diff --git a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix
index bebf5ede6bec..f745ce99235f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   libkrb5,
   libxml2,
   libxslt,
-  python2,
   stdenv,
   which,
   libiconv,