diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/bleachbit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/bleachbit/default.nix
index d40a57323a13..7a667b187566 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/bleachbit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/bleachbit/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 , glib
 , gtk3
 , libnotify
-, scandir ? null
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     chardet
     pygobject3
     requests
-    scandir
   ];
 
   # Patch the many hardcoded uses of /usr/share/ and /usr/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fs/default.nix
index 1d4326f74ee3..ca4fb75af304 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fs/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 , setuptools
 , six
 , appdirs
-, scandir ? null
 , backports_os ? null
 , typing ? null
 , pytz
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ six appdirs pytz setuptools ]
     ++ lib.optionals (!isPy3k) [ backports_os ]
     ++ lib.optionals (!pythonAtLeast "3.6") [ typing ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (!pythonAtLeast "3.5") [ scandir ]
     ++ lib.optionals (!pythonAtLeast "3.5") [ enum34 ];
 
   LC_ALL="en_US.utf-8";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pathlib2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pathlib2/default.nix
index f0f0163652ca..c382f74ae22b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pathlib2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pathlib2/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , fetchPypi
 , six
 , pythonOlder
-, scandir ? null
 , glibcLocales
 , mock
 , typing
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.5") [ scandir typing ];
+    ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.5") [ typing ];
   checkInputs = [ glibcLocales ]
     ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.3") mock;