diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index d5fa3a9d9ea8..0323356d2101 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -637,9 +637,6 @@ self: super: {
   # We get lots of strange compiler errors during the test suite run.
   jsaddle = dontCheck super.jsaddle;
 
-  # tinc is a new build driver a la Stack that's not yet available from Hackage.
-  tinc = self.callPackage ../tools/haskell/tinc { inherit (pkgs) cabal-install cabal2nix; };
-
   # Tools that use gtk2hs-buildtools now depend on them in a custom-setup stanza
   cairo = addBuildTool super.cairo self.gtk2hs-buildtools;
   pango = disableHardening (addBuildTool super.pango self.gtk2hs-buildtools) ["fortify"];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/tinc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/tinc/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a69b8875883..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/tinc/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{ mkDerivation, aeson, base, bytestring, Cabal, containers
-, directory, exceptions, filelock, filepath, gitrev, graph-wrapper
-, hpack, hspec, HUnit, language-dot, mockery, parsec, process
-, QuickCheck, safe, stdenv, temporary, time, transformers, unix
-, unix-compat, with-location, yaml, fetchFromGitHub
-, cabal2nix, cabal-install, makeWrapper
-}:
-mkDerivation {
-  pname = "tinc";
-  version = "20170624";
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "sol";
-    repo = "tinc";
-    rev = "70881515693fd83d381fe045ae76d5257774f5e3";
-    sha256 = "0c6sx3vbcnq69dhqhpi01a4p4qss24rwxiz6jmw65rj73adhj4mw";
-  };
-  isLibrary = false;
-  isExecutable = true;
-  executableHaskellDepends = [
-    aeson base bytestring Cabal containers directory exceptions
-    filelock filepath gitrev graph-wrapper hpack language-dot parsec
-    process temporary time transformers unix-compat with-location yaml
-  ];
-  testHaskellDepends = [
-    aeson base bytestring Cabal containers directory exceptions
-    filelock filepath gitrev graph-wrapper hpack hspec HUnit
-    language-dot mockery parsec process QuickCheck safe temporary time
-    transformers unix unix-compat with-location yaml
-  ];
-  postInstall = ''
-    source ${makeWrapper}/nix-support/setup-hook
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/tinc \
-      --prefix PATH : '${cabal2nix}/bin' \
-      --prefix PATH : '${cabal-install}/bin'
-  '';
-  description = "A dependency manager for Haskell";
-  homepage = "https://github.com/sol/tinc#readme";
-  license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
-  hydraPlatforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-  maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.robbinch ];
-  broken = true;
-}