diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/3.x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 29981f358a57..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/3.x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libuuid }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "zeromq-3.2.5";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.zeromq.org/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0911r7q4i1x9gnfinj39vx08fnz59mf05vl75zdkws36lib3wr89";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ libuuid ];
-
-  doCheck = false; # fails all the tests (ctest)
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    branch = "3";
-    homepage = "http://www.zeromq.org";
-    description = "The Intelligent Transport Layer";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ed52afafaeff..08d7e586cfa5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15322,7 +15322,6 @@ in
 
   zlog = callPackage ../development/libraries/zlog { };
 
-  zeromq3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/zeromq/3.x.nix {};
   zeromq4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/zeromq/4.x.nix {};
   zeromq = zeromq4;