diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/mkcabal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/mkcabal/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e3f3717a29b3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/mkcabal/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{ cabal, extensibleExceptions, mtl, pcreLight, readline }:
-
-cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
-  pname = "mkcabal";
-  version = "1.0.0";
-  sha256 = "1cmawm49i01xxvzgf67cin6s9hihfc3ihr6s5hn2makasfxbnryc";
-  isLibrary = false;
-  isExecutable = true;
-  buildDepends = [ extensibleExceptions mtl pcreLight readline ];
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://code.haskell.org/~dons/code/mkcabal";
-    description = "Generate cabal files for a Haskell project";
-    license = "GPL";
-    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
-    maintainers = [
-      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres
-      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons
-    ];
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 8a16577521d8..e23594eabc29 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1389,8 +1389,6 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   hslogger = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/hslogger {};
 
-  mkcabal = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/mkcabal {};
-
   tar = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/tar {};
 
   threadscope = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/threadscope {};