diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/python.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/python.md
index 6f09962094d..8e7a8760604 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/python.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/python.md
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ and in this case the `python35` interpreter is automatically used.
 ### Interpreters
 
 Versions 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 of the CPython interpreter are available as
-respectively `python27`, `python33`, `python34`, `python35` and `python36`. The PyPy interpreter
+respectively `python27`, `python34`, `python35` and `python36`. The PyPy interpreter
 is available as `pypy`. The aliases `python2` and `python3` correspond to respectively `python27` and
 `python35`. The default interpreter, `python`, maps to `python2`.
 The Nix expressions for the interpreters can be found in
@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ sets are
 
 * `pkgs.python26Packages`
 * `pkgs.python27Packages`
-* `pkgs.python33Packages`
 * `pkgs.python34Packages`
 * `pkgs.python35Packages`
 * `pkgs.python36Packages`
@@ -622,7 +621,7 @@ attribute. The `shell.nix` file from the previous section can thus be also writt
 ```nix
 with import <nixpkgs> {};
 
-(python33.withPackages (ps: [ps.numpy ps.requests])).env
+(python36.withPackages (ps: [ps.numpy ps.requests])).env
 ```
 
 In contrast to `python.buildEnv`, `python.withPackages` does not support the more advanced options
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.3/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ff8ec51efe..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.3/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl
-, bzip2
-, gdbm
-, lzma
-, ncurses
-, openssl
-, readline
-, sqlite
-, tcl ? null, tk ? null, tix ? null, libX11 ? null, xproto ? null, x11Support ? false
-, zlib
-, callPackage
-, self
-, CF, configd
-, python-setup-hook
-# For the Python package set
-, pkgs, packageOverrides ? (self: super: {})
-}:
-
-assert x11Support -> tcl != null
-                  && tk != null
-                  && xproto != null
-                  && libX11 != null;
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-
-let
-  majorVersion = "3.3";
-  minorVersion = "6";
-  minorVersionSuffix = "";
-  pythonVersion = majorVersion;
-  version = "${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}${minorVersionSuffix}";
-  libPrefix = "python${majorVersion}";
-  sitePackages = "lib/${libPrefix}/site-packages";
-
-  buildInputs = filter (p: p != null) [
-    zlib bzip2 lzma gdbm sqlite readline ncurses openssl ]
-    ++ optionals x11Support [ tcl tk libX11 xproto ]
-    ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CF configd ];
-
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "python3-${version}";
-  pythonVersion = majorVersion;
-  inherit majorVersion version;
-
-  inherit buildInputs;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}/Python-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0gsxpgd5p4mwd01gw501vsyahncyw3h9836ypkr3y32kgazy89jj";
-  };
-
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux "-lgcc_s";
-
-  # Determinism: The interpreter is patched to write null timestamps when compiling python files.
-  # This way python doesn't try to update them when we freeze timestamps in nix store.
-  DETERMINISTIC_BUILD=1;
-  # Determinism: We fix the hashes of str, bytes and datetime objects.
-  PYTHONHASHSEED=0;
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Determinism
-    substituteInPlace "Lib/py_compile.py" --replace "source_stats['mtime']" "(1 if 'DETERMINISTIC_BUILD' in os.environ else source_stats['mtime'])"
-#     # We do not patch `Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py` because it does not exist.
-  '' + optionalString (x11Support && (tix != null)) ''
-    substituteInPlace "Lib/tkinter/tix.py" --replace "os.environ.get('TIX_LIBRARY')" "os.environ.get('TIX_LIBRARY') or '${tix}/lib'"
-  '';
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    for i in /usr /sw /opt /pkg; do	# improve purity
-      substituteInPlace ./setup.py --replace $i /no-such-path
-    done
-    ${optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -msse2"''}
-
-    configureFlagsArray=( --enable-shared --with-threads
-                          CPPFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-I${getDev p}/include") buildInputs)}"
-                          LDFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-L${getLib p}/lib") buildInputs)}"
-                          LIBS="${optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) "-lcrypt"} ${optionalString (ncurses != null) "-lncurses"}"
-                        )
-  '';
-
-  setupHook = python-setup-hook sitePackages;
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    # needed for some packages, especially packages that backport functionality
-    # to 2.x from 3.x
-    for item in $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/test/*; do
-      if [[ "$item" != */test_support.py* ]]; then
-        rm -rf "$item"
-      else
-        echo $item
-      fi
-    done
-    touch $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/test/__init__.py
-
-    ln -s "$out/include/python${majorVersion}m" "$out/include/python${majorVersion}"
-    paxmark E $out/bin/python${majorVersion}
-
-    # Python on Nix is not manylinux1 compatible. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/18484
-    echo "manylinux1_compatible=False" >> $out/lib/${libPrefix}/_manylinux.py
-
-    # Determinism: Windows installers were not deterministic.
-    # We're also not interested in building Windows installers.
-    find "$out" -name 'wininst*.exe' | xargs -r rm -f
-
-    # Use Python3 as default python
-    ln -s "$out/bin/idle3" "$out/bin/idle"
-    ln -s "$out/bin/pip3" "$out/bin/pip"
-    ln -s "$out/bin/pydoc3" "$out/bin/pydoc"
-    ln -s "$out/bin/python3" "$out/bin/python"
-    ln -s "$out/bin/python3-config" "$out/bin/python-config"
-    ln -s "$out/lib/pkgconfig/python3.pc" "$out/lib/pkgconfig/python.pc"
-
-    # Get rid of retained dependencies on -dev packages, and remove
-    # some $TMPDIR references to improve binary reproducibility.
-    # Note that the .pyc file of _sysconfigdata.py should be regenerated!
-    for i in $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/_sysconfigdata.py $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/config-${majorVersion}m/Makefile; do
-      sed -i $i -e "s|-I/nix/store/[^ ']*||g" -e "s|-L/nix/store/[^ ']*||g" -e "s|$TMPDIR|/no-such-path|g"
-    done
-
-    # Determinism: rebuild all bytecode
-    # We exclude lib2to3 because that's Python 2 code which fails
-    # We rebuild three times, once for each optimization level
-    find $out -name "*.py" | $out/bin/python -m compileall -q -f -x "lib2to3" -i -
-    find $out -name "*.py" | $out/bin/python -O -m compileall -q -f -x "lib2to3" -i -
-    find $out -name "*.py" | $out/bin/python -OO -m compileall -q -f -x "lib2to3" -i -
-  '';
-
-  passthru = let
-    pythonPackages = callPackage ../../../../../top-level/python-packages.nix {python=self; overrides=packageOverrides;};
-  in rec {
-    inherit libPrefix sitePackages x11Support;
-    executable = "${libPrefix}m";
-    buildEnv = callPackage ../../wrapper.nix { python = self; };
-    withPackages = import ../../with-packages.nix { inherit buildEnv pythonPackages;};
-    pkgs = pythonPackages;
-    isPy3 = true;
-    isPy33 = true;
-    is_py3k = true;  # deprecated
-    interpreter = "${self}/bin/${executable}";
-  };
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://python.org;
-    description = "A high-level dynamically-typed programming language";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Python is a remarkably powerful dynamic programming language that
-      is used in a wide variety of application domains. Some of its key
-      distinguishing features include: clear, readable syntax; strong
-      introspection capabilities; intuitive object orientation; natural
-      expression of procedural code; full modularity, supporting
-      hierarchical packages; exception-based error handling; and very
-      high level dynamic data types.
-    '';
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.psfl;
-    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux ++ darwin;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ chaoflow cstrahan ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/3.3-html.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/3.3-html.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 055224dd740..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/3.3-html.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated and will be overwritten by ./generate.sh
-
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "python33-docs-html-3.3.0";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.3.0/python-3.3.0-docs-html.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "0vv24b9qi7gznv687ik0pa2w1rq9grqivy44znvj2ysjfg7mc2c1";
-  };
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/python33
-    cp -R ./ $out/share/doc/python33/html
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/3.3-pdf-a4.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/3.3-pdf-a4.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c6b842d0b9..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/3.3-pdf-a4.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated and will be overwritten by ./generate.sh
-
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "python33-docs-pdf-a4-3.3.0";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.3.0/python-3.3.0-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "1y6n13bxlw8a11khy3ynfbz8z0kpf2lvh32dvy8scyw3hrk6wdxp";
-  };
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/python33
-    cp -R ./ $out/share/doc/python33/pdf-a4
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/3.3-pdf-letter.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/3.3-pdf-letter.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 046abe8f83d..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/3.3-pdf-letter.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated and will be overwritten by ./generate.sh
-
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "python33-docs-pdf-letter-3.3.0";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.3.0/python-3.3.0-docs-pdf-letter.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "0mcj1i47nx81fc9zk1cic4c4p139qjcqlzf4hnnkzvb3jcgy5z6k";
-  };
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/python33
-    cp -R ./ $out/share/doc/python33/pdf-letter
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/3.3-text.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/3.3-text.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d99c25bf59..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/3.3-text.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated and will be overwritten by ./generate.sh
-
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "python33-docs-text-3.3.0";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.3.0/python-3.3.0-docs-text.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "10vk2fixg1aglqmsf89kn98rlirrbhnrk1285vzfbynf2iavxw0n";
-  };
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/python33
-    cp -R ./ $out/share/doc/python33/text
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/default.nix
index 89e60f961f6..60e0a0bf1e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/default.nix
@@ -4,36 +4,24 @@ let
 pythonDocs = {
   html = {
     recurseForDerivations = true;
-    python33 = import ./3.3-html.nix {
-      inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
-    };
     python27 = import ./2.7-html.nix {
       inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
     };
   };
   pdf_a4 = {
     recurseForDerivations = true;
-    python33 = import ./3.3-pdf-a4.nix {
-      inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
-    };
     python27 = import ./2.7-pdf-a4.nix {
       inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
     };
   };
   pdf_letter = {
     recurseForDerivations = true;
-    python33 = import ./3.3-pdf-letter.nix {
-      inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
-    };
     python27 = import ./2.7-pdf-letter.nix {
       inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
     };
   };
   text = {
     recurseForDerivations = true;
-    python33 = import ./3.3-text.nix {
-      inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
-    };
     python27 = import ./2.7-text.nix {
       inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1f32cc4cee3..45bc24e931c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6331,7 +6331,6 @@ with pkgs;
   python2Full = python2.override{x11Support=true;};
   python27Full = python27.override{x11Support=true;};
   python3Full = python3.override{x11Support=true;};
-  python33Full = python33.override{x11Support=true;};
   python34Full = python34.override{x11Support=true;};
   python35Full = python35.override{x11Support=true;};
   python36Full = python36.override{x11Support=true;};
@@ -6345,10 +6344,6 @@ with pkgs;
     self = python27;
     inherit (darwin) CF configd;
   };
-  python33 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.3 {
-    self = python33;
-    inherit (darwin) CF configd;
-  };
   python34 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.4 {
     inherit (darwin) CF configd;
     self = python34;
@@ -10914,8 +10909,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   python27Packages = lib.hiPrioSet (recurseIntoAttrs python27.pkgs);
 
-  python33Packages = python33.pkgs;
-
   python34Packages = python34.pkgs;
 
   python35Packages = python35.pkgs;