diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/jam/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/jam/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bf06954df4de..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/jam/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, bison, buildPackages, pkgsBuildTarget }:
-
-let
-  mkJam = { pname, version, src, meta ? { } }: stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    inherit pname version src;
-
-    depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ bison ];
-
-    # Jam uses c89 conventions
-    env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isClang "-std=c89";
-
-    # Jambase expects ar to have flags.
-    preConfigure = ''
-      export AR="$AR rc"
-    '';
-
-    # When cross-compiling, we need to set the preprocessor macros
-    # OSMAJOR/OSMINOR/OSPLAT to the values from the target platform, not the
-    # host platform. This looks a little ridiculous because the vast majority of
-    # build tools don't embed target-specific information into their binary, but
-    # in this case we behave more like a compiler than a make(1)-alike.
-    postPatch = lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform) ''
-      cat >>jam.h <<EOF
-      #undef OSMAJOR
-      #undef OSMINOR
-      #undef OSPLAT
-      $(
-        ${pkgsBuildTarget.targetPackages.stdenv.cc}/bin/${pkgsBuildTarget.targetPackages.stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc -E -dM jam.h \
-          | grep -E '^#define (OSMAJOR|OSMINOR|OSPLAT) '
-      )
-      EOF
-    '';
-
-    LOCATE_TARGET = "bin.unix";
-
-    buildPhase = ''
-      runHook preBuild
-      make $makeFlags jam0
-      ./jam0 -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -sCC=${buildPackages.stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc jambase.c
-      ./jam0 -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES
-      runHook postBuild
-    '';
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      runHook preInstall
-      mkdir -p $out/bin $out/doc/jam
-      cp bin.unix/jam $out/bin/jam
-      cp *.html $out/doc/jam
-      runHook postInstall
-    '';
-
-    enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-    meta = with lib; {
-      license = licenses.free;
-      mainProgram = "jam";
-      platforms = platforms.unix;
-    } // meta;
-  };
-in
-{
-  jam = let
-    pname = "jam";
-    version = "2.6.1";
-
-    base = mkJam {
-      inherit pname version;
-
-      src = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/projects/perforce_software-jam/download/main/${pname}-${version}.tar";
-        sha256 = "19xkvkpycxfsncxvin6yqrql3x3z9ypc1j8kzls5k659q4kv5rmc";
-      };
-
-      meta = with lib; {
-        description = "Just Another Make";
-        homepage = "https://www.perforce.com/resources/documentation/jam";
-        maintainers = with maintainers; [ impl orivej ];
-      };
-    };
-  in base.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
-    makeFlags = (oldAttrs.makeFlags or []) ++ [
-      "CC=${buildPackages.stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc"
-    ];
-  });
-
-  ftjam = let
-    pname = "ftjam";
-    version = "2.5.2";
-
-    base = mkJam {
-      inherit pname version;
-
-      src = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freetype/${pname}/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-        hash = "sha256-6JdzUAqSkS3pGOn+v/q+S2vOedaa8ZRDX04DK4ptZqM=";
-      };
-
-      meta = with lib; {
-        description = "FreeType's enhanced, backwards-compatible Jam clone";
-        homepage = "https://freetype.org/jam/";
-        maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres impl ];
-      };
-    };
-  in base.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
-    postPatch = (oldAttrs.postPatch or "") + ''
-      substituteInPlace Jamfile --replace strip ${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}strip
-    '';
-
-    # Doesn't understand how to cross compile once bootstrapped, so we'll just
-    # use the Makefile for the bootstrapping portion.
-    configurePlatforms = [ "build" "target" ];
-    configureFlags = (oldAttrs.configureFlags or []) ++ [
-      "CC=${buildPackages.stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc"
-      "--host=${stdenv.buildPlatform.config}"
-    ];
-  });
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 20802383bd4c..1c0abcfbb68c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17997,10 +17997,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   jake = callPackage ../development/tools/jake { };
 
-  inherit (callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/jam { })
-    jam
-    ftjam;
-
   javacc = callPackage ../development/tools/parsing/javacc {
     # Upstream doesn't support anything newer than Java 8.
     # https://github.com/javacc/javacc/blob/c708628423b71ce8bc3b70143fa5b6a2b7362b3a/README.md#building-javacc-from-source