diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a6ea3cdd58a0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, openssl, zlib, pcre, libxml2, libxslt, expat
-, gd, geoip
-, withStream ? false
-, modules ? []
-, hardening ? true
-}:
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "nginx-${version}";
-  version = "1.9.14";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://nginx.org/download/nginx-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1ljpyigqb6sbm4f8mi4fyvwfcvfapzg4z35s9cwb9ri8dl3r6j1b";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ openssl zlib pcre libxml2 libxslt gd geoip ]
-    ++ concatMap (mod: mod.inputs or []) modules;
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-http_ssl_module"
-    "--with-http_v2_module"
-    "--with-http_realip_module"
-    "--with-http_addition_module"
-    "--with-http_xslt_module"
-    "--with-http_image_filter_module"
-    "--with-http_geoip_module"
-    "--with-http_sub_module"
-    "--with-http_dav_module"
-    "--with-http_flv_module"
-    "--with-http_mp4_module"
-    "--with-http_gunzip_module"
-    "--with-http_gzip_static_module"
-    "--with-http_auth_request_module"
-    "--with-http_random_index_module"
-    "--with-http_secure_link_module"
-    "--with-http_degradation_module"
-    "--with-http_stub_status_module"
-    "--with-ipv6"
-    # Install destination problems
-    # "--with-http_perl_module"
-  ] ++ optional withStream "--with-stream"
-    ++ optional (elem stdenv.system (with platforms; linux ++ freebsd)) "--with-file-aio"
-    ++ map (mod: "--add-module=${mod.src}") modules;
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-I${libxml2.dev}/include/libxml2" ] ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin "-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations";
-
-  preConfigure = (concatMapStringsSep "\n" (mod: mod.preConfigure or "") modules)
-    + optionalString (hardening && (stdenv.cc.cc.isGNU or false)) ''
-      configureFlagsArray=(
-        --with-cc-opt="-fPIE -fstack-protector-all --param ssp-buffer-size=4 -O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
-        --with-ld-opt="-pie -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now"
-      )
-    ''
-    ;
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    mv $out/sbin $out/bin
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A reverse proxy and lightweight webserver";
-    homepage    = http://nginx.org;
-    license     = licenses.bsd2;
-    platforms   = platforms.all;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice raskin ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b18a6df34092..a90020a14f2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9854,10 +9854,8 @@ in
     # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/10474/files#r42369334
     modules = [ nginxModules.rtmp nginxModules.dav nginxModules.moreheaders ];
   };
-
-  nginxUnstable = callPackage ../servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix {
-    modules = [ nginxModules.rtmp nginxModules.dav nginxModules.moreheaders ];
-  };
+  # nginxUnstable currently points to stable because that's newest:
+  nginxUnstable = nginx;
 
   nginxModules = callPackage ../servers/http/nginx/modules.nix { };