diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 96fe736c..28049781 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ help:
 	@echo
 	@echo " * 'install' - Install binaries and documents to system locations"
 	@echo " * 'binary' - Build skopeo with a container"
-	@echo " * 'static' - Build statically linked binary"
 	@echo " * 'bin/skopeo' - Build skopeo locally"
 	@echo " * 'test-unit' - Execute unit tests"
 	@echo " * 'test-integration' - Execute integration tests"
@@ -132,22 +131,6 @@ help:
 binary: cmd/skopeo
 	$(CONTAINER_RUN) make bin/skopeo $(if $(DEBUG),DEBUG=$(DEBUG)) BUILDTAGS='$(BUILDTAGS)'
 
-# Update nix/nixpkgs.json its latest stable commit
-.PHONY: nixpkgs
-nixpkgs:
-	@nix run \
-		-f channel:nixos-21.05 nix-prefetch-git \
-		-c nix-prefetch-git \
-		--no-deepClone \
-		https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs refs/heads/nixos-21.05 > nix/nixpkgs.json
-
-# Build statically linked binary
-.PHONY: static
-static:
-	@nix build -f nix/
-	mkdir -p ./bin
-	cp -rfp ./result/bin/* ./bin/
-
 # Build w/o using containers
 .PHONY: bin/skopeo
 bin/skopeo:
diff --git a/nix/nixpkgs.json b/nix/nixpkgs.json
index efcfe202..e69de29b 100644
--- a/nix/nixpkgs.json
+++ b/nix/nixpkgs.json
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "url": "https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs",
-  "rev": "2a96414d7e350160a33ed0978449c9ff5b5a6eb3",
-  "date": "2021-07-13T18:21:47+02:00",
-  "path": "/nix/store/2ai9q8ac6vxb2rrngdz82y8jxnk15cvm-nixpkgs",
-  "sha256": "1dzrfqdjq3yq5jjskiqflzy58l2xx6059gay9p1k07zrlm1wigy5",
-  "fetchSubmodules": false,
-  "deepClone": false,
-  "leaveDotGit": false
-}