diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/qc-usb/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/qc-usb/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 041be1153285..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/qc-usb/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-hashname=$(basename $kernel)
-echo $hashname
-if echo "$hashname" | grep -q '^[a-z0-9]\{32\}-'; then
-  hashname=$(echo "$hashname" | cut -c -32)
-fi
-
-stripHash $kernel
-version=$(echo $strippedName | cut -c 7-)-$hashname
-
-echo "version $version"
-
-export version
-
-mkdir -p $out/lib/modules/$version/misc
-
-LINUX_DIR=$kernel/lib/modules/$version/build
-PREFIX=$out
-MODULE_DIR=$out/lib/modules/$version
-
-export LINUX_DIR
-export PREFIX
-export MODULE_DIR
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/qc-usb/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/qc-usb/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 508a891dd9e5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/qc-usb/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, kernel, gawk}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "qc-usb-0.6.4";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/qce-ga/qc-usb-0.6.4.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "7e91c3a633382c99100e3ef4f1d9f50a";
-  };
-  inherit kernel;
-  buildInputs = [gawk];
-  patches = [./quickcam-install.patch];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/qc-usb/quickcam-install.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/qc-usb/quickcam-install.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 136aab5a1d0d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/qc-usb/quickcam-install.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN qc-usb-0.6.3/Makefile qc-usb-0.6.3.new/Makefile
---- qc-usb-0.6.3/Makefile	2004-10-21 18:13:11.000000000 +0200
-+++ qc-usb-0.6.3.new/Makefile	2006-01-17 18:03:02.000000000 +0100
-@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@
- endif
- 
- ARCH    := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/)
--INSTALL := $(shell which install)
--DEPMOD  := $(shell which depmod || which /sbin/depmod || echo "true You should now run depmod")
-+#INSTALL := $(shell which install)
-+INSTALL := install
-+#DEPMOD  := $(shell which depmod || which /sbin/depmod || echo "true You should now run depmod")
- 
- # Get VERSION_CODE (from version.h in kernel source directory)
- VERSION_CODE := $(shell awk '/[ 	]*\#[ 	]*define[ 	]*LINUX_VERSION_CODE[ 	]*/ { print $$3 }' $(LINUX_DIR)/include/linux/version.h|tail -n 1)
-@@ -68,36 +69,36 @@
- MODULE_NAME := quickcam.o	# for 2.4.x and older
- endif
- 
--.PHONY: help
--help:
--	@echo '-=- Logitech QuickCam USB camera driver -=-'
--	@echo
--	@echo "Makefile target examples:"
--	@echo "make all - Compile driver and utilities against current running kernel"
--	@echo "make all USER_OPT=-DDEBUG - Compile with debugging code and messages"
--	@echo "make all LINUX_DIR=/usr/src/linux - Compile against specified kernel source"
--	@echo "make install - Copy driver and utilities into standard locations (needs root)"
--	@echo "make install PREFIX=/usr - Copy utilities to /usr/bin instead of /usr/local/bin"
--	@echo "make install MODULE_DIR=/lib/modules/2.4.0 - Copy module to /lib/modules/2.4.0/misc"
--ifeq ($(VERSION_CODE),132116)
--	@echo "make patch - Modify kernel source to include the driver for kernel 2.4.20"
--endif
--ifeq ($(VERSION_CODE),132615)
--	@echo "make patch - Modify kernel source to include the driver for kernel 2.6.7"
--endif
--ifeq ($(VERSION_CODE),132616)
--	@echo "make patch - Modify kernel source to include the driver for kernel 2.6.8/2.6.8.1"
--endif
--	@echo "make clean - Remove object files from the source directory"
--	@echo
--	@echo "Current configuration:"
--	@echo "Driver source directory (PWD):         $(PWD)"
--	@echo "Kernel source directory (LINUX_DIR):   $(LINUX_DIR)"
--	@echo "Module install directory (MODULE_DIR): $(MODULE_DIR)"
--	@echo "Utility install directory (PREFIX):    $(PREFIX)"
--	@echo "User options (USER_OPT):               $(USER_OPT)"
--	@echo "Driver file name (use with insmod):    $(MODULE_NAME)"
--	@echo "Kernel version code:                   $(VERSION_CODE)"
-+#.PHONY: help
-+#help:
-+	#@echo '-=- Logitech QuickCam USB camera driver -=-'
-+	#@echo
-+	#@echo "Makefile target examples:"
-+	#@echo "make all - Compile driver and utilities against current running kernel"
-+	#@echo "make all USER_OPT=-DDEBUG - Compile with debugging code and messages"
-+	#@echo "make all LINUX_DIR=/usr/src/linux - Compile against specified kernel source"
-+	#@echo "make install - Copy driver and utilities into standard locations (needs root)"
-+	#@echo "make install PREFIX=/usr - Copy utilities to /usr/bin instead of /usr/local/bin"
-+	#@echo "make install MODULE_DIR=/lib/modules/2.4.0 - Copy module to /lib/modules/2.4.0/misc"
-+#ifeq ($(VERSION_CODE),132116)
-+	#@echo "make patch - Modify kernel source to include the driver for kernel 2.4.20"
-+#endif
-+#ifeq ($(VERSION_CODE),132615)
-+	#@echo "make patch - Modify kernel source to include the driver for kernel 2.6.7"
-+#endif
-+#ifeq ($(VERSION_CODE),132616)
-+	#@echo "make patch - Modify kernel source to include the driver for kernel 2.6.8/2.6.8.1"
-+#endif
-+	#@echo "make clean - Remove object files from the source directory"
-+	#@echo
-+	#@echo "Current configuration:"
-+	#@echo "Driver source directory (PWD):         $(PWD)"
-+	#@echo "Kernel source directory (LINUX_DIR):   $(LINUX_DIR)"
-+	#@echo "Module install directory (MODULE_DIR): $(MODULE_DIR)"
-+	#@echo "Utility install directory (PREFIX):    $(PREFIX)"
-+	#@echo "User options (USER_OPT):               $(USER_OPT)"
-+	#@echo "Driver file name (use with insmod):    $(MODULE_NAME)"
-+	#@echo "Kernel version code:                   $(VERSION_CODE)"
- 
- all: $(MODULE_NAME) qcset
- 
-@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@
- install: $(MODULE_NAME)
- 	$(INSTALL) -c -D -m 644 $(MODULE_NAME) $(MODULE_DIR)/misc/$(MODULE_NAME)
- 	$(INSTALL) -c -D -m 755 qcset $(PREFIX)/bin/qcset
--	-$(DEPMOD) -a
-+	#-$(DEPMOD) -a
- 
- qcset: qcset.c quickcam.h
- 	gcc -Wall -O2 -s qcset.c -o qcset -lm