diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/async_shell/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/async_shell/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 62b64a492d6fd5..00000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/async_shell/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, buildOcaml, fetchurl, async_p4, core_p4, core_extended_p4}:
-
-buildOcaml rec {
-  name = "async_shell";
-  version = "109.28.03";
-
-  minimumSupportedOcamlVersion = "4.02";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/janestreet/async_shell/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0b4497bea9124c5a665ee58fb0a73c5cbf2f757479df902e6870627196e6c105";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ async_p4 core_p4 core_extended_p4 ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/janestreet/async_shell";
-    description = "Shell helpers for Async";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.ericbmerritt ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 14664fbedd7e3a..d75b8bc6a2a96f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ let
 
     async_kernel_p4 = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/async_kernel { };
 
-    async_shell =
-      if lib.versionOlder "4.03" ocaml.version
-      then janeStreet.async_shell
-      else callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/async_shell { };
-
     async_unix_p4 = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/async_unix { };
 
     async_p4 =