diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pythonhome-wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pythonhome-wrapper.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c9cf6277b24..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pythonhome-wrapper.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "pythonhome-wrapper";
-
-  unpackPhase = "true";
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    echo '
-#!/bin/sh
-
-BINDIR=`dirname $0`
-PYTHONHOME=`dirname $BINDIR`
-PYTHONHOME=`(cd $PYTHONHOME && pwd)`
-export PYTHONHOME
-
-$BINDIR/python "$@"
-    ' > $out/bin/py
-    chmod +x $out/bin/py
-  '';
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 54335557a94..07cf49641ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2857,8 +2857,6 @@ let
     inherit (python27Packages) recursivePthLoader;
   };
 
-  pythonhomeWrapper = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/pythonhome-wrapper.nix { };
-
   pythonLinkmeWrapper = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/python-linkme-wrapper.nix { };
 
   pyrex = pyrex095;