diff --git a/pkgs/tools/virtualization/ovftool/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/virtualization/ovftool/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index cc4af17b47d0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/virtualization/ovftool/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,230 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, system ? builtins.currentSystem, ovftoolBundles ? {}
-, requireFile, buildFHSUserEnv, patchelf, autoPatchelfHook, makeWrapper, nix, unzip
-, glibc, c-ares, openssl_1_0_2, curl, expat, icu60, xercesc, zlib
-}:
-
-let
-  version = "4.4.1-16812187";
-
-  # FHS environment required to unpack ovftool on x86.
-  ovftoolX86Unpacker = buildFHSUserEnv rec {
-    name = "ovftool-unpacker";
-    targetPkgs = pkgs: [ pkgs.bash ];
-    multiPkgs = targetPkgs;
-    runScript = "bash";
-  };
-
-  # unpackPhase for i686 and x86_64 ovftool self-extracting bundles.
-  ovftoolX86UnpackPhase = ''
-    runHook preUnpack
-
-    # This is a self-extracting shell script and needs a FHS environment to run.
-    # In reality, it could be doing anything, which is bad for reproducibility.
-    # Our postUnpack uses nix-hash to verify the hash to prevent problems.
-    #
-    # Note that the Arch PKGBUILD at
-    # https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=vmware-ovftool
-    # appears to use xvfb-run - this hasn't been proven necessary so far.
-    #
-    cp ${ovftoolSource} ./ovftool.bundle
-    chmod +x ./ovftool.bundle
-    ${ovftoolX86Unpacker}/bin/ovftool-unpacker ./ovftool.bundle -x ovftool
-    rm ovftool.bundle
-
-    local extracted=ovftool/vmware-ovftool/
-    if [ -d "$extracted" ]; then
-      # Move the directory we care about to ovftool/
-      mv "$extracted" .
-      rm -r ovftool
-      mv "$(basename -- "$extracted")" ovftool
-      echo "ovftool extracted successfully" >&2
-    else
-      echo "Could not find $extracted - are you sure this is ovftool?" >&2
-      rm -r ovftool
-      exit 1
-    fi
-
-    runHook postUnpack
-  '';
-
-  # unpackPhase for aarch64 .zip.
-  ovftoolAarch64UnpackPhase = ''
-    runHook preUnpack
-
-    unzip ${ovftoolSource}
-
-    local extracted=ovftool/
-    if [ -d "$extracted" ]; then
-      echo "ovftool extracted successfully" >&2
-    else
-      echo "Could not find $extracted - are you sure this is ovftool?" >&2
-      exit 1
-    fi
-
-    runHook postUnpack
-  '';
-
-  # When the version is bumped, postUnpackHash will change
-  # for all these supported systems. Update it from the printed error on build.
-  #
-  # This is just a sanity check, since ovftool is a self-extracting bundle
-  # that could be doing absolutely anything on 2/3 of the supported platforms.
-  ovftoolSystems = {
-    "i686-linux" = {
-      filename = "VMware-ovftool-${version}-lin.i386.bundle";
-      sha256 = "0gx78g3s77mmpir7jbiskna10i6262ihal1ywivlb6xxxxbhqzwj";
-      unpackPhase = ovftoolX86UnpackPhase;
-      postUnpackHash = "1k8rp8ywhs0cl9aad37v1p0493bdvkxrsvwg5pgv2bhvjs4hqk7n";
-    };
-    "x86_64-linux" = {
-      filename = "VMware-ovftool-${version}-lin.x86_64.bundle";
-      sha256 = "1kp2bp4d9i8y7q25yqff2bn62mh292lws7b66lyn8ka9b35kvnzc";
-      unpackPhase = ovftoolX86UnpackPhase;
-      postUnpackHash = "0zvyakwi4iishqxxisihgh91bmdsfvj5vchm2c192hia03a143py";
-    };
-    "aarch64-linux" = {
-      filename = "VMware-ovftool-${version}-lin.aarch64.zip";
-      sha256 = "0all8bwv5p5adnzqvrly6nzmxmfpywvlbfr0finr4n100yv0v1xy";
-      unpackPhase = ovftoolAarch64UnpackPhase;
-      postUnpackHash = "16vyyzrmryi8b7mrd6nxnhywvvj2pw0ban4qfiqfahw763fn6971";
-    };
-  };
-
-  ovftoolSystem = if builtins.hasAttr system ovftoolSystems then
-                    ovftoolSystems.${system}
-                  else throw "System '${system}' is unsupported by ovftool";
-
-  ovftoolSource = if builtins.hasAttr system ovftoolBundles then
-                    ovftoolBundles.${system}
-                  else
-                    requireFile {
-                      name = ovftoolSystem.filename;
-                      url = "https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/downloads/get-download?downloadGroup=OVFTOOL441";
-                      sha256 = ovftoolSystem.sha256;
-                    };
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "ovftool";
-  inherit version;
-
-  src = ovftoolSource;
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    glibc
-
-    # This is insecure, but we don't really have a way around it
-    # since ovftool depends on it. In theory we could ship their OpenSSL
-    # build... but that makes the reliance on an insecure library less obvious.
-    openssl_1_0_2
-
-    c-ares
-    (curl.override { openssl = openssl_1_0_2; })
-    expat
-    icu60
-    xercesc
-    zlib
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ nix patchelf autoPatchelfHook makeWrapper unzip ];
-
-  sourceRoot = ".";
-
-  unpackPhase = ovftoolSystem.unpackPhase;
-
-  postUnpackHash = ovftoolSystem.postUnpackHash;
-
-  # Expects a directory named 'ovftool'. Validates the postUnpackHash in
-  # ovftoolSystem.
-  postUnpack = ''
-    if [ -d ovftool ]; then
-      # Ensure we're in the staging directory
-      cd ovftool
-    fi
-
-    # Verify the hash with nix-hash before proceeding to ensure reproducibility.
-    local ovftool_hash
-    ovftool_hash="$(nix-hash --type sha256 --base32 .)"
-    if [ "$ovftool_hash" != "$postUnpackHash" ]; then
-      echo "Expected hash: $postUnpackHash" >&2
-      echo "Actual hash:   $ovftool_hash" >&2
-      echo "Could not verify post-unpack hash!" >&2
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  '';
-
-  # Expects a directory named 'ovftool' containing the ovftool install.
-  # Based on https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vmware-ovftool/
-  # with the addition of a libexec directory and a Nix-style binary wrapper.
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    if [ -d ovftool ]; then
-      # Ensure we're in the staging directory
-      cd ovftool
-    fi
-
-    # libraries
-    install -m 755 -d "$out/lib/$pname"
-
-    # These all appear to be VMWare proprietary except for libgoogleurl.
-    # The rest of the libraries that the installer extracts are omitted here,
-    # and provided in buildInputs.
-    #
-    # FIXME: can we replace libgoogleurl? Possibly from Chromium?
-    #
-    install -m 644 -t "$out/lib/$pname" \
-      libgoogleurl.so.59 \
-      libssoclient.so \
-      libvim-types.so libvmacore.so libvmomi.so
-
-    # ovftool specifically wants 1.0.2 but our libcrypto is named 1.0.0
-    ln -s "${openssl_1_0_2.out}/lib/libcrypto.so" \
-      "$out/lib/$pname/libcrypto.so.1.0.2"
-    ln -s "${openssl_1_0_2.out}/lib/libssl.so" \
-      "$out/lib/$pname/libssl.so.1.0.2"
-
-    # libexec
-    install -m 755 -d "$out/libexec/$pname"
-    install -m 755 -t "$out/libexec/$pname" ovftool.bin
-    install -m 644 -t "$out/libexec/$pname" icudt44l.dat
-
-    # libexec resources
-    for subdir in "certs" "env" "env/en" "schemas/DMTF" "schemas/vmware"; do
-      install -m 755 -d "$out/libexec/$pname/$subdir"
-      install -m 644 -t "$out/libexec/$pname/$subdir" "$subdir"/*.*
-    done
-
-    # EULA/OSS files
-    install -m 755 -d "$out/share/licenses/$pname"
-    install -m 644 -t "$out/share/licenses/$pname" \
-      "vmware.eula" "vmware-eula.rtf" "open_source_licenses.txt"
-
-    # documentation files
-    install -m 755 -d "$out/share/doc/$pname"
-    install -m 644 -t "$out/share/doc/$pname" "README.txt"
-
-    # binary wrapper; note that LC_CTYPE is defaulted to en_US.UTF-8 by
-    # VMWare's wrapper script. We use C.UTF-8 instead.
-    install -m 755 -d "$out/bin"
-    makeWrapper "$out/libexec/$pname/ovftool.bin" "$out/bin/ovftool" \
-      --set-default LC_CTYPE C.UTF-8 \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "$out/lib"
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  preFixup = ''
-    addAutoPatchelfSearchPath "$out/lib"
-  '';
-
-  dontBuild = true;
-  dontPatch = true;
-  dontConfigure = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "VMWare tools for working with OVF, OVA, and VMX images";
-    license = licenses.unfree;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ numinit ];
-    platforms = builtins.attrNames ovftoolSystems;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 042fa0dff1a1..042bfc4a6d76 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8779,8 +8779,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   otpw = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/otpw { };
 
-  ovftool = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/ovftool { };
-
   overcommit = callPackage ../development/tools/overcommit { };
 
   overmind = callPackage ../applications/misc/overmind { };