diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 9cf4c74f2..9202c2ff0 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -255,16 +255,6 @@ let
       };
 
 
-    #rpm_fedora27x86_64 = makeRPM_x86_64 (diskImageFunsFun: diskImageFunsFun.fedora27x86_64) [ ];
-
-
-    #deb_debian8i386 = makeDeb_i686 (diskImageFuns: diskImageFuns.debian8i386) [ "libsodium-dev" ] [ "libsodium13" ];
-    #deb_debian8x86_64 = makeDeb_x86_64 (diskImageFunsFun: diskImageFunsFun.debian8x86_64) [ "libsodium-dev" ] [ "libsodium13" ];
-
-    #deb_ubuntu1710i386 = makeDeb_i686 (diskImageFuns: diskImageFuns.ubuntu1710i386) [ ] [ "libsodium18" ];
-    #deb_ubuntu1710x86_64 = makeDeb_x86_64 (diskImageFuns: diskImageFuns.ubuntu1710x86_64) [ ] [ "libsodium18" "libboost-context1.62.0" ];
-
-
     # System tests.
     tests.remoteBuilds = (import ./tests/remote-builds.nix rec {
       inherit nixpkgs;
@@ -381,55 +371,4 @@ let
   };
 
 
-  makeRPM_i686 = makeRPM "i686-linux";
-  makeRPM_x86_64 = makeRPM "x86_64-linux";
-
-  makeRPM =
-    system: diskImageFun: extraPackages:
-
-    with import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
-
-    releaseTools.rpmBuild rec {
-      name = "nix-rpm";
-      src = jobs.tarball;
-      diskImage = (diskImageFun vmTools.diskImageFuns)
-        { extraPackages =
-            [ "sqlite" "sqlite-devel" "bzip2-devel" "libcurl-devel" "openssl-devel" "xz-devel" "libseccomp-devel" "libsodium-devel" "boost-devel" "bison" "flex" ]
-            ++ extraPackages; };
-      # At most 2047MB can be simulated in qemu-system-i386
-      memSize = 2047;
-      meta.schedulingPriority = 50;
-      postRPMInstall = "cd /tmp/rpmout/BUILD/nix-* && make installcheck";
-      #enableParallelBuilding = true;
-    };
-
-
-  makeDeb_i686 = makeDeb "i686-linux";
-  makeDeb_x86_64 = makeDeb "x86_64-linux";
-
-  makeDeb =
-    system: diskImageFun: extraPackages: extraDebPackages:
-
-    with import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
-
-    releaseTools.debBuild {
-      name = "nix-deb";
-      src = jobs.tarball;
-      diskImage = (diskImageFun vmTools.diskImageFuns)
-        { extraPackages =
-            [ "libsqlite3-dev" "libbz2-dev" "libcurl-dev" "libcurl3-nss" "libssl-dev" "liblzma-dev" "libseccomp-dev" "libsodium-dev" "libboost-all-dev" ]
-            ++ extraPackages; };
-      memSize = 2047;
-      meta.schedulingPriority = 50;
-      postInstall = "make installcheck";
-      configureFlags = "--sysconfdir=/etc";
-      debRequires =
-        [ "curl" "libsqlite3-0" "libbz2-1.0" "bzip2" "xz-utils" "libssl1.0.0" "liblzma5" "libseccomp2" ]
-        ++ extraDebPackages;
-      debMaintainer = "Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>";
-      doInstallCheck = true;
-      #enableParallelBuilding = true;
-    };
-
-
 in jobs