diff --git a/pkgs/helpers/set-env.sh b/pkgs/helpers/set-env.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index cc36af509c1c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/helpers/set-env.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-addtoenv()
-{
-    envpkgs="$envpkgs $1"
-
-    if test -d $1/bin; then
-        export PATH=$1/bin:$PATH
-    fi
-
-    if test -d $1/lib; then
-	export NIX_LDFLAGS="-L $1/lib -Wl,-rpath,$1/lib $NIX_LDFLAGS"
-    fi
-
-    if test -d $1/lib/pkgconfig; then
-        export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$1/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-    fi
-
-    if test -f $1/envpkgs; then
-        for i in $(cat $1/envpkgs); do
-            addtoenv $i
-        done
-    fi
-}
-
-oldenvpkgs=$envpkgs
-envpkgs=
-
-for i in $oldenvpkgs; do
-    addtoenv $i
-done
-
-export NIX_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$out/lib $NIX_LDFLAGS"