diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pytest-runner/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pytest-runner/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bea83146c37d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pytest-runner/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, setuptools-scm, pytest }:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pytest-runner";
-  version = "5.2";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "96c7e73ead7b93e388c5d614770d2bae6526efd997757d3543fe17b557a0942b";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm pytest ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    rm pytest.ini
-  '';
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    py.test tests
-  '';
-
-  # Fixture not found
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Invoke py.test as distutils command with dependency resolution";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-runner";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index f0ca74a8fe27..92d3e195d095 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ with self; with super; {
       };
     };
 
-  pytest-runner = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/pytest-runner { };
-
   pytest-xdist = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/pytest-xdist { };
 
   recoll = disabled super.recoll;