diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numeric/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numeric/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d6d5b0ffed6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numeric/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, python }:
-
-let version = "24.2"; in
-  stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "python-numeric-${version}";
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://sourceforge/numpy/Numeric-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0n2jy47n3d121pky4a3r0zjmk2vk66czr2x3y9179xbgxclyfwjz";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = [ python ];
-
-    buildPhase   = ''python setup.py build --build-base "$out"'';
-    installPhase = ''
-      python setup.py install --prefix "$out"
-
-      # Remove the `lib.linux-i686-2.5' and `temp.linux-i686-2.5' (or
-      # similar) directories.
-      rm -rf $out/lib.* $out/temp.*
-    '';
-
-    # FIXME: Run the tests.
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A Python module for high-performance, numeric computing";
-
-      longDescription = ''
-        Numeric is a Python module for high-performance, numeric
-        computing.  It provides much of the functionality and
-        performance of commercial numeric software such as Matlab; it
-        some cases, it provides more functionality than commercial
-        software.
-      '';
-
-      license = "Python+LLNL";
-
-      homepage = http://people.csail.mit.edu/jrennie/python/numeric/;
-    };
-  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9272c8376ac8..9c757ae34ecc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9017,7 +9017,6 @@ let
 
   ecdsa = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ecdsa { };
 
-  numeric = callPackage ../development/python-modules/numeric { };
 
   psyco = callPackage ../development/python-modules/psyco { };