diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/8.4.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/8.4.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c3da1205ab0c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/8.4.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-# - coqide compilation can be disabled by setting lablgtk to null;
-# - The csdp program used for the Micromega tactic is statically referenced.
-#   However, coq can build without csdp by setting it to null.
-#   In this case some Micromega tactics will search the user's path for the csdp program and will fail if it is not found.
-
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, writeText, ocaml, findlib, camlp5, ncurses, lablgtk ? null, csdp ? null}:
-
-let
-  version = "8.4pl6";
-  coq-version = "8.4";
-  buildIde = lablgtk != null;
-  ideFlags = if buildIde then "-lablgtkdir ${lablgtk}/lib/ocaml/*/site-lib/lablgtk2 -coqide opt" else "";
-  csdpPatch = if csdp != null then ''
-    substituteInPlace plugins/micromega/sos.ml --replace "; csdp" "; ${csdp}/bin/csdp"
-    substituteInPlace plugins/micromega/coq_micromega.ml --replace "System.is_in_system_path \"csdp\"" "true"
-  '' else "";
-
-self =
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "coq-${version}";
-
-  inherit coq-version;
-  inherit ocaml camlp5;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://coq.inria.fr/distrib/V${version}/files/coq-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1mpbj4yf36kpjg2v2sln12i8dzqn8rag6fd07hslj2lpm4qs4h55";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib camlp5 ncurses lablgtk ];
-
-  patches = [ ./configure.patch ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    UNAME=$(type -tp uname)
-    RM=$(type -tp rm)
-    substituteInPlace configure --replace "/bin/uname" "$UNAME"
-    substituteInPlace tools/beautify-archive --replace "/bin/rm" "$RM"
-    ${csdpPatch}
-  '';
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    configureFlagsArray=(
-      -opt
-      -camldir ${ocaml}/bin
-      -camlp5dir $(ocamlfind query camlp5)
-      ${ideFlags}
-    )
-  '';
-
-  prefixKey = "-prefix ";
-
-  buildFlags = "revision coq coqide";
-
-  setupHook = writeText "setupHook.sh" ''
-    addCoqPath () {
-      if test -d "''$1/lib/coq/${coq-version}/user-contrib"; then
-        export COQPATH="''${COQPATH}''${COQPATH:+:}''$1/lib/coq/${coq-version}/user-contrib/"
-      fi
-    }
-
-    addEnvHooks "$targetOffset" addCoqPath
-  '';
-
-  passthru = {
-    inherit findlib;
-    emacsBufferSetup = pkgs: ''
-      ; Propagate coq paths to children
-      (inherit-local-permanent coq-prog-name "${self}/bin/coqtop")
-      (inherit-local-permanent coq-dependency-analyzer "${self}/bin/coqdep")
-      (inherit-local-permanent coq-compiler "${self}/bin/coqc")
-      ; If the coq-library path was already set, re-set it based on our current coq
-      (when (fboundp 'get-coq-library-directory)
-        (inherit-local-permanent coq-library-directory (get-coq-library-directory))
-        (coq-prog-args))
-      (mapc (lambda (arg)
-        (when (file-directory-p (concat arg "/lib/coq/${coq-version}/user-contrib"))
-          (setenv "COQPATH" (concat (getenv "COQPATH") ":" arg "/lib/coq/${coq-version}/user-contrib")))) '(${stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep " " (map (pkg: "\"${pkg}\"") pkgs)}))
-    '';
-  };
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Formal proof management system";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Coq is a formal proof management system.  It provides a formal language
-      to write mathematical definitions, executable algorithms and theorems
-      together with an environment for semi-interactive development of
-      machine-checked proofs.
-    '';
-    homepage = http://coq.inria.fr;
-    license = licenses.lgpl21;
-    branch = coq-version;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ roconnor thoughtpolice vbgl ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}; in self
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/configure.patch b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/configure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index aa38ce06e92b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/configure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nuar coq-8.3pl3-orig/configure coq-8.3pl3/configure
---- coq-8.3pl3-orig/configure	2011-12-19 22:57:30.000000000 +0100
-+++ coq-8.3pl3/configure	2012-03-17 16:38:16.000000000 +0100
-@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@
- 	 ocamlyaccexec=$CAMLBIN/ocamlyacc
- 	 ocamlmktopexec=$CAMLBIN/ocamlmktop
- 	 ocamlmklibexec=$CAMLBIN/ocamlmklib
--	 camlp4oexec=$CAMLBIN/camlp4o
- esac
- 
- if test ! -f "$CAMLC" ; then
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5127ad2421c7..f98bf64fdf7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21364,7 +21364,7 @@ with pkgs;
                        ocamlPackages_4_05
     ;
   }) mkCoqPackages
-    coq_8_4 coq_8_5 coq_8_6 coq_8_7 coq_8_8
+    coq_8_5 coq_8_6 coq_8_7 coq_8_8
     coqPackages_8_5 coqPackages_8_6 coqPackages_8_7 coqPackages_8_8
     coqPackages coq
   ;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/coq-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/coq-packages.nix
index 75e9506ac049..a4f44b6fc6f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/coq-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/coq-packages.nix
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ in rec {
     let self = mkCoqPackages' self coq; in
     filterCoqPackages coq self;
 
-  coq_8_4 = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/coq/8.4.nix {
-    inherit (ocamlPackages_4_02) ocaml findlib lablgtk camlp5;
-  };
   coq_8_5 = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/coq {
     ocamlPackages = ocamlPackages_4_05;
     version = "8.5pl3";