diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/git.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/git.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b9a369e8d25..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/git.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,180 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, fetchurl
-# build tools
-, gfortran, m4, makeWrapper, patchelf, perl, which, python2, paxctl
-# libjulia dependencies
-, libunwind, readline, utf8proc, zlib
-, llvm
-# standard library dependencies
-, curl, fftwSinglePrec, fftw, gmp, libgit2, mpfr, openlibm, openspecfun, pcre2
-# linear algebra
-, openblas, arpack, suitesparse
-# Darwin frameworks
-, CoreServices, ApplicationServices
-}:
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-
-# All dependencies must use the same OpenBLAS.
-let
-  arpack_ = arpack;
-  suitesparse_ = suitesparse;
-in
-let
-  arpack = arpack_.override { inherit openblas; };
-  suitesparse = suitesparse_.override { inherit openblas; };
-in
-
-let
-  dsfmtVersion = "2.2.3";
-  dsfmt = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/SFMT/dSFMT-src-${dsfmtVersion}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "03kaqbjbi6viz0n33dk5jlf6ayxqlsq4804n7kwkndiga9s4hd42";
-  };
-
-  libuvVersion = "8d5131b6c1595920dd30644cd1435b4f344b46c8";
-  libuv = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/libuv/tarball/${libuvVersion}";
-    sha256 = "1886r04igcs0k24sbb61wn10f8ki35c39jsnc5djv3rg4hvn9l49";
-  };
-
-  rmathVersion = "0.1";
-  rmath-julia = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/Rmath-julia/tarball/v${rmathVersion}";
-    sha256 = "1qyps217175qhid46l8f5i1v8i82slgp23ia63x2hzxwfmx8617p";
-  };
-  
-  virtualenvVersion = "15.0.0";
-  virtualenv = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://pypi/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-${virtualenvVersion}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "06fw4liazpx5vf3am45q2pdiwrv0id7ckv7n6zmpml29x6vkzmkh";
-  };
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "julia";
-  version = "0.6.0-dev-2016-11-25";
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/JuliaLang/${pname}";
-    rev = "03c24644815ba5320d038bb60c08565375fea1d9";
-    sha256 = "103mg9dz8yda2zxbd85jv8zhdzs29jj0dxrm2ppxpfhbbf6fxqav";
-  };
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    mkdir deps/srccache
-    cp "${dsfmt}" "./deps/srccache/dsfmt-${dsfmtVersion}.tar.gz"
-    cp "${rmath-julia}" "./deps/srccache/Rmath-julia-${rmathVersion}.tar.gz"
-    cp "${libuv}" "./deps/srccache/libuv-${libuvVersion}.tar.gz"
-    cp "${virtualenv}" "./deps/srccache/virtualenv-${virtualenvVersion}.tar.gz"
-  '';
-
-  patches = [
-    ./0001.1-use-system-utf8proc.patch
-    ./0002-use-system-suitesparse.patch
-  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.needsPax ./0004-hardened.patch;
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs . contrib
-  '';
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    arpack fftw fftwSinglePrec gmp libgit2 libunwind mpfr
-    pcre2.dev openblas openlibm openspecfun readline suitesparse utf8proc
-    zlib llvm
-  ]
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [CoreServices ApplicationServices]
-  ;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ curl gfortran m4 makeWrapper patchelf perl python2 which ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.needsPax paxctl;
-
-  makeFlags =
-    let
-      arch = head (splitString "-" stdenv.system);
-      march = { "x86_64" = "x86-64"; "i686" = "pentium4"; }."${arch}"
-              or (throw "unsupported architecture: ${arch}");
-      # Julia requires Pentium 4 (SSE2) or better
-      cpuTarget = { "x86_64" = "x86-64"; "i686" = "pentium4"; }."${arch}"
-                  or (throw "unsupported architecture: ${arch}");
-    in [
-      "ARCH=${arch}"
-      "MARCH=${march}"
-      "JULIA_CPU_TARGET=${cpuTarget}"
-      "PREFIX=$(out)"
-      "prefix=$(out)"
-      "SHELL=${stdenv.shell}"
-
-      "USE_SYSTEM_BLAS=1"
-      "USE_BLAS64=${if openblas.blas64 then "1" else "0"}"
-      "LIBBLAS=-lopenblas"
-      "LIBBLASNAME=libopenblas"
-
-      "USE_SYSTEM_LAPACK=1"
-      "LIBLAPACK=-lopenblas"
-      "LIBLAPACKNAME=libopenblas"
-
-      "USE_SYSTEM_SUITESPARSE=1"
-      "SUITESPARSE_LIB=-lsuitesparse"
-      "SUITESPARSE_INC=-I${suitesparse}/include"
-
-      "USE_SYSTEM_ARPACK=1"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_FFTW=1"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_GMP=1"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_LIBGIT2=1"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_LIBUNWIND=1"
-      # 'replutil' test failure with LLVM 3.8.0, invalid libraries with 3.7.1
-      "USE_SYSTEM_LLVM=1"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_MPFR=1"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_OPENLIBM=1"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_OPENSPECFUN=1"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_PATCHELF=1"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_PCRE=1"
-      "PCRE_CONFIG=${pcre2.dev}/bin/pcre2-config"
-      "PCRE_INCL_PATH=${pcre2.dev}/include/pcre2.h"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_READLINE=1"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_UTF8PROC=1"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=1"
-    ];
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-fPIC" ];
-
-  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = makeLibraryPath [
-    arpack fftw fftwSinglePrec gmp libgit2 mpfr openblas openlibm
-    openspecfun pcre2 suitesparse llvm
-  ];
-
-  dontStrip = true;
-  dontPatchELF = true;
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  doCheck = true;
-  checkTarget = "testall";
-  # Julia's tests require read/write access to $HOME
-  preCheck = ''
-    export HOME="$NIX_BUILD_TOP"
-  '';
-
-  preBuild = ''
-    sed -e '/^install:/s@[^ ]*/doc/[^ ]*@@' -i Makefile
-    sed -e '/[$](DESTDIR)[$](docdir)/d' -i Makefile
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    for prog in "$out/bin/julia" "$out/bin/julia-debug"; do
-        wrapProgram "$prog" \
-            --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$out/lib/julia" \
-            --prefix PATH : "${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ curl ]}"
-    done
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "High-level performance-oriented dynamical language for technical computing";
-    homepage = https://julialang.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ raskin ];
-    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" ];
-    broken = true; # since 2017-04-08.
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0c379980f7ce..f2a37ced561e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6806,13 +6806,6 @@ with pkgs;
     llvm = llvm_39;
   };
 
-  julia-git = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/compilers/julia/git.nix {
-    gmp = gmp6;
-    openblas = openblasCompat;
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices ApplicationServices;
-    llvm = llvm_39;
-  });
-
   jwasm =  callPackage ../development/compilers/jwasm { };
 
   kotlin = callPackage ../development/compilers/kotlin { };