diff --git a/upstart-jobs/nix-daemon.nix b/upstart-jobs/nix-daemon.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 939539a42f92..000000000000
--- a/upstart-jobs/nix-daemon.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{config, pkgs, nix, nixEnvVars}:
-
-{
-  name = "nix-daemon";
-  
-  job = "
-    start on startup
-    stop on shutdown
-    respawn
-    script
-      export PATH=${if config.nix.distributedBuilds then "${pkgs.openssh}/bin:${pkgs.gzip}/bin:" else ""}${pkgs.openssl}/bin:${nix}/bin:$PATH
-      ${nixEnvVars}
-      exec nice -10 ${nix}/bin/nix-worker --daemon > /dev/null 2>&1
-    end script
-  ";
-
-}