diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 86339e361cb..de4b3e78bed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5472,21 +5472,6 @@ in {
 
   pyyaml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyyaml { };
 
-  pyyaml_3 = (callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyyaml { }).overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
-    version = "3.13";
-    src = oldAttrs.src.override {
-      inherit version;
-      sha256 = "3ef3092145e9b70e3ddd2c7ad59bdd0252a94dfe3949721633e41344de00a6bf";
-    };
-    # https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/298#issuecomment-511990948
-    patches = singleton (pkgs.fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/commit/c5b135fe39d41cffbdc006f28ccb2032df6005e0.patch";
-      sha256 = "0x1v45rkmj194c41d1nqi3ihj9z4rsy8zvpfcd8p960g1fia7fhn";
-    });
-    # https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/298#issuecomment-511990948
-    doCheck = false;
-  });
-
   rabbitpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rabbitpy { };
 
   rasterio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rasterio {