diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix
index 1f2f3a25a5e..13d2d33abfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     wrapProgram $out/lib/erlang/bin/start_erl --prefix PATH ":" "${lib.makeBinPath [ gnused gawk ]}"
   '';
 
-  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
-
   passthru = {
     updateScript =
       let major = builtins.head (builtins.splitVersion version);
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/setup-hook.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 3962d154ba9..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/setup-hook.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-addErlangLibPath() {
-    addToSearchPath ERL_LIBS $1/lib/erlang/lib
-}
-
-addEnvHooks "$hostOffset" addErlangLibPath