diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cl-ppcre/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cl-ppcre/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b81896d88944..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cl-ppcre/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-args :  
-let 
-  lib = args.lib;
-  fetchurl = args.fetchurl;
-  simplyShare = args.simplyShare;
-
-  version = lib.attrByPath ["version"] "2.0.0" args; 
-  buildInputs = with args; [ ];
-in
-rec {
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://weitz.de/files/cl-ppcre.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1hrk051yi1qixy0vdig99cbv0v0p825acli65s08yz99b0pjz7m5";
-  };
-
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
-
-  /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
-  phaseNames = [(simplyShare "cl-ppcre")];
-      
-  name = "cl-ppcre-" + version;
-  meta = {
-    description = "Common Lisp Portable Perl Compatible RegExp library";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eb83bcc8996d..80158f1c72ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5481,8 +5481,6 @@ let
 
   cln = callPackage ../development/libraries/cln { };
 
-  clppcre = builderDefsPackage (import ../development/libraries/cl-ppcre) { };
-
   clucene_core_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/clucene-core/2.x.nix { };
 
   clucene_core_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/clucene-core { };