diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/typing/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/typing/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 66104f8dc24d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/typing/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  isPy3k,
-  unittestCheckHook,
-}:
-
-let
-  testDir = if isPy3k then "src" else "python2";
-
-in
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "typing";
-  version = "3.10.0.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "13b4ad211f54ddbf93e5901a9967b1e07720c1d1b78d596ac6a439641aa1b130";
-  };
-
-  disabled = true;
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ unittestCheckHook ];
-
-  unittestFlagsArray = [
-    "-s"
-    testDir
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Backport of typing module to Python versions older than 3.5";
-    homepage = "https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html";
-    license = lib.licenses.psfl;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index fb9632c100d0..d1d1f9929dc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ with super;
 
   setuptools-scm = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/setuptools-scm { };
 
-  typing = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/typing { };
-
   six = super.six.overridePythonAttrs (_: {
     doCheck = false; # circular dependency with pytest
   });