diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/scatter_output.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/scatter_output.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f2a501c55e4f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/scatter_output.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-preFixupPhases+=" scatter_files"
-preDistPhases+=" propagate_bin_input"
-
-SCATTER_BIN_DEFAULT=${SCATTER_BIN_DEFAULT:-"/lib/*.so* /bin/*"}
-SCATTER_DOC_DEFAULT=${SCATTER_DOC_DEFAULT:-"/share/man/* /share/doc/*"}
-
-
-scatter_files() {
-    save_nullglob=$(shopt -p nullglob)
-    for o in $outputs; do
-	[[ "$o" == "out" ]] && continue
-	v=files_${o}
-	
-	#if files_'output' isn't set in derivative, use defualts for some
-	[[ ${!v} ]] || {
-            case $o in
-		bin)
-		    v=SCATTER_BIN_DEFAULT
-		    ;;
-		doc)
-		    v=SCATTER_DOC_DEFAULT
-		    ;;
-		*)
-		    continue
-		    ;;
-	    esac
-        }
-
-	# prepend each path with $out
-	paths=$out${!v// \// $out/}
-        shopt -s nullglob
-	for f in $paths; do
-	    shopt -u nullglob
-	    dist=${!o}${f#$out}
-	    mkdir -p $(dirname $dist)
-	    cp -pr $f $dist
-	    # remove source, not forgetting to clean empty dirs
-	    rm -r $f
-	    rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $(dirname $f)
-	done
-	find ${!o} -type f -exec $SHELL -c 'patchelf --set-rpath $(patchelf --print-rpath {} 2>/dev/null):'${!o}'/lib {} 2>/dev/null && patchelf --shrink-rpath {}' \;
-    done
-    eval $save_nullglob
-}
-
-propagate_bin_input() {
-    if [[ -n ${bin:-} ]]; then
-	mkdir -p $out/nix-support
-	echo $bin >> $out/nix-support/propagated-native-build-inputs 
-    fi
-
-    if [[ -n ${bin:-} && -n ${doc:-} ]]; then
-	mkdir -p $bin/nix-support
-	echo $doc >> $bin/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages
-    fi
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8a1a4fe82f46..1c96114dc6c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ in
 
   dispad = callPackage ../tools/X11/dispad { };
 
-  scatterOutputHook = makeSetupHook {} ../build-support/setup-hooks/scatter_output.sh;
-
   vsenv = callPackage ../build-support/vsenv {
     vs = vs90wrapper;
   };