diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
index 63e94b567035..903ad0215cdf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
@@ -114,11 +114,6 @@ in rec {
       };
     } ./python-namespaces-hook.sh) {};
 
-  pythonOutputDistHook = callPackage ({ }:
-    makeSetupHook {
-      name = "python-output-dist-hook";
-  } ./python-output-dist-hook.sh ) {};
-
   pythonRecompileBytecodeHook = callPackage ({ }:
     makeSetupHook {
       name = "python-recompile-bytecode-hook";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/python-output-dist-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/python-output-dist-hook.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index e73e45cd597a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/python-output-dist-hook.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# Setup hook for storing dist folder (wheels/sdists) in a separate output
-echo "Sourcing python-catch-conflicts-hook.sh"
-
-pythonOutputDistPhase() {
-    echo "Executing pythonOutputDistPhase"
-    mv "dist" "$dist"
-    echo "Finished executing pythonOutputDistPhase"
-}
-
-preFixupPhases+=" pythonOutputDistPhase"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/mk-python-derivation.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/mk-python-derivation.nix
index abb1ceb7879e..a032c08d2a82 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/mk-python-derivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/mk-python-derivation.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 , pythonCatchConflictsHook
 , pythonImportsCheckHook
 , pythonNamespacesHook
-, pythonOutputDistHook
 , pythonRemoveBinBytecodeHook
 , pythonRemoveTestsDirHook
 , setuptoolsBuildHook
@@ -50,8 +49,6 @@
 # Enabled to detect some (native)BuildInputs mistakes
 , strictDeps ? true
 
-, outputs ? [ "out" ]
-
 # used to disable derivation, useful for specific python versions
 , disabled ? false
 
@@ -109,13 +106,11 @@ else
 let
   inherit (python) stdenv;
 
-  withDistOutput = lib.elem format ["pyproject" "setuptools" "flit"];
-
   name_ = name;
 
   self = toPythonModule (stdenv.mkDerivation ((builtins.removeAttrs attrs [
     "disabled" "checkPhase" "checkInputs" "doCheck" "doInstallCheck" "dontWrapPythonPrograms" "catchConflicts" "format"
-    "disabledTestPaths" "outputs"
+    "disabledTestPaths"
   ]) // {
 
     name = namePrefix + name_;
@@ -149,8 +144,6 @@ let
     ] ++ lib.optionals (python.pythonAtLeast "3.3") [
       # Optionally enforce PEP420 for python3
       pythonNamespacesHook
-    ] ++ lib.optionals withDistOutput [
-      pythonOutputDistHook
     ] ++ nativeBuildInputs;
 
     buildInputs = buildInputs ++ pythonPath;
@@ -184,8 +177,6 @@ let
     # Python packages built through cross-compilation are always for the host platform.
     disallowedReferences = lib.optionals (python.stdenv.hostPlatform != python.stdenv.buildPlatform) [ python.pythonForBuild ];
 
-    outputs = outputs ++ lib.optional withDistOutput "dist";
-
     meta = {
       # default to python's platforms
       platforms = python.meta.platforms;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 63d2022fac62..6be0b1807bc5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ in {
     pythonCatchConflictsHook
     pythonImportsCheckHook
     pythonNamespacesHook
-    pythonOutputDistHook
     pythonRecompileBytecodeHook
     pythonRelaxDepsHook
     pythonRemoveBinBytecodeHook