diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/builder.sh b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 20e50ec1ec6f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-export LANG=en_US
-
-# configureFlags=""
-# if test "$jdbcSupport"; then
-#     configureFlags="--with-java $configureFlags"
-# fi
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
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index a46f99e454b1..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, ncurses, readline}:
-
-assert zlib != null;
-assert ncurses != null;
-assert readline != null;
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "postgresql-8.2.6";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.de.postgresql.org/mirror/postgresql/source/v8.2.6/postgresql-8.2.6.tar.bz2;
-    sha256="056ixbsfmdwhniryc0mr1kl66jywkqqhqvjdi7i3v4qzh9z34hgf";
-  };
-
-  inherit readline;
-  buildInputs = [zlib ncurses readline];
-}