diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
index 23879c227102..174aef7c4bab 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
@@ -24,14 +24,4 @@ rec {
       sha256 = "0sgshaaqyjq3i035yi5hivmrrwrq05hxrbjrv1w3hfzmvljn41d1";
     };
   }));
-
-  ansible_2_6 = python3Packages.toPythonApplication (python3Packages.ansible.overridePythonAttrs (old: rec {
-    pname = "ansible";
-    version = "2.6.20";
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "02ra9q2mifyawn0719y78wrbqzik73aymlzwi90fq71jgyfvkkqn";
-    };
-  }));
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f8b62553d017..51a758783e1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9890,7 +9890,6 @@ in
 
   inherit (callPackage ../tools/admin/ansible { })
     ansible
-    ansible_2_6
     ansible_2_7
     ansible_2_8
     ansible_2_9;