diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/7.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/7.x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 615553f80f22..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/7.x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import ./generic.nix {
-  majorVersion = "7.1";
-  minorVersion = "1";
-  sourceSha256 = "0nm7xwwj7rnsxjdv2ssviys8nhci4n9iiiqm2y14s520hl2dsp1d";
-  patchesToFetch = [
-    {
-      url = "https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/commit/706f1b397df09a27ab8981ab9464547028d0c322.diff";
-      sha256 = "1q3pi5h40g05pzpbqp75xlgzvbfvyw8raza51svmi7d8dlslqybx";
-    }
-
-    {
-      url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/sci-libs/vtk/files/vtk-8.2.0-gcc-10.patch?id=c4256f68d3589570443075eccbbafacf661f785f";
-      sha256 = "sha256:0bpwrdfmi15grsg4jy7bzj2z6511a0c160cmw5lsi65aabyh7cl5";
-    }
-
-    # Add missing include required with recent Qt.
-    {
-      url = "https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/commit/797f28697d5ba50c1fa2bc5596af626a3c277826.diff";
-      sha256 = "BFjoKws1hVD3Ly9RS4lGN62J6RTyI1E8ATHrZdzg7ds=";
-    }
-  ];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/generic.nix
index 467abeead3e3..b88ddee6b249 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/generic.nix
@@ -96,6 +96,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ knedlsepp tfmoraes lheckemann ];
     platforms = with platforms; unix;
     # /nix/store/xxxxxxx-apple-framework-Security/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Headers/Authorization.h:192:7: error: variably modified 'bytes' at file scope
-    broken = stdenv.isDarwin && (lib.versions.major majorVersion == "7" || lib.versions.major majorVersion == "8");
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin && (lib.versions.major majorVersion == "8");
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 94abf73d5a82..dd9d690940cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21867,14 +21867,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   vte_290 = callPackage ../development/libraries/vte/2.90.nix { };
 
-  vtk_7 = libsForQt515.callPackage ../development/libraries/vtk/7.x.nix {
-    stdenv = gcc9Stdenv;
-    inherit (darwin) libobjc;
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.libs) xpc;
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa CoreServices DiskArbitration
-                                          IOKit CFNetwork Security ApplicationServices
-                                          CoreText IOSurface ImageIO OpenGL GLUT;
-  };
   vtk_8 = libsForQt515.callPackage ../development/libraries/vtk/8.x.nix {
     stdenv = gcc9Stdenv;
     inherit (darwin) libobjc;