diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/Pygments/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/Pygments/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index aa59c370d2e7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/Pygments/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, fetchpatch
-, docutils
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "Pygments";
-  version = "2.5.2";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "98c8aa5a9f778fcd1026a17361ddaf7330d1b7c62ae97c3bb0ae73e0b9b6b0fe";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "CVE-2021-27291.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/pygments/pygments/commit/2e7e8c4a7b318f4032493773732754e418279a14.patch";
-      sha256 = "0ap7jgkmvkkzijabsgnfrwl376cjsxa4jmzvqysrkwpjq3q4rxpa";
-      excludes = ["CHANGES"];
-    })
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ docutils ];
-
-  # Circular dependency with sphinx
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://pygments.org/";
-    description = "A generic syntax highlighter";
-    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index b4cc16c7b22f..cbbcb053a53a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ with self; with super; {
     inherit (pkgs.buildPackages) meson;
   };
 
-  pygments = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/Pygments { };
-
   pygobject3 = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/pygobject {
     inherit (pkgs) meson;
   };