diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lightning/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lightning/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f6d21f95dbfc..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lightning/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, pytest
-, jinja2
-, matplotlib
-, numpy
-, requests
-, six
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "1.2.1";
-  pname = "lightning-python";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "3987d7d4a634bdb6db9bcf212cf4d2f72bab5bc039f4f6cbc02c9d01c4ade792";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ pytest ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ jinja2 matplotlib numpy requests six ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Python client library for the Lightning data visualization server";
-    homepage = "http://lightning-viz.org";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5513f23cd713..a2a2dfa6427d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5464,8 +5464,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   lightgbm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lightgbm { };
 
-  lightning = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lightning { };
-
   lightning-utilities  = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lightning-utilities { };
 
   lightparam = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lightparam { };