diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/default.nix
index 34dcd240838e..73b0874dde5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkg-config, unzip
 , zlib
-, enablePython ? false, python2Packages
 , enableGtk2 ? false, gtk2
 , enableJPEG ? true, libjpeg
 , enablePNG ? true, libpng
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs =
        [ zlib ]
-    ++ lib.optional enablePython python2Packages.python
     ++ lib.optional enableGtk2 gtk2
     ++ lib.optional enableJPEG libjpeg
     ++ lib.optional enablePNG libpng
@@ -56,8 +54,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Cocoa QTKit ]
     ;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optional enablePython python2Packages.numpy;
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config unzip ];
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString enableEXR "-I${ilmbase.dev}/include/OpenEXR";
@@ -78,8 +74,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i $dev/lib/pkgconfig/opencv.pc -e "s|includedir_new=.*|includedir_new=$dev/include|"
   '';
 
-  passthru = lib.optionalAttrs enablePython { pythonPath = []; };
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Open Computer Vision Library with more than 500 algorithms";
     homepage = "https://opencv.org/";