diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index fbadfa80fe15..e3aeafe178d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ rec {
 
     builder = bootstrapFiles.busybox;
 
-    args = if system == "armv5tel-linux" then
-        [ "ash" "-e" ./scripts/unpack-bootstrap-tools-arm.sh ]
-      else
-        [ "ash" "-e" ./scripts/unpack-bootstrap-tools.sh ];
+    args = [ "ash" "-e" ./scripts/unpack-bootstrap-tools.sh ];
 
     tarball = bootstrapFiles.bootstrapTools;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/unpack-bootstrap-tools-arm.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/unpack-bootstrap-tools-arm.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fe86776e3b9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/unpack-bootstrap-tools-arm.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-set -e
-
-# Unpack the bootstrap tools tarball.
-echo Unpacking the bootstrap tools...
-$builder mkdir $out
-< $tarball $builder unxz | $builder tar x -C $out
-
-# Set the ELF interpreter / RPATH in the bootstrap binaries.
-echo Patching the bootstrap tools...
-
-# On x86_64, ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 barfs on patchelf'ed programs.  So
-# use a copy of patchelf.
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$out/lib $out/lib/ld-linux*.so.? $out/bin/cp $out/bin/patchelf .
-
-for i in $out/bin/* $out/libexec/gcc/*/*/* $out/lib/librt*; do
-    if test ${i%.la} != $i; then continue; fi
-    if test ${i%*.so*} != $i; then continue; fi
-    if ! test -f $i; then continue; fi
-    if test -L $i; then continue; fi
-    echo patching $i
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$out/lib $out/lib/ld-linux*.so.? \
-        $out/bin/patchelf --set-interpreter $out/lib/ld-linux*.so.? --set-rpath $out/lib --force-rpath $i
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$out/lib $out/lib/ld-linux*.so.? \
-        $out/bin/patchelf --set-interpreter $out/lib/ld-linux*.so.? --set-rpath $out/lib --force-rpath $i
-done
-for i in $out/lib/librt* $out/lib/libcloog* $out/lib/libppl* $out/lib/libgmp* $out/lib/libpcre*; do
-    if ! test -f $i; then continue; fi
-    if test -L $i; then continue; fi
-    echo patching $i
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$out/lib $out/lib/ld-linux*.so.? \
-        $out/bin/patchelf --set-rpath $out/lib --force-rpath $i
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$out/lib $out/lib/ld-linux*.so.? \
-        $out/bin/patchelf --set-rpath $out/lib --force-rpath $i
-done
-
-# Fix the libc linker script.
-export PATH=$out/bin
-cat $out/lib/libc.so | sed "s|/nix/store/e*-[^/]*/|$out/|g" > $out/lib/libc.so.tmp
-mv $out/lib/libc.so.tmp $out/lib/libc.so
-cat $out/lib/libpthread.so | sed "s|/nix/store/e*-[^/]*/|$out/|g" > $out/lib/libpthread.so.tmp
-mv $out/lib/libpthread.so.tmp $out/lib/libpthread.so
-
-# Provide some additional symlinks.
-ln -s bash $out/bin/sh
-ln -s bzip2 $out/bin/bunzip2
-
-# Provide a gunzip script
-cat > $out/bin/gunzip <<EOF
-#!$out/bin/sh
-exec $out/bin/gzip -d "\$@"
-EOF
-chmod +x $out/bin/gunzip
-
-# Provide fgrep/egrep.
-echo "#! $out/bin/sh" > $out/bin/egrep
-echo "exec $out/bin/grep -E \"\$@\"" >> $out/bin/egrep
-echo "#! $out/bin/sh" > $out/bin/fgrep
-echo "exec $out/bin/grep -F \"\$@\"" >> $out/bin/fgrep
-
-# Provide xz (actually only xz -d will work).
-echo "#! $out/bin/sh" > $out/bin/xz
-echo "exec $builder unxz \"\$@\"" >> $out/bin/xz
-
-chmod +x $out/bin/egrep $out/bin/fgrep $out/bin/xz