diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nettle/27.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nettle/27.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index fc85f5eb9dec..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/nettle/27.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{ callPackage, fetchurl, ... } @ args:
-
-callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "2.7.1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/nettle/nettle-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0h2vap31yvi1a438d36lg1r1nllfx3y19r4rfxv7slrm6kafnwdw";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b381e2503fbc..00e8d79a3545 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7711,7 +7711,6 @@ let
 
   nethack = callPackage ../games/nethack { };
 
-  nettle27 = callPackage ../development/libraries/nettle/27.nix { };
   nettle = callPackage ../development/libraries/nettle { };
 
   newt = callPackage ../development/libraries/newt { };