diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/libcloud/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/libcloud/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 504e7753a978..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/libcloud/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, isPy27
-, mock
-, pycrypto
-, requests
-, pytest-runner
-, pytest
-, requests-mock
-, typing
-, backports_ssl_match_hostname
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "apache-libcloud";
-  version = "2.8.3";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "70096690b24a7832cc5abdfda1954b49fddc1c09a348a1e6caa781ac867ed4c6";
-  };
-
-  checkInputs = [ mock pytest pytest-runner requests-mock ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pycrypto requests ]
-    ++ lib.optionals isPy27 [ typing backports_ssl_match_hostname ];
-
-  preConfigure = "cp libcloud/test/secrets.py-dist libcloud/test/secrets.py";
-
-  # requires a certificates file
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A unified interface to many cloud providers";
-    homepage = "https://libcloud.apache.org/";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index cf493ff43406..8b43c25fb235 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ with self; with super; {
 
   jinja2 = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/jinja2 { };
 
-  libcloud = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/libcloud { };
-
   lpod = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/lpod { };
 
   marisa = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/marisa {