diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/esptool/3.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/esptool/3.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a0b13ece1646..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/esptool/3.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, python3 }:
-
-python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  pname = "esptool";
-  version = "3.3.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "espressif";
-    repo = "esptool";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-hpPL9KNPA+S57SJoKnQewBCOybDbKep0t5RKw9a9GjM=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # https://github.com/espressif/esptool/pull/802
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "bitstring-4-compatibility.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/espressif/esptool/commit/16fa58415be2a7ff059ece40d4545288565d0a23.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-FYa9EvyET4P8VkdyMzJBkdxVYm0tFt2GPnfsjzBnevE=";
-      excludes = [ "setup.py" ];
-    })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace test/test_imagegen.py \
-      --replace "sys.executable, ESPTOOL_PY" "ESPTOOL_PY"
-  '';
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
-    bitstring
-    cryptography
-    ecdsa
-    pyserial
-    reedsolo
-  ];
-
-  # wrapPythonPrograms will overwrite esptool.py with a bash script,
-  # but espefuse.py tries to import it. Since we don't add any binary paths,
-  # use patchPythonScript directly.
-  dontWrapPythonPrograms = true;
-  postFixup = ''
-    buildPythonPath "$out $pythonPath"
-    for f in $out/bin/*.py; do
-        echo "Patching $f"
-        patchPythonScript "$f"
-    done
-  '';
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
-    pyelftools
-  ];
-
-  # tests mentioned in `.github/workflows/test_esptool.yml`
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-
-    export ESPTOOL_PY=$out/bin/esptool.py
-    ${python3.interpreter} test/test_imagegen.py
-    ${python3.interpreter} test/test_espsecure.py
-    ${python3.interpreter} test/test_merge_bin.py
-    ${python3.interpreter} test/test_modules.py
-
-    runHook postCheck
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "ESP8266 and ESP32 serial bootloader utility";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/espressif/esptool";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
-    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3519439bcdc3..4a53cacef4ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5305,8 +5305,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   esptool = callPackage ../tools/misc/esptool { };
 
-  esptool_3 = callPackage ../tools/misc/esptool/3.nix { };
-
   esptool-ck = callPackage ../tools/misc/esptool-ck { };
 
   ephemeralpg = callPackage ../development/tools/database/ephemeralpg { };