diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index f447cb5..fc99765 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ self: super:
   easyhid = super.callPackage ./pkgs/easyhid/default.nix { };
   openphone = super.callPackage ./pkgs/openphone/default.nix { };
 
-  nim = super.callPackages ./pkgs/nim/default.nix { };
-
   shinto-cli = super.callPackage ./pkgs/shinto-cli { };
 
   ui = super.callPackage ./pkgs/nim-packages/ui.nix { };
diff --git a/pkgs/nim/default.nix b/pkgs/nim/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 53854d4..0000000
--- a/pkgs/nim/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-# based on https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/v0.18.0/.travis.yml
-
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, makeWrapper, openssl, pcre, readline,
-  boehmgc, sfml, sqlite }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "nim";
-  version = "1.2.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://nim-lang.org/download/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "TpRYOjc5ZYIYBeZl4KBfUvthCRZnbtsJFIlBQVY3xXU=";
-  };
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lcrypto -lpcre -lreadline -lgc -lsqlite3";
-
-  # we could create a separate derivation for the "written in c" version of nim
-  # used for bootstrapping, but koch insists on moving the nim compiler around
-  # as part of building it, so it cannot be read-only
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    makeWrapper
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    openssl pcre readline boehmgc sfml sqlite
-  ];
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    runHook preBuild
-
-    # build.sh wants to write to $HOME/.cache
-    HOME=$TMPDIR
-    sh build.sh
-    ./bin/nim c koch
-    ./koch boot  -d:release \
-                 -d:useGnuReadline \
-                 ${lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin || stdenv.isLinux) "-d:nativeStacktrace"}
-    ./koch tools -d:release
-
-    runHook postBuild
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    install -Dt $out/bin bin/* koch
-    ./koch install $out
-    mv $out/nim/bin/* $out/bin/ && rmdir $out/nim/bin
-    mv $out/nim/*     $out/     && rmdir $out/nim
-
-    # Fortify hardening appends -O2 to gcc flags which is unwanted for unoptimized nim builds.
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/nim \
-      --run 'NIX_HARDENING_ENABLE=''${NIX_HARDENING_ENABLE/fortify/}' \
-      --suffix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ stdenv.cc ]}
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Statically typed, imperative programming language";
-    homepage = "https://nim-lang.org/";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ehmry ];
-    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin; # arbitrary
-  };
-}