diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.6.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.6.1.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e8622f218c..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.6.1.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-import ./common-hadrian.nix rec {
-  version = "9.6.1";
-  sha256 = "fe5ac909cb8bb087e235de97fa63aff47a8ae650efaa37a2140f4780e21f34cb";
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 6001039689c..32e1c346a97 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ let
     "ghc945"
     "ghc94"
     "ghc96"
-    "ghc961"
     "ghc962"
     "ghcHEAD"
   ];
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ let
     "ghc944"
     "ghc945"
     "ghc96"
-    "ghc961"
     "ghc962"
     "ghcHEAD"
   ];
@@ -350,26 +348,6 @@ in {
       llvmPackages = pkgs.llvmPackages_12;
     };
     ghc94 = ghc945;
-    ghc961 = callPackage ../development/compilers/ghc/9.6.1.nix {
-      bootPkgs =
-        # For GHC 9.2 no armv7l bindists are available.
-        if stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch32 then
-          packages.ghc924
-        else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isPower64 && stdenv.hostPlatform.isLittleEndian then
-          packages.ghc924
-        else if stdenv.isAarch64 then
-          packages.ghc924BinaryMinimal
-        else
-          packages.ghc924Binary;
-      inherit (buildPackages.python3Packages) sphinx;
-      # Need to use apple's patched xattr until
-      # https://github.com/xattr/xattr/issues/44 and
-      # https://github.com/xattr/xattr/issues/55 are solved.
-      inherit (buildPackages.darwin) xattr autoSignDarwinBinariesHook;
-      # Support range >= 10 && < 15
-      buildTargetLlvmPackages = pkgsBuildTarget.llvmPackages_14;
-      llvmPackages = pkgs.llvmPackages_14;
-    };
     ghc962 = callPackage ../development/compilers/ghc/9.6.2.nix {
       bootPkgs =
         # For GHC 9.2 no armv7l bindists are available.
@@ -553,11 +531,6 @@ in {
       compilerConfig = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.4.x.nix { };
     };
     ghc94 = ghc945;
-    ghc961 = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules {
-      buildHaskellPackages = bh.packages.ghc961;
-      ghc = bh.compiler.ghc961;
-      compilerConfig = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.6.x.nix { };
-    };
     ghc962 = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules {
       buildHaskellPackages = bh.packages.ghc962;
       ghc = bh.compiler.ghc962;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-haskell.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-haskell.nix
index 09087a3c73e..6113dcdb121 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-haskell.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-haskell.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ let
     ghc927
     ghc928
     ghc945
-    ghc961
     ghc962
   ];
 
@@ -487,15 +486,12 @@ let
       Cabal_3_10_1_0 = released;
       Cabal-syntax_3_10_1_0 = released;
       cabal2nix = lib.subtractLists [
-        compilerNames.ghc961
         compilerNames.ghc962
       ] released;
       cabal2nix-unstable = lib.subtractLists [
-        compilerNames.ghc961
         compilerNames.ghc962
       ] released;
       funcmp = lib.subtractLists [
-        compilerNames.ghc961
         compilerNames.ghc962
       ] released;
       haskell-language-server = lib.subtractLists [
@@ -503,21 +499,17 @@ let
         compilerNames.ghc884
       ] released;
       hoogle = lib.subtractLists [
-        compilerNames.ghc961
         compilerNames.ghc962
       ] released;
       hlint = lib.subtractLists [
-        compilerNames.ghc961
         compilerNames.ghc962
       ] released;
       hpack = lib.subtractLists [
-        compilerNames.ghc961
         compilerNames.ghc962
       ] released;
       hsdns = released;
       jailbreak-cabal = released;
       language-nix = lib.subtractLists [
-        compilerNames.ghc961
         compilerNames.ghc962
       ] released;
       nix-paths = released;