diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper-builder.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper-builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f3353c32ef1..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper-builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-preConfigure() {
-    PYTHONPATH='$(
-        # activate site if installed
-        bindir=$(dirname "$0")
-        pysite="$bindir/pysite"
-        relpath=$(test -x "$pysite" && "$pysite" path)
-        echo -n ${relpath:+"$relpath":}
-)'"$PYTHONPATH"
-}
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
index f1d2471c942..0522a47d17b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "python-${python.version}-wrapper";
 
   buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-  builder = ./wrapper-builder.sh;
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ python ] ++ extraLibs;
 
   unpackPhase = "true";