diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
index 64e21b755691..3b2239791ae0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ let
       deps = [ sqlite ];
     };
 
-    ssl = null;
-
     tkinter = buildInternalPythonModule {
       moduleName = "tkinter";
       deps = [ tcl tk x11 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
index c19430862c21..cf1d4bdc8da7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
@@ -192,8 +192,6 @@ let
       deps = [ sqlite ];
     };
 
-    ssl = null;
-
     tkinter = buildInternalPythonModule {
       moduleName = "tkinter";
       deps = [ tcl tk x11 libX11 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/venus/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/venus/default.nix
index b7f2be179c47..4206f468ec76 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/venus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/venus/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
   checkPhase = "python runtests.py";
 
-  buildInputs = [ python python.modules.bsddb python.modules.ssl libxslt
+  buildInputs = [ python python.modules.bsddb libxslt
     libxml2 pythonPackages.genshi pythonPackages.lxml makeWrapper ];
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6c836dfb39d3..a4c7c515cb2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ let
     sqlite3 = null;
     curses = null;
     curses_panel = null;
-    ssl = null;
     crypt = null;
   };
 
@@ -1040,7 +1039,7 @@ let
   #     rev = "refs/tags/0.9.3";
   #   };
   #
-  #   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pythonPackages.argparse modules.ssl ];
+  #   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pythonPackages.argparse ];
   #
   #   doCheck = false;
   #
@@ -9367,7 +9366,7 @@ let
       md5 = "8437607c0cc00c35f658f972516ffb55";
     };
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ nose modules.ssl ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ nose ];
 
     meta = {
       description = "WSGI request and response object";