diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.8.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.8.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a7b929740d27..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.8.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, modDirVersionArg ? null, ... } @ args:
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-
-buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "5.8";
-
-  # modDirVersion needs to be x.y.z, will automatically add .0 if needed
-  modDirVersion = if (modDirVersionArg == null) then concatStringsSep "." (take 3 (splitVersion "${version}.0")) else modDirVersionArg;
-
-  # branchVersion needs to be x.y
-  extraMeta.branch = versions.majorMinor version;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1xgibkwb1yfl6qdlbxyagai0qc1pk5ark7giz1512hh6ma353xz7";
-  };
-} // (args.argsOverride or {}))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 358a0c32c0d4..039e9f805f8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17296,14 +17296,6 @@ in
     ];
   };
 
-  linux_5_8 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.8.nix {
-    kernelPatches = [
-      kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper
-      kernelPatches.request_key_helper
-      kernelPatches.export_kernel_fpu_functions."5.3"
-    ];
-  };
-
   linux_testing = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix {
     kernelPatches = [
       kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper
@@ -17519,7 +17511,7 @@ in
 
   # Update this when adding the newest kernel major version!
   # And update linux_latest_for_hardened below if the patches are already available
-  linuxPackages_latest = linuxPackages_5_8;
+  linuxPackages_latest = linuxPackages_5_7;
   linux_latest = linuxPackages_latest.kernel;
 
   # Build the kernel modules for the some of the kernels.
@@ -17534,7 +17526,6 @@ in
   linuxPackages_4_19 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_19);
   linuxPackages_5_4 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_5_4);
   linuxPackages_5_7 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_5_7);
-  linuxPackages_5_8 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_5_8);
 
   # When adding to this list:
   # - Update linuxPackages_latest to the latest version