diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/urllib3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/urllib3/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c23835ce4dc2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/urllib3/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, brotli
-, buildPythonPackage
-, certifi
-, cryptography
-, python-dateutil
-, fetchpatch
-, fetchPypi
-, idna
-, mock
-, pyopenssl
-, pysocks
-, pytest-freezegun
-, pytest-timeout
-, pytestCheckHook
-, tornado
-, trustme
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "urllib3";
-  version = "1.26.2";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "19188f96923873c92ccb987120ec4acaa12f0461fa9ce5d3d0772bc965a39e08";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "CVE-2021-28363.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/8d65ea1ecf6e2cdc27d42124e587c1b83a3118b0.patch";
-      sha256 = "1lqhrd11p03iv14bp89rh67ynf000swmwsfvr3jpfdycdqr3ka9q";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    brotli
-    certifi
-    cryptography
-    idna
-    pyopenssl
-    pysocks
-  ];
-
-  checkInputs = [
-    python-dateutil
-    mock
-    pytest-freezegun
-    pytest-timeout
-    pytestCheckHook
-    tornado
-    trustme
-  ];
-
-  # Tests in urllib3 are mostly timeout-based instead of event-based and
-  # are therefore inherently flaky. On your own machine, the tests will
-  # typically build fine, but on a loaded cluster such as Hydra random
-  # timeouts will occur.
-  #
-  # The urllib3 test suite has two different timeouts in their test suite
-  # (see `test/__init__.py`):
-  # - SHORT_TIMEOUT
-  # - LONG_TIMEOUT
-  # When CI is in the env, LONG_TIMEOUT will be significantly increased.
-  # Still, failures can occur and for that reason tests are disabled.
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  preCheck = ''
-    export CI # Increases LONG_TIMEOUT
-  '';
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "urllib3" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Powerful, sanity-friendly HTTP client for Python";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/shazow/urllib3";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
-    knownVulnerabilities = [
-      "CVE-2021-33503"
-    ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index c2a6c890d9f1..e39ee5e9aad2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -160,8 +160,6 @@ with self; with super; {
 
   typing = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/typing { };
 
-  urllib3 = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/urllib3 { };
-
   werkzeug = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/werkzeug { };
 
   wsproto = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/wsproto { };