diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxcrypt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxcrypt/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 536d30992bbd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxcrypt/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
-
-# I could not build it in armv5tel-linux or the fuloon2f
-assert !stdenv.isArm;
-assert stdenv.system != "mips64el-linux";
-   
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "libxcrypt-3.0.2";
-   
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/kukuk/libxcrypt/libxcrypt-3.0.2.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "15l2xvhi3r3b40x4665c101ikylh5xsbpw03gnszypfjgn1jkcii";
-  };
-
-  patches = [ ./gcc46.patch ];
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxcrypt/gcc46.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxcrypt/gcc46.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0664f96aa688..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxcrypt/gcc46.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-For gcc 4.6 to build this. Otherwise it says 's unused variable', and it's built
-with -Werror.
-
-diff --git a/src/cert.c b/src/cert.c
-index 28c7b11..34570a4 100644
---- a/src/cert.c
-+++ b/src/cert.c
-@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ char *cp;
- 	int i,j,t;
- 
- 	for(i=0;i<8;i++){
--		int s;
--                  
--                s = scanf("%2x",&t);
-+                scanf("%2x",&t);
- 		if(feof(stdin))
- 		  good_bye();
- 		for(j=0; j<8 ; j++) {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam/default.nix
index 112c82d1ea08..43300425c004 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, flex, cracklib, libxcrypt }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, flex, cracklib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "linux-pam-1.1.6";
@@ -10,13 +10,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ flex ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ cracklib ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional
-      (!stdenv.isArm && stdenv.system != "mips64el-linux")
-      libxcrypt;
+  buildInputs = [ cracklib ];
 
   crossAttrs = {
-    # Skip libxcrypt cross-building, as it fails for mips and arm
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ flex.crossDrv cracklib.crossDrv ];
     preConfigure = preConfigure + ''
       ar x ${flex.crossDrv}/lib/libfl.a
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1e35707ba5ac..b4c88597b8b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4474,8 +4474,6 @@ let
 
   libx86 = builderDefsPackage ../development/libraries/libx86 {};
 
-  libxcrypt = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxcrypt { };
-
   libxdg_basedir = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxdg-basedir { };
 
   libxklavier = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxklavier { };
@@ -6166,9 +6164,7 @@ let
 
   nss_ldap = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/nss_ldap { };
 
-  pam = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pam {
-    libxcrypt = null;
-  };
+  pam = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pam { };
 
   # pam_bioapi ( see http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader )