diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/default.nix
index 28d2519f4232..bcab54e273dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ in
 , # Legacy ways of specifying the hash.
   outputHash ? ""
 , outputHashAlgo ? ""
-, md5 ? ""
 , sha1 ? ""
 , sha256 ? ""
 , sha512 ? ""
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@ let
     if hash != "" && sha256 != "" then throw "multiple hashes passed to fetchurl" else
 
     if hash != "" then { outputHashAlgo = null; outputHash = hash; }
-    else if md5 != "" then throw "fetchurl does not support md5 anymore, please use sha256 or sha512"
     else if (outputHash != "" && outputHashAlgo != "") then { inherit outputHashAlgo outputHash; }
     else if sha512 != "" then { outputHashAlgo = "sha512"; outputHash = sha512; }
     else if sha256 != "" then { outputHashAlgo = "sha256"; outputHash = sha256; }