diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.2.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.2.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index fbeecb3984d5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.2.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
-
-import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "4.2.6";
-  # Remember to update grsecurity!
-  extraMeta.branch = "4.2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0p7v6v3v9kn7w5iragi5hx0dylhis0jy6xmk77gka486q1ynpnqp";
-  };
-
-  kernelPatches = args.kernelPatches ++ [ { name = "cve-2016-0728"; patch = ./cve-2016-0728.patch; } ];
-
-  features.iwlwifi = true;
-  features.efiBootStub = true;
-  features.needsCifsUtils = true;
-  features.canDisableNetfilterConntrackHelpers = true;
-  features.netfilterRPFilter = true;
-} // (args.argsOverride or {}))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b1e7d5efc958..86e73bee8313 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10086,15 +10086,6 @@ let
       ];
   };
 
-  linux_4_2 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.2.nix {
-    kernelPatches = [ kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper ]
-      ++ lib.optionals ((platform.kernelArch or null) == "mips")
-      [ kernelPatches.mips_fpureg_emu
-        kernelPatches.mips_fpu_sigill
-        kernelPatches.mips_ext3_n32
-      ];
-  };
-
   linux_4_3 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.3.nix {
     kernelPatches = [ kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper ]
       ++ lib.optionals ((platform.kernelArch or null) == "mips")
@@ -10285,7 +10276,6 @@ let
   linuxPackages_3_14 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_14 linuxPackages_3_14);
   linuxPackages_3_18 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_18 linuxPackages_3_18);
   linuxPackages_4_1 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_1 linuxPackages_4_1);
-  linuxPackages_4_2 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_2 linuxPackages_4_2);
   linuxPackages_4_3 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_3 linuxPackages_4_3);
   linuxPackages_4_4 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_4 linuxPackages_4_4);
   linuxPackages_testing = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_testing linuxPackages_testing);