diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/57.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/57.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ccbd2d353b12..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/57.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, kernelHeaders, zlib, e2fsprogs, SDL, alsaLib}:
-   
-assert stdenv.isLinux;
-   
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "kvm-57";
-   
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/kvm/kvm-57.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "016h5pf59fyz7skzsaprii2mdpxpb8hfnnr1w475qcfyy6ccr9r0";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Allow setting the path to Samba through $QEMU_SMBD_COMMAND.
-    ./smbd-path.patch
-  ];
-
-  configureFlags = "--with-patched-kernel --kerneldir=${kernelHeaders}";
-
-  # e2fsprogs is needed for libuuid.
-  buildInputs = [zlib e2fsprogs SDL alsaLib];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    for i in configure user/configure; do
-      substituteInPlace $i --replace /bin/bash $shell
-    done
-    substituteInPlace libkvm/Makefile --replace kvm_para.h kvm.h # !!! quick hack
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://kvm.qumranet.com/;
-    description = "A full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/76.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/76.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e438f044c593..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/76.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, kernelHeaders, zlib, e2fsprogs, SDL, alsaLib, pkgconfig, rsync}:
-   
-assert stdenv.isLinux;
-   
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "kvm-76";
-   
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/kvm/kvm-76.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "06gf2aic6n0b3fnd9vi0llyydr2w6qnx1k8imm710862xhncpssk";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Allow setting the path to Samba through $QEMU_SMBD_COMMAND.
-    ./smbd-path.patch
-    # The makefile copies stuff from the kernel directory and then
-    # tries to modify the copy, but it must be made writable first.
-    ./readonly-kernel-r2.patch
-  ];
-
-  configureFlags = "--with-patched-kernel --kerneldir=${kernelHeaders}";
-
-  # e2fsprogs is needed for libuuid.
-  # rsync is a weird dependency used for copying kernel header files.
-  buildInputs = [zlib e2fsprogs SDL alsaLib pkgconfig rsync];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    for i in configure user/configure; do
-      substituteInPlace $i --replace /bin/bash $shell
-    done
-    substituteInPlace libkvm/Makefile --replace kvm_para.h kvm.h # !!! quick hack
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://kvm.qumranet.com/;
-    description = "A full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/readonly-kernel-r2.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/readonly-kernel-r2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 663db508b43f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/readonly-kernel-r2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff -rc kvm-74-orig/kernel/Makefile kvm-74/kernel/Makefile
-*** kvm-74-orig/kernel/Makefile	2008-08-27 10:53:37.000000000 +0200
---- kvm-74/kernel/Makefile	2008-08-29 14:12:00.000000000 +0200
-***************
-*** 59,64 ****
---- 59,65 ----
-  	-rsync -R \
-  	     "$(LINUX)"/arch/$(ARCH_DIR)/include/asm/./kvm*.h \
-               $T/include/asm-$(ARCH_DIR)/
-+ 	chmod -R u+w $T
-  
-  	set -e && for i in $(find $T -name '*.h'); do \
-  		$(call unifdef,$$i); done
-Only in kvm-74/kernel: Makefile~
-Only in kvm-74/kernel: Makefile.rej
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/readonly-kernel-r3.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/readonly-kernel-r3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 016ed12dc240..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/readonly-kernel-r3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -rc kvm-78-orig/kernel/Makefile kvm-78/kernel/Makefile
-*** kvm-78-orig/kernel/Makefile	2008-10-30 11:58:12.000000000 +0100
---- kvm-78/kernel/Makefile	2008-11-07 15:59:34.000000000 +0100
-***************
-*** 66,71 ****
---- 66,72 ----
-  	     "$(LINUX)"/./include/linux/kvm*.h \
-  	     $(if $(wildcard $(headers-old)), $(headers-old)) \
-               $T/
-+ 	chmod -R u+w $T
-  	$(if $(wildcard $(headers-new)), \
-  	rsync -R \
-  	     $(headers-new) \
-Only in kvm-78/kernel: Makefile~
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/smbd-path.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/smbd-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5844ebefcf51..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/smbd-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-diff -rc kvm-57-orig/qemu/vl.c kvm-57/qemu/vl.c
-*** kvm-57-orig/qemu/vl.c	2007-12-18 16:57:46.000000000 +0100
---- kvm-57/qemu/vl.c	2008-08-26 13:17:57.000000000 +0200
-***************
-*** 141,147 ****
-  #ifdef __sun__
-  #define SMBD_COMMAND "/usr/sfw/sbin/smbd"
-  #else
-! #define SMBD_COMMAND "/usr/sbin/smbd"
-  #endif
-  
-  //#define DEBUG_UNUSED_IOPORT
---- 141,147 ----
-  #ifdef __sun__
-  #define SMBD_COMMAND "/usr/sfw/sbin/smbd"
-  #else
-! #define SMBD_COMMAND "smbd"
-  #endif
-  
-  //#define DEBUG_UNUSED_IOPORT
-***************
-*** 3828,3838 ****
-          slirp_init();
-      }
-  
-!     /* XXX: better tmp dir construction */
-!     snprintf(smb_dir, sizeof(smb_dir), "/tmp/qemu-smb.%d", getpid());
-!     if (mkdir(smb_dir, 0700) < 0) {
-!         fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not create samba server dir '%s'\n", smb_dir);
-!         exit(1);
-      }
-      snprintf(smb_conf, sizeof(smb_conf), "%s/%s", smb_dir, "smb.conf");
-  
---- 3828,3840 ----
-          slirp_init();
-      }
-  
-!     while (1) {
-!         snprintf(smb_dir, sizeof(smb_dir), "/tmp/qemu-smb.%d.%d", getpid(), random());
-!         if (mkdir(smb_dir, 0700) == 0) break;
-!         if (errno != EEXIST) {
-!             fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not create samba server dir '%s'\n", smb_dir);
-!             exit(1);
-!         }
-      }
-      snprintf(smb_conf, sizeof(smb_conf), "%s/%s", smb_dir, "smb.conf");
-  
-Only in kvm-57/qemu: vl.c~
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5bdd7ad8d05f..e3db109f6f35 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5288,17 +5288,6 @@ let
 
   kvm = kvm86;
 
-  kvm57 = import ../os-specific/linux/kvm/57.nix {
-    inherit fetchurl zlib e2fsprogs SDL alsaLib;
-    stdenv = overrideGCC stdenv gcc34;
-    kernelHeaders = kernelHeaders_2_6_23;
-  };
-
-  kvm76 = import ../os-specific/linux/kvm/76.nix {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib e2fsprogs SDL alsaLib pkgconfig rsync;
-    inherit (glibc) kernelHeaders;
-  };
-
   kvm86 = import ../os-specific/linux/kvm/86.nix {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib SDL alsaLib pkgconfig pciutils;
     inherit (glibc) kernelHeaders;