diff --git a/pkgs/development/idris-modules/curses.nix b/pkgs/development/idris-modules/curses.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 98b42f827b9c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/idris-modules/curses.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{ build-idris-package
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, effects
-, lib
-, ncurses
-}:
-build-idris-package  {
-  name = "curses";
-  version = "2017-10-12";
-
-  idrisDeps = [ effects ];
-
-  extraBuildInputs = [ ncurses ];
-
-  postUnpack = ''
-    sed -i 's/^libs = curses$/libs = ncurses/g' source/curses.ipkg
-    sed -i 's/\#include <curses.h>/#include \<ncurses.h\>/g' source/src/cursesrun.h
-  '';
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "JakobBruenker";
-    repo = "curses-idris";
-    rev = "ea4bbcfcf691f0dc731f2dfa676011809db084cb";
-    sha256 = "17q8hg5f61lk2kh3j4cwrwja282sihlcjdrx233z4237alp9w4g1";
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "libusb binding for idris and Effectful curses programming";
-    homepage = https://github.com/JakobBruenker/curses-idris;
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.brainrape ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/idris-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/idris-modules/default.nix
index 0368c00d1238..47c6998a587d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/idris-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/idris-modules/default.nix
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@
 
     cube = callPackage ./cube.nix {};
 
-    curses = callPackage ./curses.nix {};
-
     data = callPackage ./data.nix {};
 
     derive = callPackage ./derive.nix {};