diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.71.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.71.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bec741dd88a2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.71.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{ callPackage, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ... } @ args:
-
-callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "1.71.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    #url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_71_0.tar.bz2";
-    urls = [
-      "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_71_0.tar.bz2"
-      "https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.71.0/source/boost_1_71_0.tar.bz2"
-    ];
-    # SHA256 from http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_71_0.html
-    sha256 = "d73a8da01e8bf8c7eda40b4c84915071a8c8a0df4a6734537ddde4a8580524ee";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 23f298850a81..68256754f89e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14912,7 +14912,6 @@ with pkgs;
   boost169 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.69.nix { };
   boost16x = boost169;
   boost170 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.70.nix { };
-  boost171 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.71.nix { };
   boost172 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.72.nix { };
   boost173 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.73.nix { };
   boost174 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.74.nix { };