diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/markdown/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/markdown/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 13ed2f1744a2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/markdown/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, setuptools
-, nose
-, pyyaml
-, pythonOlder
-, importlib-metadata
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "Markdown";
-  version = "3.1.1";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "2e50876bcdd74517e7b71f3e7a76102050edec255b3983403f1a63e7c8a41e7a";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    setuptools
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [
-    importlib-metadata
-  ];
-
-  checkInputs = [ nose pyyaml ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A Python implementation of John Gruber's Markdown with Extension support";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Python-Markdown/markdown";
-    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index a79fb846e9bd..1780228e3a5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ with self; with super; {
     inherit (pkgs) marisa;
   };
 
-  markdown = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/markdown { };
-
   markupsafe = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/markupsafe { };
 
   mock = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/mock { };