diff --git a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/mathcomp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/mathcomp/default.nix
index dba6a3abbea5..a80c934c6c19 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/mathcomp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/mathcomp/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
 { callPackage, fetchurl, coq }:
 
 let param =
-  let v16 = {
-    version = "1.6";
-    url = http://ssr.msr-inria.inria.fr/FTP/mathcomp-1.6.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0adr556032r1jkvphbpfvrrv041qk0yqb7a1xnbam52ji0mdl2w8";
-  }; v161 = {
+  {
     version = "1.6.1";
     url = https://github.com/math-comp/math-comp/archive/mathcomp-1.6.1.tar.gz;
     sha256 = "1j9ylggjzrxz1i2hdl2yhsvmvy5z6l4rprwx7604401080p5sgjw";
   }; in
-{
-  "8.4" = v16;
-  "8.5" = v16;
-  "8.6" = v161;
-}."${coq.coq-version}"; in
 
 callPackage ./generic.nix {
   name = "coq${coq.coq-version}-mathcomp-${param.version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/mathcomp/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/mathcomp/generic.nix
index 1c150c9e69fa..564cb6f65717 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/mathcomp/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/mathcomp/generic.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, coq, ssreflect, ncurses, which
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, coq, ncurses, which
 , graphviz, withDoc ? false
 , src, name
 }:
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals withDoc [ graphviz ];
   buildInputs = [ coq.ocaml coq.findlib coq.camlp5 ncurses which ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ coq ssreflect ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ coq ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   installPhase = ''
     make -f Makefile.coq COQLIB=$out/lib/coq/${coq.coq-version}/ install
-    rm -fr $out/lib/coq/${coq.coq-version}/user-contrib/mathcomp/ssreflect*
-    rm -fr $out/lib/coq/${coq.coq-version}/user-contrib/ssrmatching.cmi
-    rm -fr $out/share/coq/${coq.coq-version}/user-contrib/mathcomp/ssreflect*
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString withDoc ''
     make -f Makefile.coq install-doc DOCDIR=$out/share/coq/${coq.coq-version}/
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/ssreflect/default.nix b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/ssreflect/default.nix
index 18eafe5e9c2c..352b98ab88b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/ssreflect/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/ssreflect/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
 { callPackage, fetchurl, coq }:
 
 let param =
-  let v16 = {
-    version = "1.6";
-    url = http://ssr.msr-inria.inria.fr/FTP/mathcomp-1.6.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0adr556032r1jkvphbpfvrrv041qk0yqb7a1xnbam52ji0mdl2w8";
-  }; v161 = {
+  {
     version = "1.6.1";
     url = https://github.com/math-comp/math-comp/archive/mathcomp-1.6.1.tar.gz;
     sha256 = "1j9ylggjzrxz1i2hdl2yhsvmvy5z6l4rprwx7604401080p5sgjw";
   }; in
-{
-  "8.4" = v16;
-  "8.5" = v16;
-  "8.6" = v161;
-}."${coq.coq-version}"; in
 
 callPackage ./generic.nix {
   name = "coq${coq.coq-version}-ssreflect-${param.version}";