diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libnscd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libnscd/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b059d9e31a9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libnscd/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "libnscd-2.0.2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/kukuk/libnscd/libnscd-2.0.2.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "0nxhwy42x44jlpdb5xq1prbvfjmds4hplmwv3687z0c4r9rn506l";
-  };
-
-  patches = [ ./libnscd-2.0.2-glibc-2.26.patch ];
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-Wno-cast-qual" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libnscd/libnscd-2.0.2-glibc-2.26.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libnscd/libnscd-2.0.2-glibc-2.26.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fd9906324714..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libnscd/libnscd-2.0.2-glibc-2.26.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/libnscd.c b/src/libnscd.c
-index 5e1d3fd..73cb122 100644
---- a/src/libnscd.c
-+++ b/src/libnscd.c
-@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <sys/socket.h>
- #include <sys/un.h>
-+#include <sys/uio.h>
- 
- #include "libnscd.h"
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9a1d1b71747d..3ff7b3d17013 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12812,8 +12812,6 @@ with pkgs;
     python3 = null; # Currently not using the python3 bindings
   };
 
-  libnscd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/libnscd { };
-
   libnotify = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnotify { };
 
   libvolume_id = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/libvolume_id { };