diff --git a/pkgs/test/simple/builder.sh b/pkgs/test/simple/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b09a109bead..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/test/simple/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-if [ -e "$NIX_ATTRS_SH_FILE" ]; then . "$NIX_ATTRS_SH_FILE"; elif [ -f .attrs.sh ]; then . .attrs.sh; fi
-set -x
-
-export NIX_DEBUG=1
-
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-export NIX_ENFORCE_PURITY=1
-
-mkdir $out
-mkdir $out/bin
-
-cat > hello.c <<EOF
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-int main(int argc, char * * argv)
-{
-    printf("Hello World!\n");
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-
-#gcc -I/nix/store/foo -I /nix/store/foo -I/usr/lib -I /usr/lib hello.c -o $out/bin/hello
-gcc -I`pwd` -L /nix/store/abcd/lib -isystem /usr/lib hello.c -o $out/bin/hello
-
-$out/bin/hello
-
-cat > hello2.cc <<EOF
-#include <iostream>
-
-int main(int argc, char * * argv)
-{
-    std::cout << "Hello World!\n";
-    std::cout << VALUE << std::endl;
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-
-g++ hello2.cc -o $out/bin/hello2 -DVALUE="1 + 2 * 3"
-
-$out/bin/hello2
-
-ld -v