diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index eb3b420821c2..c3b465ec1c33 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -44,16 +44,12 @@
 distro_extra_ldflags = ''
 distro_extra_cmake_args = []
 employ_ld_trickery = True
-has_wasmtime = False
-use_wasmtime_as_library = False
 
 # distro-specific setup
 def distro_setup_nix():
-    global os_ids, employ_ld_trickery, has_wasmtime, use_wasmtime_as_library
+    global os_ids, employ_ld_trickery
     os_ids = ['linux']
     employ_ld_trickery = False
-    has_wasmtime = True
-    use_wasmtime_as_library = True
 
 if os.environ.get('NIX_CC'):
         distro_setup_nix()
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 6459210703e4..5fe18e356f85 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ in derive ({
     systemd
     thrift
     valgrind
-    wasmtime
     xorg.libpciaccess
     xxHash
     zlib
diff --git a/dist/nix/overlay.nix b/dist/nix/overlay.nix
index 850e833e4856..210a06a4c1b5 100644
--- a/dist/nix/overlay.nix
+++ b/dist/nix/overlay.nix
@@ -18,9 +18,5 @@ in {
     doCheck = false;
   };
 
-  # use the ancient version 0.29 of wasmtime because Scylla does not
-  # build with newer ones
-  wasmtime = final.callPackage ./pkg/upstreamable/wasmtime { };
-
   scylla-driver = final.callPackage ./pkg/upstreamable/python-driver { };
 }
diff --git a/dist/nix/pkg/upstreamable/wasmtime/default.nix b/dist/nix/pkg/upstreamable/wasmtime/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 74a6b5487d8f..000000000000
--- a/dist/nix/pkg/upstreamable/wasmtime/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs
-}:
-
-let
-  inherit (pkgs)
-    cmake
-    fetchFromGitHub
-    python3
-    rustPlatform
-  ;
-
-  llvm = pkgs.llvmPackages_latest;
-  clang = llvm.clang;
-
-  pname = "wasmtime";
-  version = "0.29.0";
-
-in rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
-  inherit pname version;
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "bytecodealliance";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-qmME9zI2vSFQlJWhve7dqAPh8O/6WclWTwO9Pcdvoj8=";
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
-  };
-
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-xtx1iCtZ9rRJec6Q7ywBM3ov9z0YJMcxz7K59Ox6DKk=";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 cmake clang ];
-  buildInputs = [ llvm.libclang ];
-  LIBCLANG_PATH = "${llvm.libclang.lib}/lib";
-
-  cargoBuildFlags = [ "--package wasmtime-c-api" ];
-
-  # cargo does not install the C(++) headers
-  postInstall = ''
-    install -d -m744 $out/include/wasmtime
-    install -m644 $src/crates/c-api/include/*.h $out/include
-    install -m644 $src/crates/c-api/include/wasmtime/*.h $out/include/wasmtime
-    install -m644 $src/crates/c-api/wasm-c-api/include/* $out/include
-  '';
-
-  # Scylla has to use this version (later ones change APIs), and it
-  # happens not to pass its own tests, so:
-  doCheck = false;
-}
diff --git a/install-dependencies.sh b/install-dependencies.sh
index f39555f4977d..b06e8ab00ad9 100755
--- a/install-dependencies.sh
+++ b/install-dependencies.sh
@@ -203,29 +203,6 @@ node_exporter_url() {
     echo "https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/v$NODE_EXPORTER_VERSION/$(node_exporter_filename)"
 }
 
-WASMTIME_VERSION=0.29.0
-WASMTIME_DIR=/opt/scylladb/dependencies
-declare -A WASMTIME_CHECKSUM=(
-    ["x86_64"]=e94a9a768270e86e7f7eac1a68575bb1f287702822e83b14c3b04bf7e865a84c
-    ["aarch64"]=36a257aef36f5a0cabc8ce414e31ccede9c16ca996d6b07cb440a32aaa263164
-)
-
-wasmtime_filename() {
-    echo "wasmtime-v$WASMTIME_VERSION-$(arch)-linux-c-api.tar.xz"
-}
-
-wasmtime_fullpath() {
-    echo "$WASMTIME_DIR/$(wasmtime_filename)"
-}
-
-wasmtime_checksum() {
-    sha256sum "$(wasmtime_fullpath)" | while read -r sum _; do [[ "$sum" == "${WASMTIME_CHECKSUM["$(arch)"]}" ]]; done
-}
-
-wasmtime_url() {
-    echo "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/download/v$WASMTIME_VERSION/$(wasmtime_filename)"
-}
-
 print_usage() {
     echo "Usage: install-dependencies.sh [OPTION]..."
     echo ""
@@ -329,23 +306,6 @@ elif [ "$ID" = "fedora" ]; then
             exit 1
         fi
     fi
-    if [ -f "$(wasmtime_fullpath)" ] && wasmtime_checksum; then
-        echo "$(wasmtime_filename) already exists, skipping download"
-    else
-        mkdir -p "$WASMTIME_DIR"
-        if curl --retry 5 -fSL -o "$(wasmtime_fullpath)" "$(wasmtime_url)"; then
-            if ! wasmtime_checksum; then
-                echo "$(wasmtime_filename) download failed, skipping"
-            else
-                ( cd $WASMTIME_DIR; tar xvf $(wasmtime_filename) )
-                wasmtime_unpacked=$(basename $(wasmtime_filename) .tar.xz)
-                cp $WASMTIME_DIR/$wasmtime_unpacked/lib/libwasmtime.a /usr/lib64/
-                cp -r $WASMTIME_DIR/$wasmtime_unpacked/include/was{m.h,i.h,mtime,mtime.h} /usr/local/include/
-            fi
-        else
-            echo "$(wasmtime_url) is unreachable, skipping"
-        fi
-    fi
 elif [ "$ID" = "centos" ]; then
     dnf install -y "${centos_packages[@]}"
     echo -e "Configure example:\n\tpython3.4 ./configure.py --enable-dpdk --mode=release --static-boost --compiler=/opt/scylladb/bin/g++-7.3 --python python3.4 --ldflag=-Wl,-rpath=/opt/scylladb/lib64 --cflags=-I/opt/scylladb/include --with-antlr3=/opt/scylladb/bin/antlr3"