diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/nss-myhostname/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/nss-myhostname/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 80296b0d992c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/nss-myhostname/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "nss-myhostname-0.3";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-myhostname/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1wnawxklsv3z796l752j7a21gvj2615fk12qr1bir3apipm499rb";
-  };
-
-  patches = [ ./nscd-segfault.patch ./ignore-ipv6-link-local.patch ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Name Service Switch module ensuring that the hostname always resolves to a valid address";
-    homepage = http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-myhostname/;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/nss-myhostname/ignore-ipv6-link-local.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/nss-myhostname/ignore-ipv6-link-local.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 396bb2e10ccd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/nss-myhostname/ignore-ipv6-link-local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- nss-myhostname-0.3/netlink.c	2011-05-09 08:56:34.344579140 -0400
-+++ nss-myhostname-0.3-new/netlink.c	2012-10-06 23:52:10.577755588 -0400
-@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@
-                             ifaddrmsg->ifa_scope == RT_SCOPE_NOWHERE)
-                                 continue;
- 
-+                        if (ifaddrmsg->ifa_family == AF_INET6 &&
-+                            ifaddrmsg->ifa_scope == RT_SCOPE_LINK)
-+                                continue;
-+
-                         if (ifaddrmsg->ifa_flags & IFA_F_DEPRECATED)
-                                 continue;
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/nss-myhostname/nscd-segfault.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/nss-myhostname/nscd-segfault.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a2947461c87d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/nss-myhostname/nscd-segfault.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
---- nss-myhostname-0.3/nss-myhostname.c	2011-05-09 09:01:27.421581560 -0400
-+++ nss-myhostname-0.3-new/nss-myhostname.c	2012-10-06 23:40:09.836894004 -0400
-@@ -177,7 +177,11 @@
-         /* Verify the size matches */
-         assert(idx == ms);
- 
--        *pat = r_tuple_prev;
-+        /* Nscd expects us to store the first record in **pat. */
-+        if (*pat)
-+                **pat = *r_tuple_prev;
-+        else
-+                *pat = r_tuple_prev;
- 
-         if (ttlp)
-                 *ttlp = 0;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 575e903e87c9..3a479e318bca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1210,8 +1210,6 @@ let
     inherit (pythonPackages) pysqlite;
   };
 
-  nss_myhostname = callPackage ../tools/networking/nss-myhostname {};
-
   nss_pam_ldapd = callPackage ../tools/networking/nss-pam-ldapd {};
 
   ntfs3g = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/ntfs-3g { };