diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbsd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbsd/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 114d3209b58a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbsd/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libbsd-${version}";
-  version = "0.9.1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://libbsd.freedesktop.org/releases/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1957w2wi7iqar978qlfsm220dwywnrh5m58nrnn9zmi74ds3bn2n";
-  };
-
-  patches = [];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Common functions found on BSD systems, Freedesktop fork";
-    homepage = https://libbsd.freedesktop.org/;
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dc29d48760b8..c700f37fed9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12963,7 +12963,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   samba4 = callPackage ../servers/samba/4.x.nix {
     python = python2;
-    libbsd = libbsd-freedesktop;
   };
 
   sambaMaster = callPackage ../servers/samba/master.nix { };
@@ -21532,8 +21531,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libbsd = netbsd.compat;
 
-  libbsd-freedesktop = callPackage ../development/libraries/libbsd {};
-
   inherit (recurseIntoAttrs (callPackages ../os-specific/bsd { }))
           netbsd;