diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.16.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.16.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 46d58c5a14dc..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.16.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPackages, hostPlatform, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, modDirVersionArg ? null, ... } @ args:
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-
-buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.16.18";
-
-  # modDirVersion needs to be x.y.z, will automatically add .0 if needed
-  modDirVersion = if (modDirVersionArg == null) then concatStrings (intersperse "." (take 3 (splitString "." "${version}.0"))) else modDirVersionArg;
-
-  # branchVersion needs to be x.y
-  extraMeta.branch = concatStrings (intersperse "." (take 2 (splitString "." version)));
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "089hx2hdd5r558mv8n0c7jciv2nj9v77df0lsplsbxx47dqns0j1";
-  };
-} // (args.argsOverride or {}))