diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydotplus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydotplus/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f794a150ec1..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydotplus/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, pyparsing
-, graphviz
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pydotplus";
-  version = "2.0.2";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1i05cnk3yh722fdyaq0asr7z9xf7v7ikbmnpxa8j6pdqx6g5xs4i";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pyparsing
-    graphviz
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/erocarrera/pydot";
-    description = "An improved version of the old pydot project that provides a Python Interface to Graphviz’s Dot language";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ashgillman ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2076ae2ec54..1641b5305b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5272,8 +5272,6 @@ in {
 
   pydot = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydot { inherit (pkgs) graphviz; };
 
-  pydotplus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydotplus { };
-
   pydrive = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydrive { };
 
   pydsdl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydsdl { };