diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ccfe2838d1b6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-buildInputs="$unzip"
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-unzip $src || true
-
-mkdir -p $out
-mv $dirname/* $out/
-
-# Remove crap in the root directory.
-for file in $out/*
-do
-  if test -f $file ; then
-    rm $file
-  fi
-done
-
-# Set the dynamic linker.
-rpath=
-for i in $libraries; do
-    rpath=$rpath${rpath:+:}$i/lib
-done
-find $out -type f -perm +100 \
-    -exec patchelf --interpreter "$(cat $NIX_GCC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-    --set-rpath "$rpath" {} \;
-
-# Unpack .pack files.
-for i in $(find $out -name "*.pack"); do
-    echo "unpacking $i..."
-    $out/bin/unpack200 "$i" "$(dirname $i)/$(basename $i .pack).jar"
-    rm "$i"
-done
-
-# Put the *_md.h files in the right place.
-cd $out/include && ln -s */*_md.h .
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/default-1.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/default-1.4.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 48eb5e6e7b71..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/default-1.4.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}: 
-
-if stdenv.system == "i686-linux"
-  then
-    (import ./j2sdk-1.4.x-sun-linux.nix) {
-      inherit stdenv fetchurl;
-    }
-  else
-    abort "the Java 2 SDK is not supported on this platform"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/default-5.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/default-5.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index dfd4e31f4b37..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/default-5.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, requireFile}: 
-
-if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux"
-  then
-    (import ./jdk5-oracle-linux.nix) {
-      inherit stdenv fetchurl unzip requireFile;
-    }
-  else
-    abort "the Java 5 SDK is not supported on this platform"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/default.nix
index 547833c15cd4..8940be7f34d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/default.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ args:
 
 if args.stdenv.system == "i686-linux" || args.stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then
   (import ./jdk6-linux.nix) ( removeAttrs args ["cabextract"] )
-else if args.stdenv.system == "powerpc-linux" then
-  (import ./jdk5-ibm-powerpc-linux.nix) (removeAttrs args ["pluginSupport" "xlibs" "installjdk" "cabextract"])
 else if args.stdenv.system == "i686-cygwin" then
   (import ./jdk6-cygwin.nix) (removeAttrs args ["pluginSupport" "xlibs" "installjdk" "xlibs"])
 else
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/ibm-builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/ibm-builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ff3a71322a6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/ibm-builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-if ! test -e "$pathname"; then
-    echo ""
-    echo "SORRY!"
-    echo "You should download \`$(basename $pathname)' from IBM and place it in $(dirname $pathname)."
-    echo "Blame IBM, not us."
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-actual=$(md5sum -b $pathname | cut -c1-32)
-if test "$actual" != "$md5"; then
-    echo "hash is $actual, expected $md5"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-tar zxf $pathname || true
-
-mkdir -p $out
-mv $dirname/* $out/
-
-# Remove crap in the root directory.
-for file in $out/*
-do
-  if test -f $file ; then
-    rm $file
-  fi
-done
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/j2sdk-1.4.x-sun-linux.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/j2sdk-1.4.x-sun-linux.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 846055ce523d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/j2sdk-1.4.x-sun-linux.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * This Nix expression requires the user to download the j2sdk
- * distribution to /tmp. Please obtain j2sdk-1_4_2_03-linux-i586.bin
- * from java.sun.com by hand and place it in /tmp. Blame Sun, not me.
- *
- * Note that this is not necessary if someone has already pushed a
- * binary.
- *
- * @author Martin Bravenboer <martin@cs.uu.nl>
- */
-{stdenv, fetchurl}: 
-
-assert stdenv.system == "i686-linux";
-
-derivation {
-  name = "j2sdk-1.4.2";
-  filename = "j2sdk-1.4.2_05";
-  dirname = "j2sdk1.4.2_05";
-  system = stdenv.system;
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-  pathname = "/tmp/j2sdk-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.bin";
-  md5 = "825ff134f3e370f6e677638d32962082";
-  stdenv = stdenv;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk5-ibm-powerpc-linux.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk5-ibm-powerpc-linux.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a4c2bd589afe..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk5-ibm-powerpc-linux.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ swingSupport ? true
-, stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, makeWrapper, libX11 ? null, libXext ? null
-}:
-
-assert stdenv.system == "powerpc-linux";
-
-assert swingSupport -> libX11 != null && libXext != null;
-
-(stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "jdk-1.5.0";
-  builder = ./ibm-builder.sh;
-  dirname = "ibm-java2-ppc-50";
-  pathname = "/tmp/ibm-java2-sdk-50-linux-ppc.tgz";
-  md5 = "6bed4ae0b24d3eea2914f2f6dcc0ceb4";
-  libraries =
-    (if swingSupport then [libX11 libXext] else []);
-} // {inherit swingSupport;})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk5-oracle-linux.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk5-oracle-linux.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8884585d154d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk5-oracle-linux.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * This Nix expression requires the user to download the Java 5.0 JDK
- * distribution to /tmp. Please obtain jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-i586.bin for
- * 32-bit systems or jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-amd64.bin for 64-bit systems
- * from java.sun.com (look for archived software downloads) 
- * by hand and place it in /tmp. Blame Oracle, not me.
- *
- * Note that this is not necessary if someone has already pushed a
- * binary.
- */
-{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, requireFile}: 
-
-assert stdenv.system == "i686-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux";
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name =  "jdk-1_5_0_22";
-  dirname = "jdk1.5.0_22";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-  src = requireFile {
-    message = ''
-      SORRY!
-      We may not download the needed binary distribution automatically.
-      You should download ${distfilename} from Sun and add it to store.
-      For example, "nix-prefetch-url file:///\$PWD/${distfilename}" in the 
-      directory where you saved it is OK.
-      Blame Sun, not us.
-    '';
-    name = distfilename;
-    sha256 = if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then 
-      "1h63gigvg8id95igcj8xw7qvxs4p2y9hvx4xbvkwg8bji3ifb0sk" 
-    else "0655n2q1y023zzwbk6gs9vwsnb29jc0m3bg3x3xdw623qgb4k6px";
-  };
-  distfilename = if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then "${name}-linux-amd64.bin" else "${name}-linux-i586.bin";
-  
-  inherit unzip stdenv;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-cygwin.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-cygwin.nix
index 766151dfe6b3..2ea050f51335 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-cygwin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-cygwin.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "jdk-1.6.0_20";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = file:///tmp/jdk-6u20-windows-i586.exe ;
+    url = file:///tmp/jdk-6u20-windows-i586.exe;
     sha256 = "0w4afz8a9gi1iyhh47gvhiy59dfrzx0fnmywdff3v5cx696w25fh";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix
index 224f77a13570..04b9d5d75800 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit installjdk;
 
   buildInputs = [unzip makeWrapper];
-  
+
   /**
    * libXt is only needed on amd64
    */
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 62feb0aac9f2..f24089874922 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2352,18 +2352,8 @@ let
     jreOnly = true;
   };
 
-  j2sdk14x = (
-    assert system == "i686-linux";
-    import ../development/compilers/jdk/default-1.4.nix {
-      inherit fetchurl stdenv;
-    });
-
-  jdk5 = (
-    assert system == "i686-linux" || system == "x86_64-linux";
-    callPackage ../development/compilers/jdk/default-5.nix { });
-
-  jdk       = if stdenv.isDarwin then openjdk else jdkdistro true false;
-  jre       = jdkdistro false false;
+  jdk = if stdenv.isDarwin then openjdk else jdkdistro true false;
+  jre = jdkdistro false false;
 
   jdkPlugin = lowPrio (jdkdistro true true);
   jrePlugin = lowPrio (jdkdistro false true);
@@ -2371,8 +2361,7 @@ let
   supportsJDK =
     system == "i686-linux" ||
     system == "x86_64-linux" ||
-    system == "i686-cygwin" ||
-    system == "powerpc-linux";
+    system == "i686-cygwin";
 
   jdkdistro = installjdk: pluginSupport:
        (assert supportsJDK;
@@ -2883,8 +2872,6 @@ let
 
   apacheAntOpenJDK = apacheAnt.override { jdk = openjdk; };
 
-  apacheAnt14 = apacheAnt.override { jdk = j2sdk14x; };
-
   apacheAntGcj = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/from-source.nix {
     # must be either pre-built or built with GCJ *alone*
     gcj = gcj.gcc; # use the raw GCJ, which has ${gcj}/lib/jvm
@@ -5033,9 +5020,7 @@ let
 
   javasvn = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/javasvn { };
 
-  jclasslib = callPackage ../development/tools/java/jclasslib {
-    ant = apacheAnt14;
-  };
+  jclasslib = callPackage ../development/tools/java/jclasslib { };
 
   jdom = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/jdom { };
 
@@ -5304,7 +5289,7 @@ let
 
   rpcbind = callPackage ../servers/rpcbind { };
 
-  monetdb = callPackage ../servers/sql/monetdb { };
+  #monetdb = callPackage ../servers/sql/monetdb { };
 
   mongodb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/mongodb {
     boost = boost149;