diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a5ce23ee3e47..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
-
-import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "4.8.17";
-  extraMeta.branch = "4.8";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1zk0q6bvqgz2pk1axd5z0cx71vqk96314f1zn8apwa4raylf9fpa";
-  };
-
-  kernelPatches = args.kernelPatches;
-
-  features.iwlwifi = true;
-  features.efiBootStub = true;
-  features.needsCifsUtils = true;
-  features.canDisableNetfilterConntrackHelpers = true;
-  features.netfilterRPFilter = true;
-} // (args.argsOverride or {}))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0f0085c2bca5..5e5729fe04f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11183,23 +11183,6 @@ in
       ];
   };
 
-  linux_4_8 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix {
-    kernelPatches =
-      [ kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper
-        # See pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/cpu-cgroup-v2-patches/README.md
-        # when adding a new linux version
-        # !!! 4.7 patch doesn't apply, 4.8 patch not up yet, will keep checking
-        # kernelPatches.cpu-cgroup-v2."4.7"
-        kernelPatches.modinst_arg_list_too_long
-        kernelPatches.panic_on_icmp6_frag_CVE_2016_9919
-      ]
-      ++ lib.optionals ((platform.kernelArch or null) == "mips")
-      [ kernelPatches.mips_fpureg_emu
-        kernelPatches.mips_fpu_sigill
-        kernelPatches.mips_ext3_n32
-      ];
-  };
-
   linux_4_9 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix {
     kernelPatches =
       [ kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper
@@ -11394,7 +11377,6 @@ in
   linuxPackages_3_18 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_18);
   linuxPackages_4_1 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_1);
   linuxPackages_4_4 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_4);
-  linuxPackages_4_8 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_8);
   linuxPackages_4_9 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_9);
   # Don't forget to update linuxPackages_latest!