diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/3.16.14.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/3.16.14.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e134c9ea60f5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/3.16.14.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, gyp, readline, python, which, icu, utillinux, cctools }:
-
-assert readline != null;
-
-let
-  arch = if stdenv.isAarch32
-    then (if stdenv.is64bit then "arm64" else "arm")
-    else (if stdenv.is64bit then "x64" else "ia32");
-  armHardFloat = stdenv.isAarch32 && (stdenv.hostPlatform.platform.gcc.float or null) == "hard";
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "v8";
-  version = "3.16.14.11";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-official/"
-        + "${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1gpf2xvhxfs5ll3m2jlslsx9jfjbmrbz55iq362plflrvf8mbxhj";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i 's/-Werror//' build/standalone.gypi build/common.gypi
-  '';
-
-  configurePhase = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    export GYP_DEFINES="mac_deployment_target=$MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET"
-  '' + ''
-    PYTHONPATH="tools/generate_shim_headers:$PYTHONPATH" \
-      ${gyp}/bin/gyp \
-        -f make \
-        --generator-output="out" \
-        -Dflock_index=0 \
-        -Dv8_enable_i18n_support=1 \
-        -Duse_system_icu=1 \
-        -Dconsole=readline \
-        -Dcomponent=shared_library \
-        -Dv8_target_arch=${arch} \
-        ${lib.optionalString armHardFloat "-Dv8_use_arm_eabi_hardfloat=true"} \
-        --depth=. -Ibuild/standalone.gypi \
-        build/all.gyp
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    sed -i 's@/usr/bin/env python@${python}/bin/python@g' out/gyp-mac-tool
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ which ];
-  buildInputs = [ readline python icu ]
-                  ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux utillinux
-                  ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin cctools;
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error -w";
-
-  buildFlags = [
-    "-C out"
-    "builddir=$(CURDIR)/Release"
-    "BUILDTYPE=Release"
-  ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -vD out/Release/d8 "$out/bin/d8"
-    ${if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-    install -vD out/Release/libv8.dylib "$out/lib/libv8.dylib"
-    '' else ''
-    install -vD out/Release/lib.target/libv8.so "$out/lib/libv8.so"
-    ''}
-    cp -vr include "$out/"
-  '';
-
-  postFixup = if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-    install_name_tool -change /usr/local/lib/libv8.dylib $out/lib/libv8.dylib $out/bin/d8
-    install_name_tool -id $out/lib/libv8.dylib $out/lib/libv8.dylib
-  '' else null;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine";
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index d443f81d44bd..bbb45be3b699 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -392,8 +392,9 @@ mapAliases ({
   ultrastardx-beta = ultrastardx; # added 2017-08-12
   usb_modeswitch = usb-modeswitch; # added 2016-05-10
   usbguard-nox = usbguard; # added 2019-09-04
-  valadoc = throw "deprecated 2019-10-10: valadoc was merged into vala 0.38";
   v4l_utils = v4l-utils; # added 2019-08-07
+  v8_3_16_14 = throw "removed 2019-11-01: no longer referenced by other packages";
+  valadoc = throw "deprecated 2019-10-10: valadoc was merged into vala 0.38";
   vimbWrapper = vimb; # added 2015-01
   vimprobable2Wrapper = vimprobable2; # added 2015-01
   virtviewer = virt-viewer; # added 2015-12-24
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3c4af7fab598..eeda0a57ee50 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14162,12 +14162,6 @@ in
     stdenv = gcc5Stdenv;
   };
 
-  v8_3_16_14 = callPackage ../development/libraries/v8/3.16.14.nix {
-    inherit (python2Packages) python gyp;
-    cctools = darwin.cctools;
-    stdenv = if stdenv.isDarwin then stdenv else gcc5Stdenv;
-  };
-
   v8_5_x = callPackage ../development/libraries/v8/5_x.nix ({
     inherit (python2Packages) python gyp;
     icu = icu58; # v8-5.4.232 fails against icu4c-59.1