diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyro/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyro/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a74a1fe6fa..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyro/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage, isPy3k }:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "Pyro";
-  version = "3.16";
-  name = pname + "-" + version;
-
-  disabled = isPy3k;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://pypi/P/Pyro/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1bed508453ef7a7556b51424a58101af2349b662baab7e7331c5cb85dbe7e578";
-  };
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Distributed object middleware for Python (IPC/RPC)";
-    homepage = https://pythonhosted.org/Pyro/;
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e999afe373d..c6c59eb31e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4682,8 +4682,6 @@ in {
 
   PyStemmer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pystemmer {};
 
-  Pyro = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyro { };
-
   serpent = callPackage ../development/python-modules/serpent { };
 
   selectors34 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/selectors34 { };