diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 335867ecb32..eb6a59d0405 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3834,9 +3834,6 @@ in {
 
   reportlab = callPackage ../development/python-modules/reportlab { };
 
-  requests2 = throw "requests2 has been deprecated. Use requests instead.";
-
-  # use requests, not requests_2
   requests = callPackage ../development/python-modules/requests { };
 
   requests_download = callPackage ../development/python-modules/requests_download { };