diff --git a/pkgs/shells/bash/4.3.nix b/pkgs/shells/bash/4.3.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f47b2da6b952..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/shells/bash/4.3.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, readline ? null, interactive ? false, texinfo ? null, binutils ? null, bison }:
-
-assert interactive -> readline != null;
-assert stdenv.isDarwin -> binutils != null;
-
-let
-  version = "4.3";
-  realName = "bash-${version}";
-  shortName = "bash43";
-  baseConfigureFlags = if interactive then "--with-installed-readline" else "--disable-readline";
-  sha256 = "1m14s1f61mf6bijfibcjm9y6pkyvz6gibyl8p4hxq90fisi8gimg";
-
-  upstreamPatches =
-    let
-      patch = nr: sha256:
-        fetchurl {
-          url = "mirror://gnu/bash/${realName}-patches/${shortName}-${nr}";
-          inherit sha256;
-        };
-    in
-      import ./bash-4.3-patches.nix patch;
-
-  inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionalString;
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${realName}-p${toString (builtins.length upstreamPatches)}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/bash/${realName}.tar.gz";
-    inherit sha256;
-  };
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "doc" "info" ];
-
-  # the man pages are small and useful enough
-  outputMan = if interactive then "out" else null;
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = ''
-    -DSYS_BASHRC="/etc/bashrc"
-    -DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT="/etc/bash_logout"
-    -DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE="/no-such-path"
-    -DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH="/no-such-path"
-    -DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS
-    -DSSH_SOURCE_BASHRC
-  '';
-
-  patchFlags = "-p0";
-
-  patches = upstreamPatches
-      ++ [ (fetchurl {
-              # https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-02
-              url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/app-shells"
-                  + "/bash/files/bash-4.4-popd-offset-overflow.patch"
-                  + "?id=1bf1ceeb04a2f57e1e5e1636a8c288c4d0db6682";
-              sha256 = "02n08lw5spvsc2b1bll0gr6mg4qxcg7pzfjkw7ji5w7bjcikccbm";
-          }) ]
-      ++ optional stdenv.isCygwin ./cygwin-bash-4.3.33-1.src.patch;
-
-  crossAttrs = {
-    configureFlags = baseConfigureFlags +
-      " bash_cv_job_control_missing=nomissing bash_cv_sys_named_pipes=nomissing" +
-      optionalString stdenv.isCygwin ''
-        --without-libintl-prefix --without-libiconv-prefix
-        --with-installed-readline
-        bash_cv_dev_stdin=present
-        bash_cv_dev_fd=standard
-        bash_cv_termcap_lib=libncurses
-      '';
-  };
-
-  configureFlags = baseConfigureFlags;
-
-  # Note: Bison is needed because the patches above modify parse.y.
-  nativeBuildInputs = [bison]
-    ++ optional (texinfo != null) texinfo
-    ++ optional interactive readline
-    ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin binutils;
-
-  # Bash randomly fails to build because of a recursive invocation to
-  # build `version.h'.
-  enableParallelBuilding = false;
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    ln -s bash "$out/bin/sh"
-  '';
-
-  postFixup = if interactive
-    then ''
-      substituteInPlace "$out/bin/bashbug" \
-        --replace '${stdenv.shell}' "$out/bin/bash"
-    ''
-    # most space is taken by locale data
-    else ''
-      rm -r "$out/share" "$out/bin/bashbug"
-    '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/;
-    description =
-      "GNU Bourne-Again Shell, the de facto standard shell on Linux" +
-        (if interactive then " (for interactive use)" else "");
-
-    longDescription = ''
-      Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will
-      appear in the GNU operating system.  Bash is an sh-compatible
-      shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell
-      (ksh) and C shell (csh).  It is intended to conform to the IEEE
-      POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard.  It offers
-      functional improvements over sh for both programming and
-      interactive use.  In addition, most sh scripts can be run by
-      Bash without modification.
-    '';
-
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.peti ];
-  };
-
-  passthru = {
-    shellPath = "/bin/bash";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d69d494d85b1..2cd0d6d1adf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4544,7 +4544,7 @@ in
 
   ### SHELLS
 
-  bash = lowPrio (callPackage ../shells/bash/4.3.nix {
+  bash = lowPrio (callPackage ../shells/bash/4.4.nix {
     texinfo = null;
     interactive = stdenv.isCygwin; # patch for cygwin requires readline support
   });