diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/rep-gtk/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/by-name/re/rep-gtk/setup-hook.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d875b693304..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/rep-gtk/setup-hook.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-addRepDLLoadPath () {
-    addToSearchPath REP_DL_LOAD_PATH $1/lib/rep
-}
-
-addEnvHooks "$hostOffset" addRepDLLoadPath
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/hooks/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/hooks/setup-hook.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e9aa689706e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/hooks/setup-hook.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# set -e
-
-source ./utils.sh
-addEnvHooks "$hostOffset" addToLuaPath
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/hooks/octave-write-required-octave-packages-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/hooks/octave-write-required-octave-packages-hook.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index fb808485a36a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/hooks/octave-write-required-octave-packages-hook.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Setup hook for writing octave packages that are run-time dependencies for
-# another package to a nix-support file.
-# `echo`s the full path name to the package derivation that is required.
-echo "Sourcing octave-write-required-octave-packages-hook.sh"
-
-octaveWriteRequiredOctavePackagesPhase() {
-    echo "Executing octaveWriteRequiredOctavePackagesPhase"
-
-    mkdir -p $out/nix-support
-    echo ${requiredOctavePackages} > $out/nix-support/required-octave-packages
-}
-
-# Yes its a bit long...
-if [ -z "${dontWriteRequiredOctavePackagesPhase-}" ]; then
-    echo "Using octaveWriteRequiredOctavePackagesPhase"
-    appendToVar preDistPhases octaveWriteRequiredOctavePackagesPhase
-fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kdoctools/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kdoctools/setup-hook.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2928d9b34dbe..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kdoctools/setup-hook.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-addXdgData() {
-    addToSearchPath XDG_DATA_DIRS "$1/share"
-}
-
-addEnvHooks "$targetOffset" addXdgData
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/antlr/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/antlr/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index c1d20845e6bf..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/antlr/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-if [ -e "$NIX_ATTRS_SH_FILE" ]; then . "$NIX_ATTRS_SH_FILE"; elif [ -f .attrs.sh ]; then . .attrs.sh; fi
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-tar zxvf $src
-cd antlr-*
-cd lib
-
-mkdir -p $out/lib/antlr
-mkdir -p $out/bin
-
-cp *.jar $out/lib/antlr
-
-classpath=""
-for jar in $out/lib/antlr/*.jar; do
-  classpath="$classpath:$jar"
-done
-
-cat > $out/bin/antlr <<EOF
-#! $SHELL
-
-$jre/bin/java -cp $classpath -Xms200M -Xmx400M org.antlr.Tool \$*
-EOF
-
-chmod u+x $out/bin/antlr
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/samsung/4.00.39/builder.sh b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/samsung/4.00.39/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 829bc6509e06..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/samsung/4.00.39/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-if [ -e "$NIX_ATTRS_SH_FILE" ]; then . "$NIX_ATTRS_SH_FILE"; elif [ -f .attrs.sh ]; then . .attrs.sh; fi
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-arch=$(uname -m)
-echo "$arch" | egrep -q '^i[3456]86$' && arch=i386
-echo "Installing for $arch"
-
-unpackPhase
-patchPhase
-
-set -v
-
-cd cdroot/Linux
-mkdir -p $out/opt
-cp -r $arch/at_root/* $out
-cp -r $arch/at_opt/* $out/opt
-#cp -r noarch/at_root/* $out
-cp -r noarch/at_opt/* $out/opt
-
-cd $out
-test -d usr/lib64 && ln -s usr/lib64 lib ||
-    ln -s usr/lib lib
-mkdir -p share/cups
-cd share/cups
-ln -s ../../opt/share/* .
-ln -s ppd model
-
-cd $out/lib/cups/filter
-for i in $(ls); do
-    echo "Patching $i..."
-    patchelf --set-interpreter $(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker) $i ||
-      echo "Couldn't set interpreter!"
-    patchelf --set-rpath $cups/lib:$gcc/lib:$glibc/lib $i  # This might not be necessary.
-done
-
-ln -s $ghostscript/bin/gs $out/lib/cups/filter
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libiconv/static-setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libiconv/static-setup-hook.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ad108b82f1d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libiconv/static-setup-hook.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Darwin’s dynamic libiconv reexports libcharset, so reproduce that in static builds.
-if [ -z "${dontAddExtraLibs-}" ]; then
-    getHostRole
-    export NIX_LDFLAGS${role_post}+=" -lcharset"
-fi
diff --git a/pkgs/test/simple/builder.sh b/pkgs/test/simple/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b09a109bead..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/test/simple/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-if [ -e "$NIX_ATTRS_SH_FILE" ]; then . "$NIX_ATTRS_SH_FILE"; elif [ -f .attrs.sh ]; then . .attrs.sh; fi
-set -x
-
-export NIX_DEBUG=1
-
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-export NIX_ENFORCE_PURITY=1
-
-mkdir $out
-mkdir $out/bin
-
-cat > hello.c <<EOF
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-int main(int argc, char * * argv)
-{
-    printf("Hello World!\n");
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-
-#gcc -I/nix/store/foo -I /nix/store/foo -I/usr/lib -I /usr/lib hello.c -o $out/bin/hello
-gcc -I`pwd` -L /nix/store/abcd/lib -isystem /usr/lib hello.c -o $out/bin/hello
-
-$out/bin/hello
-
-cat > hello2.cc <<EOF
-#include <iostream>
-
-int main(int argc, char * * argv)
-{
-    std::cout << "Hello World!\n";
-    std::cout << VALUE << std::endl;
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-
-g++ hello2.cc -o $out/bin/hello2 -DVALUE="1 + 2 * 3"
-
-$out/bin/hello2
-
-ld -v