diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/shared-objects/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/shared-objects/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9453aa0635c7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/shared-objects/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, jdk}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "shared-objects-1.4";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.cwi.nl/projects/MetaEnv/shared-objects/shared-objects-1.4.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "c1f2c58bd1a07be32da8a6b89354a11f";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [stdenv jdk];
-
-  meta = {
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ad604d8380a0..26ad019bbac6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9776,10 +9776,6 @@ in
 
   saxonb = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/saxon/default8.nix { };
 
-  sharedobjects = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/shared-objects {
-    stdenv = overrideInStdenv stdenv [gnumake380];
-  };
-
   smack = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/smack { };
 
   swt = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/swt {