diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/sudo.nix b/nixos/modules/security/sudo.nix
index 00b640dd2815..cbd1628caaec 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/sudo.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/sudo.nix
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ in
 	  {src = pkgs.writeText "sudoers-in" cfg.configFile; }
           # Make sure that the sudoers file is syntactically valid.
           # (currently disabled - NIXOS-66)
-          "${pkgs.sudoWithVisudo}/sbin/visudo -f $src -c &&
+          "${pkgs.sudo}/sbin/visudo -f $src -c &&
 	      cp $src $out";
         target = "sudoers";
         mode = "0440";
diff --git a/nixos/tests/installer.nix b/nixos/tests/installer.nix
index 13677be86e10..98e8142a0dfd 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/installer.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/installer.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ let
             isoImage.storeContents =
               [ pkgs.glibcLocales
                 pkgs.sudo
-                pkgs.sudoWithVisudo
                 pkgs.docbook5
                 pkgs.docbook5_xsl
                 pkgs.grub
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
index 6ed94da10ba0..d4c97253d998 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, coreutils, pam, groff, keepVisudo ? false }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, coreutils, pam, groff }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "sudo-1.8.9p4";
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   postInstall = ''
-    # ‘visudo’ does not make sense on NixOS - except for checking sudoers
-    # file syntax
-    rm ${if keepVisudo then "" else "$out/sbin/visudo"} \
-        $out/share/man/man8/visudo.8
-
     rm $out/share/doc/sudo/ChangeLog
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4aa330a119c1..99874a72f91f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2082,8 +2082,6 @@ let
 
   sudo = callPackage ../tools/security/sudo { };
 
-  sudoWithVisudo = sudo.override { keepVisudo = true; };
-
   suidChroot = builderDefsPackage (import ../tools/system/suid-chroot) { };
 
   super = callPackage ../tools/security/super { };