diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperless/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperless/default.nix
index 97088f360417..1383986cf2ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperless/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperless/default.nix
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ let
     };
   };
 
-  django_2_0 = pyPkgs: pyPkgs.django_2_1.overrideDerivation (_: rec {
+  django_2_0 = pyPkgs: pyPkgs.django_2_2.overrideDerivation (_: rec {
     pname = "Django";
     version = "2.0.12";
     name = "${pname}-${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/2_1.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/2_1.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 19e8b0c1a751..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/2_1.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, substituteAll,
-  isPy3k,
-  geos, gdal, pytz,
-  withGdal ? false
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "Django";
-  version = "2.1.15";
-
-  disabled = !isPy3k;
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "a794f7a2f4b7c928eecfbc4ebad03712ff27fb545abe269bf01aa8500781eb1c";
-  };
-
-  patches = stdenv.lib.optionals withGdal [
-    (substituteAll {
-      src = ./1.10-gis-libs.template.patch;
-      geos = geos;
-      gdal = gdal;
-      extension = stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary;
-    })
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pytz ];
-
-  # too complicated to setup
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A high-level Python Web framework";
-    homepage = https://www.djangoproject.com/;
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ georgewhewell ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 098d3b19eee1..8a5c4a18f368 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3187,10 +3187,6 @@ in {
     gdal = self.gdal;
   };
 
-  django_2_1 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django/2_1.nix {
-    gdal = self.gdal;
-  };
-
   django_2_2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django/2_2.nix { };
 
   django_1_8 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django/1_8.nix { };