",
- #else
-+#ifdef __APPLE__
-+    ".LIBPATTERNS", "lib%.dylib lib%.a",
-+#else
-     ".LIBPATTERNS", "lib%.so lib%.a",
-+#endif
- #endif
- #endif
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/4.0/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/4.0/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a4128ac854c7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/4.0/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
-
-let version = "4.0"; in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gnumake-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/make/make-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1nyvn8mknw0mf7727lprva3lisl1y0n03lvar342rrpdmz3qc1p6";
-  };
-
-  /* On Darwin, there are 3 test failures that haven't been investigated
-     yet.  */
-  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin && !stdenv.isFreeBSD;
-
-  patches =
-    [
-      # Purity: don't look for library dependencies (of the form
-      # `-lfoo') in /lib and /usr/lib.  It's a stupid feature anyway.
-      # Likewise, when searching for included Makefiles, don't look in
-      # /usr/include and friends.
-      ./impure-dirs.patch
-
-      # a bunch of patches from Gentoo, mostly should be from upstream (unreleased)
-      ./darwin-library_search-dylib.patch
-    ];
-  patchFlags = "-p0";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "GNU Make, a program controlling the generation of non-source files from sources";
-
-    longDescription =
-      '' Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and
-         other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.
-
-         Make gets its knowledge of how to build your program from a file
-         called the makefile, which lists each of the non-source files and
-         how to compute it from other files. When you write a program, you
-         should write a makefile for it, so that it is possible to use Make
-         to build and install the program.
-      '';
-
-    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/make/;
-
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/4.0/impure-dirs.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/4.0/impure-dirs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f6646f1d0126..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/4.0/impure-dirs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-diff -rc read.c read.c
-*** read.c	2006-03-17 15:24:20.000000000 +0100
---- read.c	2007-05-24 17:16:31.000000000 +0200
-***************
-*** 99,107 ****
---- 99,109 ----
-  #endif
-      INCLUDEDIR,
-  #ifndef _AMIGA
-+ #if 0    
-      "/usr/gnu/include",
-      "/usr/local/include",
-      "/usr/include",
-+ #endif    
-  #endif
-      0
-    };
-diff -rc reremake.c
-*** remake.c	2006-03-20 03:36:37.000000000 +0100
---- remake.c	2007-05-24 17:06:54.000000000 +0200
-***************
-*** 1452,1460 ****
---- 1452,1462 ----
-    static char *dirs[] =
-      {
-  #ifndef _AMIGA
-+ #if 0
-        "/lib",
-        "/usr/lib",
-  #endif
-+ #endif
-  #if defined(WINDOWS32) && !defined(LIBDIR)
-  /*
-   * This is completely up to the user at product install time. Just define
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ece41e7cb817..6d645e5540cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6893,7 +6893,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gnumake382 = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/3.82 { };
   gnumake3 = gnumake382;
-  gnumake40 = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/4.0 { };
   gnumake41 = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/4.1 { };
   gnumake42 = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/4.2 { };
   gnumake = gnumake42;