diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/cachix/cachix-api.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/cachix/cachix-api.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index de8184308b27..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/cachix/cachix-api.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{ mkDerivation, aeson, base, base16-bytestring, bytestring, conduit
-, cookie, cryptonite, deepseq, exceptions, hspec, hspec-discover
-, http-api-data, http-media, lens, memory, protolude, resourcet
-, servant, servant-auth, servant-auth-server, servant-auth-swagger
-, servant-client, servant-swagger, servant-swagger-ui-core, stdenv
-, string-conv, swagger2, text, transformers
-}:
-mkDerivation {
-  pname = "cachix-api";
-  version = "0.2.0";
-  sha256 = "73f27484d3748fe02ce834549dd3a04c92110390f7d9adb4c391bad2ececbef2";
-  isLibrary = true;
-  isExecutable = true;
-  libraryHaskellDepends = [
-    aeson base base16-bytestring bytestring conduit cookie cryptonite
-    deepseq exceptions http-api-data http-media lens memory resourcet
-    servant servant-auth servant-auth-server servant-auth-swagger
-    servant-client servant-swagger string-conv swagger2 text
-    transformers
-  ];
-  executableHaskellDepends = [ aeson base ];
-  testHaskellDepends = [
-    aeson base base16-bytestring bytestring conduit cookie cryptonite
-    hspec http-api-data http-media lens memory protolude servant
-    servant-auth servant-auth-server servant-auth-swagger
-    servant-swagger servant-swagger-ui-core string-conv swagger2 text
-    transformers
-  ];
-  testToolDepends = [ hspec-discover ];
-  homepage = "https://github.com/cachix/cachix#readme";
-  description = "Servant HTTP API specification for https://cachix.org";
-  license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/cachix/cachix.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/cachix/cachix.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f5a354ec94e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/cachix/cachix.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{ mkDerivation, async, base, base16-bytestring, base64-bytestring
-, bytestring, cachix-api, conduit, conduit-extra, cookie
-, cryptonite, data-default, dhall, directory, ed25519, filepath
-, fsnotify, here, hspec, hspec-discover, http-client
-, http-client-tls, http-conduit, http-types, lzma-conduit
-, megaparsec, memory, mmorph, netrc, optparse-applicative, process
-, protolude, retry, safe-exceptions, servant, servant-auth
-, servant-auth-client, servant-client, servant-client-core
-, servant-conduit, stdenv, temporary, text, unix, uri-bytestring
-, versions
-}:
-mkDerivation {
-  pname = "cachix";
-  version = "0.2.0";
-  sha256 = "16ba70af7f2ba4bc147ba84c34c9884bee589237a1d935f932c5e0b68157665a";
-  revision = "1";
-  editedCabalFile = "103ypqp0kclc1814q2ci5fi2jpfbxwmjqfsnkvwf3c1vr8cqplmh";
-  isLibrary = true;
-  isExecutable = true;
-  enableSeparateDataOutput = true;
-  libraryHaskellDepends = [
-    async base base16-bytestring base64-bytestring bytestring
-    cachix-api conduit conduit-extra cookie cryptonite data-default
-    dhall directory ed25519 filepath fsnotify here http-client
-    http-client-tls http-conduit http-types lzma-conduit megaparsec
-    memory mmorph netrc optparse-applicative process protolude retry
-    safe-exceptions servant servant-auth servant-auth-client
-    servant-client servant-client-core servant-conduit text unix
-    uri-bytestring versions
-  ];
-  executableHaskellDepends = [ base cachix-api ];
-  executableToolDepends = [ hspec-discover ];
-  testHaskellDepends = [
-    base cachix-api directory here hspec protolude temporary
-  ];
-  homepage = "https://github.com/cachix/cachix#readme";
-  description = "Command line client for Nix binary cache hosting https://cachix.org";
-  license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/cachix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/cachix/default.nix
index 94527c8a4b50..895d6e4bec62 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/cachix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/cachix/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 { haskellPackages, haskell }:
 
-(haskellPackages.override {
-  overrides = self: super: {
-    cachix = haskell.lib.justStaticExecutables (super.callPackage ./cachix.nix {});
-    cachix-api = super.callPackage ./cachix-api.nix {};
-  };
-}).cachix
+haskell.lib.justStaticExecutables haskellPackages.cachix