diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/decorator/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/decorator/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e8fd28f0b54..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/decorator/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "decorator";
-  version = "4.4.2";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1rxzhk5zwiggk45hl53zydvy70lk654kg0nc1p54090p402jz9p3";
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/decorator";
-    description = "Better living through Python with decorators";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index 4ca1c6dcd63b..707ebf653435 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ with self; with super; {
 
   coverage = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/coverage { };
 
-  decorator = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/decorator { };
-
   enum = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/enum { };
 
   filelock =  callPackage ../development/python2-modules/filelock { };