diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/busybox/busybox-in-store.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/busybox/busybox-in-store.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d356b66b3ae..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/busybox/busybox-in-store.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-Allow BusyBox to be invoked as "<something>-busybox". This is
-necessary when it's run from the Nix store as <hash>-busybox during
-stdenv bootstrap.
---- a/libbb/appletlib.c
-+++ b/libbb/appletlib.c
-@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ void FAST_FUNC run_applet_no_and_exit(int applet_no, const char *name, char **ar
- static NORETURN void run_applet_and_exit(const char *name, char **argv)
- {
- #  if ENABLE_BUSYBOX
--	if (is_prefixed_with(name, "busybox"))
-+	if (strstr(name, "busybox") != 0)
- 		exit(busybox_main(/*unused:*/ 0, argv));
- #  endif
- #  if NUM_APPLETS > 0
-@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ int main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
-
- 	lbb_prepare("busybox" IF_FEATURE_INDIVIDUAL(, argv));
- # if !ENABLE_BUSYBOX
--	if (argv[1] && is_prefixed_with(bb_basename(argv[0]), "busybox"))
-+	if (argv[1] && strstr(bb_basename(argv[0]), "busybox") != 0)
- 		argv++;
- # endif
- 	applet_name = argv[0];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/busybox/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/busybox/static.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fc7b19dd3ae..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/busybox/static.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  fetchurl,
-  bash,
-  gcc,
-  musl,
-  binutils,
-  linux-headers,
-  gnumake,
-  gnupatch,
-  gnused,
-  gnugrep,
-  gawk,
-  diffutils,
-  findutils,
-  gnutar,
-  bzip2,
-}:
-let
-  pname = "busybox-static";
-  version = "1.36.1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    hash = "sha256-uMwkyVdNgJ5yecO+NJeVxdXOtv3xnKcJ+AzeUOR94xQ=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    ./busybox-in-store.patch
-  ];
-
-  busyboxConfig = [
-    "CC=musl-gcc"
-    "HOSTCC=musl-gcc"
-    "CFLAGS=-I${linux-headers}/include"
-    "KCONFIG_NOTIMESTAMP=y"
-    "CONFIG_PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
-    "CONFIG_STATIC=y"
-  ];
-in
-bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
-  {
-    inherit pname version;
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [
-      gcc
-      musl
-      binutils
-      gnumake
-      gnupatch
-      gnused
-      gnugrep
-      gawk
-      diffutils
-      findutils
-      gnutar
-      bzip2
-    ];
-
-    passthru.tests.get-version =
-      result:
-      bash.runCommand "${pname}-get-version-${version}" { } ''
-        ${result}
-        mkdir $out
-      '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Tiny versions of common UNIX utilities in a single small executable";
-      homepage = "https://busybox.net/";
-      license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
-      platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-      teams = [ lib.teams.minimal-bootstrap ];
-    };
-  }
-  ''
-    # Unpack
-    tar xf ${src}
-    cd busybox-${version}
-
-    # Patch
-    ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (f: "patch -Np1 -i ${f}") patches}
-
-    # Configure
-    BUSYBOX_FLAGS="${lib.concatStringsSep " " busyboxConfig}"
-    make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES $BUSYBOX_FLAGS defconfig
-
-    # Build
-    make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES $BUSYBOX_FLAGS
-
-    # Install
-    cp busybox $out
-  ''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
index 7149ef167f0e..a8c44d52fc5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@ lib.makeScope
           gnutar = gnutar-latest;
         };
 
-        busybox-static = callPackage ./busybox/static.nix {
-          gcc = gcc-latest;
-          gnumake = gnumake-musl;
-          gnutar = gnutar-latest;
-        };
-
         bzip2 = callPackage ./bzip2 {
           tinycc = tinycc-musl;
           gnumake = gnumake-musl;
@@ -376,7 +370,6 @@ lib.makeScope
             echo ${binutils.tests.get-version}
             echo ${binutils-static.tests.get-version}
             echo ${bison.tests.get-version}
-            echo ${busybox-static.tests.get-version}
             echo ${bzip2.tests.get-version}
             echo ${bzip2-static.tests.get-version}
             echo ${coreutils-musl.tests.get-version}