diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/windows/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/windows/default.nix
index 6cbf9a6399a5..b283ad114fb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/windows/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/windows/default.nix
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (
   self: with self; {
     dlfcn = callPackage ./dlfcn { };
 
-    w32api = callPackage ./w32api { };
-
     mingw_w64 = callPackage ./mingw-w64 {
       stdenv = stdenvNoLibc;
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/windows/w32api/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/windows/w32api/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index be4b21bca0f4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/windows/w32api/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  lib,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "w32api";
-  version = "3.17-2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/mingw/MinGW/Base/w32api/w32api-${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/w32api-${version}-mingw32-src.tar.lzma";
-    sha256 = "09rhnl6zikmdyb960im55jck0rdy5z9nlg3akx68ixn7khf3j8wb";
-  };
-
-  dontStrip = true;
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Core win32 headers and libraries for MinGW";
-    downloadPage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/w32api/";
-    license = lib.licenses.publicDomain;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.RossSmyth ];
-    platforms = lib.intersectLists lib.platforms.windows lib.platforms.x86;
-    teams = [ lib.teams.windows ];
-  };
-}