diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c2112686235..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
-
-import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "4.8";
-  modDirVersion = "4.8.0";
-  extraMeta.branch = "4.8";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "3e9150065f193d3d94bcf46a1fe9f033c7ef7122ab71d75a7fb5a2f0c9a7e11a";
-  };
-
-  kernelPatches = args.kernelPatches;
-
-  features.iwlwifi = true;
-  features.efiBootStub = true;
-  features.needsCifsUtils = true;
-  features.canDisableNetfilterConntrackHelpers = true;
-  features.netfilterRPFilter = true;
-} // (args.argsOverride or {}))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 61e68f17119d..d1c61aa2d667 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10760,20 +10760,7 @@ in
       ];
   };
 
-  linux_4_8 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.8.nix {
-    kernelPatches =
-      [ kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper
-        # See pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/cpu-cgroup-v2-patches/README.md
-        # when adding a new linux version
-        # !!! 4.7 patch doesn't apply, 4.8 patch not up yet, will keep checking
-        # kernelPatches.cpu-cgroup-v2."4.7"
-      ]
-      ++ lib.optionals ((platform.kernelArch or null) == "mips")
-      [ kernelPatches.mips_fpureg_emu
-        kernelPatches.mips_fpu_sigill
-        kernelPatches.mips_ext3_n32
-      ];
-  };
+  /* See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/19213 before adding Linux 4.8 */
 
   linux_testing = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix {
     kernelPatches = [
@@ -10932,7 +10919,7 @@ in
   linux = linuxPackages.kernel;
 
   # Update this when adding the newest kernel major version!
-  linuxPackages_latest = linuxPackages_4_8;
+  linuxPackages_latest = linuxPackages_4_7;
   linux_latest = linuxPackages_latest.kernel;
 
   # Build the kernel modules for the some of the kernels.
@@ -10945,7 +10932,6 @@ in
   linuxPackages_4_1 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_1 linuxPackages_4_1);
   linuxPackages_4_4 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_4 linuxPackages_4_4);
   linuxPackages_4_7 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_7 linuxPackages_4_7);
-  linuxPackages_4_8 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_8 linuxPackages_4_8);
   # Don't forget to update linuxPackages_latest!
 
   # Intentionally lacks recurseIntoAttrs, as -rc kernels will quite likely break out-of-tree modules and cause failed Hydra builds.