diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
index 31798a719ec4..15626fe28cd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 , stripConfig ? false
 , stripIdlelib ? false
 , stripTests ? false
+, stripLibs ? [ ]
 , pythonAttr ? "python${sourceVersion.major}${sourceVersion.minor}"
 }:
 
@@ -325,14 +326,22 @@ in with passthru; stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     '' + optionalString strip2to3 ''
       rm -R $out/bin/2to3 $out/lib/python*/lib2to3
     '' + optionalString stripConfig ''
-      rm -R $out/bin/python*-config $out/lib/python*/config-*
+      rm -R $out/bin/python*-config $out/lib/python*/config*
     '' + optionalString stripIdlelib ''
       # Strip IDLE
       rm -R $out/bin/idle* $out/lib/python*/idlelib
     '' + optionalString stripTests ''
       # Strip tests
       rm -R $out/lib/python*/test $out/lib/python*/**/test{,s}
-    '';
+    '' + (concatStringsSep "\n"
+          (map
+            (lib:
+              ''
+                rm -vR $out/lib/python*/${lib}
+                # libraries in dynload (C libraries) may not exist,
+                # but when they exist they may be prefixed with _
+                rm -vfR $out/lib/python*/lib-dynload/{,_}${lib}
+              '') stripLibs));
 
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/default.nix b/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/default.nix
index df0573fd884f..c87f496792a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,60 @@ let
     stripConfig = true;
     stripIdlelib = true;
     stripTests = true;
+    stripLibs = [
+      # directories
+      "bsddb*"
+      "curses"
+      "compiler"
+      "ensurepip"
+      "hotshot"
+      "lib-tk"
+      "sqlite3"
+      # files
+      "aifc*"
+      "antigravity*"
+      "async*"
+      "*audio*"
+      "BaseHTTPServer*"
+      "Bastion*"
+      "binhex*"
+      "bdb*"
+      "CGIHTTPServer*"
+      "cgitb*"
+      "chunk*"
+      "colorsys*"
+      "dbhash*"
+      "dircache*"
+      "*dbm*"
+      "ftplib*"
+      "*hdr*"
+      "imaplib*"
+      "imputil*"
+      "MimeWriter*"
+      "mailbox*"
+      "mhlib*"
+      "mimify*"
+      "multifile*"
+      "netrc*"
+      "nntplib*"
+      "os2emxpath*"
+      "pyclbr*"
+      "pydoc*"
+      "SimpleHTTPServer*"
+      "sgmllib*"
+      "smtp*"
+      "ssl*"
+      "sun*"
+      "tabnanny*"
+      "telnetlib*"
+      "this*"
+      "wave*"
+      "webbrowser*"
+      "whichdb*"
+      "wsgiref*"
+      "xdrlib*"
+      "*XMLRPC*"
+    ];
     enableOptimizations = false;
   };
   callPackage = lib.callPackageWith (pkgs // { python27 = python27'; });