diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index bfb9b187234b..79a16236bfd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -113,36 +113,6 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
     '' + drv.preCheck or "";
   }) super.agda2lagda;
 
-  # - Disable scrypt support since the library used only works on x86 due to SSE2:
-  #   https://github.com/informatikr/scrypt/issues/8
-  # - Use crypton as the encryption backend. That override becomes obsolete with
-  #   3.1.* since cabal2nix picks crypton by default then.
-  password =
-    let
-      scryptSupported = pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86;
-    in
-
-      lib.pipe
-        (super.password.override ({
-          cryptonite = self.crypton;
-        } // lib.optionalAttrs (!scryptSupported) {
-          scrypt = null;
-        }))
-        ([
-          (enableCabalFlag "crypton")
-          (disableCabalFlag "cryptonite")
-          # https://github.com/cdepillabout/password/pull/84
-          (appendPatch ./patches/password-3.0.4.0-scrypt-conditional.patch)
-          (overrideCabal (drv: {
-            # patch doesn't apply otherwise because of revisions
-            prePatch = drv.prePatch or "" + ''
-              ${pkgs.buildPackages.dos2unix}/bin/dos2unix *.cabal
-            '';
-          }))
-        ] ++ lib.optionals (!scryptSupported) [
-          (disableCabalFlag "scrypt")
-        ]);
-
   audacity = enableCabalFlag "buildExamples" (overrideCabal (drv: {
       executableHaskellDepends = [self.optparse-applicative self.soxlib];
     }) super.audacity);
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/password-3.0.4.0-scrypt-conditional.patch b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/password-3.0.4.0-scrypt-conditional.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e9cc4c65ded..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/password-3.0.4.0-scrypt-conditional.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/password/password.cabal b/password/password.cabal
-index 506457e..8fa978b 100644
---- a/password.cabal
-+++ b/password.cabal
-@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ test-suite password-tasty
-     other-modules:
-       Scrypt
-       Data.Password.Scrypt
-+    build-depends:
-+      scrypt
-   ghc-options:
-       -threaded -O2 -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
-   build-depends:
-@@ -195,7 +197,6 @@ test-suite password-tasty
-     , bytestring
-     , memory
-     , quickcheck-instances
--    , scrypt
-     , tasty
-     , tasty-hunit
-     , tasty-quickcheck