diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/qpid-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/qpid-python/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e22b3215e81..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/qpid-python/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchurl
-, isPy3k
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "qpid-python";
-  version = "0.32";
-  disabled = isPy3k;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.us.apache.org/dist/qpid/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "09hdfjgk8z4s3dr8ym2r6xn97j1f9mkb2743pr6zd0bnj01vhsv4";
-  };
-
-  # needs a broker running and then ./qpid-python-test
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://qpid.apache.org/";
-    description = "Python client implementation and AMQP conformance tests for Apache Qpid";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index 773f8d860f0..5c7aab88165 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ with self; with super; {
 
   pyyaml = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/pyyaml { };
 
-  qpid-python = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/qpid-python { };
-
   recoll = disabled super.recoll;
 
   rivet = disabled super.rivet;