diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8dc1cb6cb29..e084bbd2b40 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2045,22 +2045,6 @@ in {
 
   blaze = callPackage ../development/python-modules/blaze { };
 
-  # Needed for FlexGet 1.2.337 and calibre 2.76.0
-  html5lib_0_9999999 = self.html5lib.overridePythonAttrs rec {
-    name = "html5lib-${version}";
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose flake8 ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six ];
-    checkPhase = ''
-      nosetests
-    '';
-
-    version = "0.9999999";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/archive/0.9999999.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1s6wdbrjzw5jhyfbskf4nj1i5bjpjqq9f89a7r1rl59rhpwmfhhq";
-    };
-  };
-
   html5-parser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/html5-parser {};
 
   httpserver = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httpserver {};
@@ -18005,7 +17989,7 @@ in {
     };
 
     disabled = !isPy3k;
-    
+
     # No tests in archive
     doCheck = false;