diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 25725c6e345..f4397a1adfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17544,8 +17544,6 @@ EOF
     };
   };
 
-  moreItertools = self.more-itertools;
-
   more-itertools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/more-itertools { };
 
   jaraco_functools = buildPythonPackage rec {