diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrypto/2.5.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrypto/2.5.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index de192c64b722..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrypto/2.5.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, buildPythonPackage, gmp }:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  name = "pycrypto-2.5";
-  namePrefix = "";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pycrypto/${name}.tar.gz";
-    md5 = "783e45d4a1a309e03ab378b00f97b291";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ python gmp ];
-
-  buildPhase =
-    ''
-      python ./setup.py build_ext --library-dirs=${gmp}/lib
-    '';
-
-#  installPhase =
-#    ''
-#      python ./setup.py install --prefix=$out
-#    '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://www.pycrypto.org/";
-    description = "Python Cryptography Toolkit";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index baf5003ccda3..5b44dff89bca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@ pythonPackages = modules // import ./python-packages-generated.nix {
     inherit python buildPythonPackage;
   };
 
-  pycrypto25 = import ../development/python-modules/pycrypto/2.5.nix {
-    inherit (pkgs) fetchurl stdenv gmp;
-    inherit python buildPythonPackage;
-  };
-
   pygobject = import ../development/python-modules/pygobject {
     inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl pkgconfig glib;
     inherit python;