diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/site.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/site.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 34e7b478595e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/site.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# Propagated by buildPythonPackge to process pth files
-
-{ stdenv, python, setuptools }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "python-setuptools-site-${setuptools.version}";
-
-  buildInputs = [ python setuptools ];
-
-  unpackPhase = "true";
-  installPhase = ''
-    dst="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages"
-    ensureDir $dst
-    ln -s ${setuptools}/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages/site.* $dst/
-  '';
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2958120f9078..fe80ab70e360 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ pythonPackages = modules // import ./python-packages-generated.nix {
     inherit python wrapPython;
   };
 
-  setuptoolsSite = import ../development/python-modules/setuptools/site.nix {
-    inherit (pkgs) stdenv;
-    inherit python setuptools;
-  };
-
   # packages defined elsewhere
 
   blivet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/blivet { };