diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.53.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.53.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ff09dfd5954d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.53.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, icu, expat, zlib, bzip2, python
-, enableRelease ? true
-, enableDebug ? false
-, enableSingleThreaded ? false
-, enableMultiThreaded ? true
-, enableShared ? true
-, enableStatic ? false
-, enablePIC ? false
-, enableExceptions ? false
-, taggedLayout ? ((enableRelease && enableDebug) || (enableSingleThreaded && enableMultiThreaded) || (enableShared && enableStatic))
-}:
-
-let
-
-  variant = stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep ","
-    (stdenv.lib.optional enableRelease "release" ++
-     stdenv.lib.optional enableDebug "debug");
-
-  threading = stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep ","
-    (stdenv.lib.optional enableSingleThreaded "single" ++
-     stdenv.lib.optional enableMultiThreaded "multi");
-
-  link = stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep ","
-    (stdenv.lib.optional enableShared "shared" ++
-     stdenv.lib.optional enableStatic "static");
-
-  # To avoid library name collisions
-  layout = if taggedLayout then "tagged" else "system";
-
-  cflags = if enablePIC && enableExceptions then
-             "cflags=\"-fPIC -fexceptions\" cxxflags=-fPIC linkflags=-fPIC"
-           else if enablePIC then
-             "cflags=-fPIC cxxflags=-fPIC linkflags=-fPIC"
-           else if enableExceptions then
-             "cflags=-fexceptions"
-           else
-             "";
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "boost-1.53.0";
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://boost.org/";
-    description = "Boost C++ Library Collection";
-    license = "boost-license";
-
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
-  };
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_53_0.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "15livg6y1l3gdsg6ybvp3y4gp0w3xh1rdcq5bjf0qaw804dh92pq";
-  };
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  buildInputs = [icu expat zlib bzip2 python];
-
-  configureScript = "./bootstrap.sh";
-  configureFlags = "--with-icu=${icu} --with-python=${python}/bin/python";
-
-  buildPhase = "./b2 -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -sEXPAT_INCLUDE=${expat}/include -sEXPAT_LIBPATH=${expat}/lib --layout=${layout} variant=${variant} threading=${threading} link=${link} ${cflags} install";
-
-  # normal install does not install bjam, this is a separate step
-  installPhase = ''
-    cd tools/build/v2
-    sh bootstrap.sh
-    ./b2 -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -sEXPAT_INCLUDE=${expat}/include -sEXPAT_LIBPATH=${expat}/lib --layout=${layout} variant=${variant} threading=${threading} link=${link} ${cflags} install
-  '';
-
-  crossAttrs = rec {
-    buildInputs = [ expat.crossDrv zlib.crossDrv bzip2.crossDrv ];
-    # all buildInputs set previously fell into propagatedBuildInputs, as usual, so we have to
-    # override them.
-    propagatedBuildInputs = buildInputs;
-    # We want to substitute the contents of configureFlags, removing thus the
-    # usual --build and --host added on cross building.
-    preConfigure = ''
-      export configureFlags="--prefix=$out --without-icu"
-    '';
-    buildPhase = ''
-      set -x
-      cat << EOF > user-config.jam
-      using gcc : cross : $crossConfig-g++ ;
-      EOF
-      ./b2 -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -sEXPAT_INCLUDE=${expat.crossDrv}/include -sEXPAT_LIBPATH=${expat.crossDrv}/lib --layout=${layout} --user-config=user-config.jam toolset=gcc-cross variant=${variant} threading=${threading} link=${link} ${cflags} --without-python install
-    '';
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.54.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.54.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ba4252feaa52..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.54.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, icu, expat, zlib, bzip2, python
-, enableRelease ? true
-, enableDebug ? false
-, enableSingleThreaded ? false
-, enableMultiThreaded ? true
-, enableShared ? true
-, enableStatic ? false
-, enablePIC ? false
-, enableExceptions ? false
-, taggedLayout ? ((enableRelease && enableDebug) || (enableSingleThreaded && enableMultiThreaded) || (enableShared && enableStatic))
-}:
-
-let
-
-  variant = stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep ","
-    (stdenv.lib.optional enableRelease "release" ++
-     stdenv.lib.optional enableDebug "debug");
-
-  threading = stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep ","
-    (stdenv.lib.optional enableSingleThreaded "single" ++
-     stdenv.lib.optional enableMultiThreaded "multi");
-
-  link = stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep ","
-    (stdenv.lib.optional enableShared "shared" ++
-     stdenv.lib.optional enableStatic "static");
-
-  # To avoid library name collisions
-  layout = if taggedLayout then "tagged" else "system";
-
-  cflags = if enablePIC && enableExceptions then
-             "cflags=\"-fPIC -fexceptions\" cxxflags=-fPIC linkflags=-fPIC"
-           else if enablePIC then
-             "cflags=-fPIC cxxflags=-fPIC linkflags=-fPIC"
-           else if enableExceptions then
-             "cflags=-fexceptions"
-           else
-             "";
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "boost-1.54.0";
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://boost.org/";
-    description = "Boost C++ Library Collection";
-    license = "boost-license";
-
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
-  };
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_54_0.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "07df925k56pbz3gvhxpx54aij34qd40a7sxw4im11brnwdyr4zh4";
-  };
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  buildInputs = [icu expat zlib bzip2 python];
-
-  configureScript = "./bootstrap.sh";
-  configureFlags = "--with-icu=${icu} --with-python=${python}/bin/python";
-
-  buildPhase = "./b2 -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -sEXPAT_INCLUDE=${expat}/include -sEXPAT_LIBPATH=${expat}/lib --layout=${layout} variant=${variant} threading=${threading} link=${link} ${cflags} install";
-
-  # normal install does not install bjam, this is a separate step
-  installPhase = ''
-    cd tools/build/v2
-    sh bootstrap.sh
-    ./b2 -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -sEXPAT_INCLUDE=${expat}/include -sEXPAT_LIBPATH=${expat}/lib --layout=${layout} variant=${variant} threading=${threading} link=${link} ${cflags} install
-  '';
-
-  crossAttrs = rec {
-    buildInputs = [ expat.crossDrv zlib.crossDrv bzip2.crossDrv ];
-    # all buildInputs set previously fell into propagatedBuildInputs, as usual, so we have to
-    # override them.
-    propagatedBuildInputs = buildInputs;
-    # We want to substitute the contents of configureFlags, removing thus the
-    # usual --build and --host added on cross building.
-    preConfigure = ''
-      export configureFlags="--prefix=$out --without-icu"
-    '';
-    buildPhase = ''
-      set -x
-      cat << EOF > user-config.jam
-      using gcc : cross : $crossConfig-g++ ;
-      EOF
-      ./b2 -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -sEXPAT_INCLUDE=${expat.crossDrv}/include -sEXPAT_LIBPATH=${expat.crossDrv}/lib --layout=${layout} --user-config=user-config.jam toolset=gcc-cross variant=${variant} threading=${threading} link=${link} ${cflags} --without-python install
-    '';
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix
index e5928e162560..95859eebb782 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix
@@ -8,21 +8,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "${name}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://gnu/src-highlite/${name}-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1s49ld8cnpzhhwq0r7s0sfm3cg3nhhm0wla27lwraifrrl3y1cp1";
-    };
+    url = "mirror://gnu/src-highlite/${name}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1s49ld8cnpzhhwq0r7s0sfm3cg3nhhm0wla27lwraifrrl3y1cp1";
+  };
 
   configureFlags = [ "--with-boost=${boost}" ];
 
-  buildInputs = [boost];
+  buildInputs = [ boost ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "source code renderer with syntax highlighting";
-    homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite/";
+    description = "Source code renderer with syntax highlighting";
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite/;
     license = "GPLv3+";
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
     longDescription =
       ''
         GNU Source-highlight, given a source file, produces a document
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1911db949912..4d0365b22e3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1821,7 +1821,7 @@ let
 
   sourceHighlight = callPackage ../tools/text/source-highlight {
     # Boost 1.54 causes the "test_regexranges" test to fail
-    boost = boost153;
+    boost = boost149;
   };
 
   squashfsTools = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/squashfs { };
@@ -3922,8 +3922,6 @@ let
 
   boost144 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.44.nix { };
   boost149 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.49.nix { };
-  boost153 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.53.nix { };
-  boost154 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.54.nix { };
   boost155 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix { };
   boost = boost155;