diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/8.4.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/8.4.x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dc556619b91..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/8.4.x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, ncurses, readline, openssl }:
-
-let version = "8.4.22"; in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "postgresql-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://postgresql/source/v${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "09iqr9sldiq7jz1rdnywp2wv36lxy5m8kch3vpchd1s4fz75c7aw";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ zlib ncurses readline openssl ];
-
-  LC_ALL = "C";
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-openssl" ];
-
-  patches = [ ./less-is-more.patch ];
-
-  passthru = { inherit readline; };
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = http://www.postgresql.org/;
-    description = "A powerful, open source object-relational database system";
-    license = licenses.postgresql;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.ocharles ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    hydraPlatforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f39a2836a1c5..f99cf9f6bbd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8923,8 +8923,6 @@ let
 
   postgresql = postgresql92;
 
-  postgresql84 = callPackage ../servers/sql/postgresql/8.4.x.nix { };
-
   postgresql90 = callPackage ../servers/sql/postgresql/9.0.x.nix { };
 
   postgresql91 = callPackage ../servers/sql/postgresql/9.1.x.nix { };