diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/usernixos/activation.nix b/pkgs/build-support/usernixos/activation.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e3f0af2bf77..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/build-support/usernixos/activation.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, config, ... }:
-
-let
-  script = pkgs.writeScriptBin "usernixos" (''
-    #!${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
-  '' + config.activationContents);
-in
-with pkgs.lib;
-{
-  options = {
-    activation = mkOption {
-      default = {};
-    };
-
-    activationContents = mkOption {
-      default = "";
-      internal = true;
-      merge = concatStringsSep "\n";
-      description = ''
-        Commands to run at activation
-      '';
-    };
-  };
-
-  config.activation.toplevel = script;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/usernixos/bashrc.nix b/pkgs/build-support/usernixos/bashrc.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1860f4b2e89c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/build-support/usernixos/bashrc.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-# Generator for .bashrc
-{pkgs, config, ...}:
-
-with pkgs.lib;
-
-let
-  bashrcFile = pkgs.writeScript "bashrc" config.bashrc.contents;
-  cfg = config.bashrc;
-in
-{
-  options = {
-    environment.editor = mkOption {
-      default = "${pkgs.vim}/bin/vim";
-      type = types.string;
-      description = ''
-        Editor
-      '';
-    };
-
-    bashrc = {
-      enable = mkOption {
-        default = false;
-        type = types.bool;
-        description = ''
-          Enable of .bashrc generation on activation
-        '';
-      };
-
-      destination = mkOption {
-        default = "~/.bashrc";
-        type = types.string;
-        description = ''
-          The symlink that will point to the generated bashrc at activation time
-        '';
-      };
-
-      contents = mkOption {
-        default = "";
-        type = types.string;
-        merge = concatStringsSep "\n";
-        description = ''
-          Enable of .bashrc generation on activation
-        '';
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
-  config.bashrc.contents = ''
-    export EDITOR="${config.environment.editor}"
-  '';
-
-  config.activationContents = mkIf cfg.enable ''
-    if [ -e "${cfg.destination}" ]; then
-      echo Cannot set "${cfg.destination}", it exists
-      exit 1
-    fi
-    ln -sf ${bashrcFile} "${cfg.destination}"
-  '';
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/usernixos/eval-config.nix b/pkgs/build-support/usernixos/eval-config.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 300ddd2444e5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/build-support/usernixos/eval-config.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ system ? builtins.currentSystem
-, pkgs ? null
-, baseModules ? import ./module-list.nix
-, extraArgs ? {}
-, modules
-}:
-
-let extraArgs_ = extraArgs; pkgs_ = pkgs; system_ = system; in
-
-rec {
-
-  # These are the NixOS modules that constitute the system configuration.
-  configComponents = modules ++ baseModules;
-
-  # Merge the option definitions in all modules, forming the full
-  # system configuration.  It's not checked for undeclared options.
-  systemModule =
-    pkgs.lib.fixMergeModules configComponents extraArgs;
-
-  optionDefinitions = systemModule.config;
-  optionDeclarations = systemModule.options;
-  inherit (systemModule) options;
-
-  # These are the extra arguments passed to every module.  In
-  # particular, Nixpkgs is passed through the "pkgs" argument.
-  extraArgs = extraArgs_ // {
-    inherit pkgs modules baseModules;
-  };
-
-  config = systemModule.config;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/usernixos/module-list.nix b/pkgs/build-support/usernixos/module-list.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2aa5329940bd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/build-support/usernixos/module-list.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[
-  ./activation.nix
-  ./bashrc.nix
-]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 75cc533de9ae..51c540deb1dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -353,16 +353,6 @@ let
     inherit pkgs lib;
   };
 
-  usernixos = let
-      configmodule = getConfig [ "usernixos" ] null;
-      eval = (import ../build-support/usernixos/eval-config.nix) {
-        inherit pkgs system;
-        modules = [ configmodule ];
-      };
-    in
-      assert configmodule != null;
-      eval.config.activation.toplevel;
-
   platforms = import ./platforms.nix;