diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/3.x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ee4b69ddca3..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/3.x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, libXScrnSaver, makeWrapper, fetchurl, unzip, atomEnv, gtk2, at-spi2-atk }:
-
-let
-  version = "3.1.13";
-  name = "electron-${version}";
-
-  throwSystem = throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Cross platform desktop application shell";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/electron/electron";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ travisbhartwell manveru ];
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "armv7l-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
-  };
-
-  linux = {
-    inherit name version meta;
-    src = {
-      i686-linux = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v${version}/electron-v${version}-linux-ia32.zip";
-        sha256 = "04i0rcp4ajp4nf4arcl5crcc7a85sf0ixqd8jx07k2b1irv4dc23";
-      };
-      x86_64-linux = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v${version}/electron-v${version}-linux-x64.zip";
-        sha256 = "1psmbplz6jhnnf6hmfhxbmmhn4n1dpnhzbc12pxn645xhfpk9ark";
-      };
-      armv7l-linux = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v${version}/electron-v${version}-linux-armv7l.zip";
-        sha256 = "1pzs2cj12xw18jwab0mb8xhndwd95lbsj5ml5xdw2mb0ip5jsvsa";
-      };
-      aarch64-linux = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v${version}/electron-v${version}-linux-arm64.zip";
-        sha256 = "13pc7xn0dkb8i31vg9zplqcvb7r9r7q3inmr3419b5p9bl0687x8";
-      };
-    }.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or throwSystem;
-
-    buildInputs = [ unzip makeWrapper ];
-
-    buildCommand = ''
-      mkdir -p $out/lib/electron $out/bin
-      unzip -d $out/lib/electron $src
-      ln -s $out/lib/electron/electron $out/bin
-
-      fixupPhase
-
-      patchelf \
-        --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-        --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}:${gtk2}/lib:${at-spi2-atk}/lib:$out/lib/electron" \
-        $out/lib/electron/electron
-
-      wrapProgram $out/lib/electron/electron \
-        --prefix LD_PRELOAD : ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ libXScrnSaver ]}/libXss.so.1
-    '';
-  };
-
-  darwin = {
-    inherit name version meta;
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v${version}/electron-v${version}-darwin-x64.zip";
-      sha256 = "1vvjm4jifzjqvbs2kjlwg1h9p2czr2b5imjr9hld1j8nyfrzb0dx";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = [ unzip ];
-
-    buildCommand = ''
-      mkdir -p $out/Applications
-      unzip $src
-      mv Electron.app $out/Applications
-      mkdir -p $out/bin
-      ln -s $out/Applications/Electron.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron $out/bin/electron
-    '';
-  };
-in
-
-  stdenv.mkDerivation (if stdenv.isDarwin then darwin else linux)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix
index 9ed0d27894e..7b608beb8cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ let
   mkElectron = import ./generic.nix args;
 in
 {
+  electron_3 = mkElectron "3.1.13" {
+    x86_64-linux = "1psmbplz6jhnnf6hmfhxbmmhn4n1dpnhzbc12pxn645xhfpk9ark";
+    x86_64-darwin = "1vvjm4jifzjqvbs2kjlwg1h9p2czr2b5imjr9hld1j8nyfrzb0dx";
+    i686-linux = "04i0rcp4ajp4nf4arcl5crcc7a85sf0ixqd8jx07k2b1irv4dc23";
+    armv7l-linux = "1pzs2cj12xw18jwab0mb8xhndwd95lbsj5ml5xdw2mb0ip5jsvsa";
+    aarch64-linux = "13pc7xn0dkb8i31vg9zplqcvb7r9r7q3inmr3419b5p9bl0687x8";
+  };
+
   electron_4 = mkElectron "4.2.12" {
     x86_64-linux = "72c5319c92baa7101bea3254a036c0cd3bcf257f4a03a0bb153668b7292ee2dd";
     x86_64-darwin = "89b0e16bb9b7072ed7ed1906fccd08540acdd9f42dd8a29c97fa17d811b8c5e5";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1c62d3ed96f..e95b155c953 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10004,9 +10004,7 @@ in
   aws-adfs = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication aws-adfs;
 
   inherit (callPackages ../development/tools/electron { })
-    electron_4 electron_5 electron_6 electron_7 electron_8 electron_9;
-
-  electron_3 = callPackage ../development/tools/electron/3.x.nix { };
+    electron_3 electron_4 electron_5 electron_6 electron_7 electron_8 electron_9;
   electron = electron_4;
 
   autobuild = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/autobuild { };