diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/3.4/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/3.4/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 3909b605c208..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/3.4/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-
-export NIX_FIXINC_DUMMY=$NIX_BUILD_TOP/dummy
-mkdir $NIX_FIXINC_DUMMY
-
-
-if test "$noSysDirs" = "1"; then
-
-    if test -e $NIX_CC/nix-support/orig-libc; then
-
-        # Figure out what extra flags to pass to the gcc compilers
-        # being generated to make sure that they use our glibc.
-        extraCFlags="$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/libc-cflags)"
-        extraLDFlags="$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/libc-ldflags) $(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/libc-ldflags-before)"
-
-        # Use *real* header files, otherwise a limits.h is generated
-        # that does not include Glibc's limits.h (notably missing
-        # SSIZE_MAX, which breaks the build).
-        export NIX_FIXINC_DUMMY=$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/orig-libc)/include
-        
-    else
-        # Hack: support impure environments.
-        extraCFlags="-isystem /usr/include"
-        extraLDFlags="-L/usr/lib64 -L/usr/lib"
-        export NIX_FIXINC_DUMMY=/usr/include
-    fi
-
-    export NIX_EXTRA_CFLAGS=$extraCFlags
-    for i in $extraLDFlags; do
-        export NIX_EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$NIX_EXTRA_LDFLAGS -Wl,$i"
-    done        
-    export CFLAGS=$extraCFlags
-    export CXXFLAGS=$extraCFlags
-fi
-
-
-preConfigure() {
-    # Perform the build in a different directory.
-    mkdir ../build
-    cd ../build
-    configureScript=../$sourceRoot/configure
-}
-
-
-postInstall() {
-    # Remove precompiled headers for now.  They are very big and
-    # probably not very useful yet.
-    find $out/include -name "*.gch" -exec rm -rf {} \; -prune
-
-    # Remove `fixincl' to prevent a retained dependency on the
-    # previous gcc.
-    rm -rf $out/libexec/gcc/*/*/install-tools
-}
-
-
-if test -z "$profiledCompiler"; then
-    buildFlags="bootstrap $buildFlags"
-else    
-    buildFlags="profiledbootstrap $buildFlags"
-fi
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/3.4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/3.4/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1be771ac7054..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/3.4/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, noSysDirs
-, langC ? true, langCC ? true, langF77 ? false
-, profiledCompiler ? false
-}:
-
-assert langC;
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gcc-3.4.6";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnu/gcc/gcc-3.4.6/gcc-3.4.6.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "4a21ac777d4b5617283ce488b808da7b";
-  };
-
-  patches = stdenv.lib.optional noSysDirs ./no-sys-dirs.patch;
-
-  # inspiration: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/g77/
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace gcc/config/i386/linux.h --replace 'struct siginfo' siginfo_t
-  '';
-
-  inherit noSysDirs profiledCompiler;
-
-  configureFlags = "
-    --disable-multilib
-    --with-system-zlib
-    --enable-languages=${
-      concatStrings (intersperse ","
-        (  optional langC   "c"
-        ++ optional langCC  "c++"
-        ++ optional langF77 "f77"
-        )
-      )
-    }
-  ";
-
-  passthru = { inherit langC langCC langF77; isGNU = true; };
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://gcc.gnu.org/";
-    license = "GPL/LGPL";
-    description = "GNU Compiler Collection, 3.4.x";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/3.4/no-sys-dirs.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/3.4/no-sys-dirs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2159893cde2b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/3.4/no-sys-dirs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,170 +0,0 @@
-diff -rc gcc-orig/gcc/cppdefault.c gcc-patched/gcc/cppdefault.c
-*** gcc-orig/gcc/cppdefault.c	2003-03-01 15:31:12.000000000 +0100
---- gcc-patched/gcc/cppdefault.c	2004-06-29 10:08:45.000000000 +0200
-***************
-*** 41,46 ****
---- 41,50 ----
-  # undef CROSS_INCLUDE_DIR
-  #endif
-  
-+ #undef LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR
-+ #undef SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIR
-+ #undef STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIR
-+ 
-  const struct default_include cpp_include_defaults[]
-  #ifdef INCLUDE_DEFAULTS
-  = INCLUDE_DEFAULTS;
-diff -rc gcc-orig/gcc/Makefile.in gcc-patched/gcc/Makefile.in
-*** gcc-orig/gcc/Makefile.in	2004-04-01 18:47:54.000000000 +0200
---- gcc-patched/gcc/Makefile.in	2004-06-29 13:50:45.000000000 +0200
-***************
-*** 199,205 ****
-  CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
-  
-  # These exists to be overridden by the x-* and t-* files, respectively.
-! X_CFLAGS =
-  T_CFLAGS =
-  
-  X_CPPFLAGS =
---- 199,205 ----
-  CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
-  
-  # These exists to be overridden by the x-* and t-* files, respectively.
-! X_CFLAGS = $(NIX_EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(NIX_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
-  T_CFLAGS =
-  
-  X_CPPFLAGS =
-***************
-*** 345,351 ****
-  PARTITION_H = $(srcdir)/../include/partition.h
-  
-  # Default native SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR, to be overridden by targets.
-! NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR = /usr/include
-  # Default cross SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR, to be overridden by targets.
-  CROSS_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR = @CROSS_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR@
-  
---- 345,355 ----
-  PARTITION_H = $(srcdir)/../include/partition.h
-  
-  # Default native SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR, to be overridden by targets.
-! # Nix: we override NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR in order to prevent
-! # `fixinc' from fixing header files in /usr/include.  However,
-! # NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR must point to an existing directory, so set
-! # it to some dummy directory.
-! NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR = $(NIX_FIXINC_DUMMY)
-  # Default cross SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR, to be overridden by targets.
-  CROSS_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR = @CROSS_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR@
-  
-diff -rc gcc-orig/libstdc++-v3/include/Makefile.in gcc-patched/libstdc++-v3/include/Makefile.in
-*** gcc-orig/libstdc++-v3/include/Makefile.in	2004-03-18 18:36:43.000000000 +0100
---- gcc-patched/libstdc++-v3/include/Makefile.in	2004-06-29 19:01:33.000000000 +0200
-***************
-*** 896,903 ****
-  	if [ ! -d "${pch_output_builddir}" ]; then \
-  	  mkdir -p ${pch_output_builddir}; \
-  	fi; \
-! 	$(CXX) $(PCHFLAGS) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) ${pch_source} -O0 -g -o ${pch_output_builddir}/O0g; \
-! 	$(CXX) $(PCHFLAGS) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) ${pch_source} -O2 -g -o ${pch_output_builddir}/O2g;
-  
-  # For robustness sake (in light of junk files or in-source
-  # configuration), copy from the build or source tree to the install
---- 896,903 ----
-  	if [ ! -d "${pch_output_builddir}" ]; then \
-  	  mkdir -p ${pch_output_builddir}; \
-  	fi; \
-! 	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(PCHFLAGS) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) ${pch_source} -O0 -g -o ${pch_output_builddir}/O0g; \
-! 	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(PCHFLAGS) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) ${pch_source} -O2 -g -o ${pch_output_builddir}/O2g;
-  
-  # For robustness sake (in light of junk files or in-source
-  # configuration), copy from the build or source tree to the install
-diff -rc gcc-orig/ltcf-cxx.sh gcc-patched/ltcf-cxx.sh
-*** gcc-orig/ltcf-cxx.sh	2003-11-19 06:29:32.000000000 +0100
---- gcc-patched/ltcf-cxx.sh	2004-06-29 15:26:01.000000000 +0200
-***************
-*** 985,991 ****
-    # the conftest object file.
-    pre_test_object_deps_done=no
-  
-!   for p in `eval $output_verbose_link_cmd`; do
-  
-      case $p in
-  
---- 985,991 ----
-    # the conftest object file.
-    pre_test_object_deps_done=no
-  
-!   for p in `true`; do
-  
-      case $p in
-  
-diff -rc gcc-orig/Makefile.in gcc-patched/Makefile.in
-*** gcc-orig/Makefile.in	2004-01-14 21:09:37.000000000 +0100
---- gcc-patched/Makefile.in	2004-06-29 16:21:36.000000000 +0200
-***************
-*** 228,234 ****
-  NM = @NM@
-  
-  LD = @LD@
-! LDFLAGS = 
-  
-  RANLIB = @RANLIB@
-  
---- 228,234 ----
-  NM = @NM@
-  
-  LD = @LD@
-! LDFLAGS = $(NIX_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
-  
-  RANLIB = @RANLIB@
-  
-***************
-*** 277,283 ****
-  # CFLAGS will be just -g.  We want to ensure that TARGET libraries
-  # (which we know are built with gcc) are built with optimizations so
-  # prepend -O2 when setting CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET.
-! CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET = -O2 $(CFLAGS)
-  # If GCC_FOR_TARGET is not overriden on the command line, then this
-  # variable is passed down to the gcc Makefile, where it is used to
-  # build libgcc2.a.  We define it here so that it can itself be
---- 277,283 ----
-  # CFLAGS will be just -g.  We want to ensure that TARGET libraries
-  # (which we know are built with gcc) are built with optimizations so
-  # prepend -O2 when setting CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET.
-! CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET = -O2 $(CFLAGS) $(NIX_EXTRA_CFLAGS)
-  # If GCC_FOR_TARGET is not overriden on the command line, then this
-  # variable is passed down to the gcc Makefile, where it is used to
-  # build libgcc2.a.  We define it here so that it can itself be
-***************
-*** 290,296 ****
-  RAW_CXX_FOR_TARGET = @RAW_CXX_FOR_TARGET@
-  CXX_FOR_TARGET_FOR_RECURSIVE_MAKE = @CXX_FOR_TARGET_FOR_RECURSIVE_MAKE@
-  RAW_CXX_FOR_TARGET_FOR_RECURSIVE_MAKE = @RAW_CXX_FOR_TARGET_FOR_RECURSIVE_MAKE@
-! CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET = $(CXXFLAGS)
-  LIBCXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET = $(CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET) -fno-implicit-templates
-  
-  DLLTOOL_FOR_TARGET=@DLLTOOL_FOR_TARGET@
---- 290,296 ----
-  RAW_CXX_FOR_TARGET = @RAW_CXX_FOR_TARGET@
-  CXX_FOR_TARGET_FOR_RECURSIVE_MAKE = @CXX_FOR_TARGET_FOR_RECURSIVE_MAKE@
-  RAW_CXX_FOR_TARGET_FOR_RECURSIVE_MAKE = @RAW_CXX_FOR_TARGET_FOR_RECURSIVE_MAKE@
-! CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET = $(CXXFLAGS) $(NIX_EXTRA_CFLAGS)
-  LIBCXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET = $(CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET) -fno-implicit-templates
-  
-  DLLTOOL_FOR_TARGET=@DLLTOOL_FOR_TARGET@
-***************
-*** 321,327 ****
-      fi; \
-    fi`
-  
-! LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET = 
-  
-  NM_FOR_TARGET=@NM_FOR_TARGET@
-  USUAL_NM_FOR_TARGET = ` \
---- 321,327 ----
-      fi; \
-    fi`
-  
-! LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET = $(NIX_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
-  
-  NM_FOR_TARGET=@NM_FOR_TARGET@
-  USUAL_NM_FOR_TARGET = ` \
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 534bf6e7c4b7..71307a32ecff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3474,10 +3474,6 @@ let
 
   gccApple = throw "gccApple is no longer supported";
 
-  gcc34 = wrapCC (import ../development/compilers/gcc/3.4 {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv noSysDirs;
-  });
-
   gcc48_realCross = lib.addMetaAttrs { hydraPlatforms = []; }
     (callPackage ../development/compilers/gcc/4.8 {
       inherit noSysDirs;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix
index e8956b5a0dae..a4ae1932fcfe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ with import ./release-lib.nix { inherit supportedSystems; };
   findutils = all;
   flex = all;
   gcc = all;
-  gcc34 = linux;
-  gcc44 = linux;
   gcj = linux;
-  ghdl = linux;
   glibc = linux;
   glibcLocales = linux;
   gnat = linux;