diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/certifi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/certifi/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 529d5b1fb996..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/certifi/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, fetchPypi
-, buildPythonPackage
-, python3
-}:
-
-let
-  inherit (python3.pkgs) certifi;
-
-in buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "certifi";
-  version = "2019.11.28";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "25b64c7da4cd7479594d035c08c2d809eb4aab3a26e5a990ea98cc450c320f1f";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    cp ${certifi.src}/certifi/cacert.pem certifi/cacert.pem
-  '';
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "certifi" ];
-
-  # no tests implemented
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi";
-    description = "Python package for providing Mozilla's CA Bundle";
-    license = licenses.isc;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ]; # NixOps team
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index 60cbde11fe92..e52d64abd1b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ with self; with super; {
 
   bootstrapped-pip = toPythonModule (callPackage ../development/python2-modules/bootstrapped-pip { });
 
-  certifi = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/certifi { };
-
   configparser = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/configparser { };
 
   contextlib2 = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/contextlib2 { };