diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/7_59.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/7_59.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 272c38a99586..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/7_59.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl
-, http2Support ? true, nghttp2
-, idnSupport ? false, libidn ? null
-, ldapSupport ? false, openldap ? null
-, zlibSupport ? true, zlib ? null
-, sslSupport ? zlibSupport, openssl ? null
-, gnutlsSupport ? false, gnutls ? null
-, scpSupport ? zlibSupport && !stdenv.isSunOS && !stdenv.isCygwin, libssh2 ? null
-, gssSupport ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows, libkrb5 ? null
-, c-aresSupport ? false, c-ares ? null
-, brotliSupport ? false, brotli ? null
-}:
-
-assert http2Support -> nghttp2 != null;
-assert idnSupport -> libidn != null;
-assert ldapSupport -> openldap != null;
-assert zlibSupport -> zlib != null;
-assert sslSupport -> openssl != null;
-assert !(gnutlsSupport && sslSupport);
-assert gnutlsSupport -> gnutls != null;
-assert scpSupport -> libssh2 != null;
-assert c-aresSupport -> c-ares != null;
-assert brotliSupport -> brotli != null;
-assert gssSupport -> libkrb5 != null;
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "curl-7.59.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    urls = [
-      "https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/${lib.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] name}/${name}.tar.bz2"
-      "https://curl.haxx.se/download/${name}.tar.bz2"
-    ];
-    sha256 = "185mazhi4bc5mc6rvhrmnc67j8l3sg7f0w2hp5gmi5ccdbyhz4mm";
-  };
-
-  outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" "man" "devdoc" ];
-  separateDebugInfo = stdenv.isLinux;
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig perl ];
-
-  # Zlib and OpenSSL must be propagated because `libcurl.la' contains
-  # "-lz -lssl", which aren't necessary direct build inputs of
-  # applications that use Curl.
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with stdenv.lib;
-    optional http2Support nghttp2 ++
-    optional idnSupport libidn ++
-    optional ldapSupport openldap ++
-    optional zlibSupport zlib ++
-    optional gssSupport libkrb5 ++
-    optional c-aresSupport c-ares ++
-    optional sslSupport openssl ++
-    optional gnutlsSupport gnutls ++
-    optional scpSupport libssh2 ++
-    optional brotliSupport brotli;
-
-  # for the second line see https://curl.haxx.se/mail/tracker-2014-03/0087.html
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -e 's|/usr/bin|/no-such-path|g' -i.bak configure
-    rm src/tool_hugehelp.c
-  '';
-
-  configureFlags = [
-      "--with-ca-fallback"
-      "--disable-manual"
-      ( if sslSupport then "--with-ssl=${openssl.dev}" else "--without-ssl" )
-      ( if gnutlsSupport then "--with-gnutls=${gnutls.dev}" else "--without-gnutls" )
-      ( if scpSupport then "--with-libssh2=${libssh2.dev}" else "--without-libssh2" )
-      ( if ldapSupport then "--enable-ldap" else "--disable-ldap" )
-      ( if ldapSupport then "--enable-ldaps" else "--disable-ldaps" )
-      ( if idnSupport then "--with-libidn=${libidn.dev}" else "--without-libidn" )
-      ( if brotliSupport then "--with-brotli" else "--without-brotli" )
-    ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional c-aresSupport "--enable-ares=${c-ares}"
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional gssSupport "--with-gssapi=${libkrb5.dev}"
-       # For the 'urandom', maybe it should be a cross-system option
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform)
-       "--with-random=/dev/urandom"
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows [
-      "--disable-shared"
-      "--enable-static"
-    ];
-
-  CXX = "${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}c++";
-  CXXCPP = "${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}c++ -E";
-
-  doCheck = false; # expensive, fails
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    moveToOutput bin/curl-config "$dev"
-    sed '/^dependency_libs/s|${libssh2.dev}|${libssh2.out}|' -i "$out"/lib/*.la
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString gnutlsSupport ''
-    ln $out/lib/libcurl.so $out/lib/libcurl-gnutls.so
-    ln $out/lib/libcurl.so $out/lib/libcurl-gnutls.so.4
-    ln $out/lib/libcurl.so $out/lib/libcurl-gnutls.so.4.4.0
-  '';
-
-  passthru = {
-    inherit sslSupport openssl;
-  };
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax";
-    homepage    = https://curl.haxx.se/;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
-    license = licenses.curl;
-    platforms   = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3d3b660fe4f3..ab8eec4bc5fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2171,10 +2171,6 @@ in
     brotliSupport = true;
   };
 
-  curl_7_59 = callPackage ../tools/networking/curl/7_59.nix rec {
-    fetchurl = fetchurlBoot;
-  };
-
   curl = callPackage ../tools/networking/curl rec {
     fetchurl = fetchurlBoot;
   };
@@ -22467,7 +22463,6 @@ in
   inherit (callPackages ../tools/package-management/nix {
       storeDir = config.nix.storeDir or "/nix/store";
       stateDir = config.nix.stateDir or "/nix/var";
-      curl = curl_7_59;
       boehmgc = boehmgc.override { enableLargeConfig = true; };
       })
     nix