diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
index de94ad5430e7..d3eec3c0ae3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
         # functionality to 2.x from 3.x
         for item in $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/test/*; do
           if [[ "$item" != */test_support.py*
-             && "$item" != */regrtest.py* ]]; then
+             && "$item" != */test/support
+             && "$item" != */test/regrtest.py* ]]; then
             rm -rf "$item"
           else
             echo $item