diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/configparser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/configparser/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 679d19c59f47..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/configparser/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  setuptools-scm,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "configparser";
-  version = "4.0.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "c7d282687a5308319bf3d2e7706e575c635b0a470342641c93bea0ea3b5331df";
-  };
-
-  # No tests available
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export LC_ALL=${if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then "en_US" else "C"}.UTF-8
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Updated configparser from Python 3.7 for Python 2.6+";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/configparser";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index 6418e30ce386..930f7a495ae7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ with super;
 
   cffi = disabed super.cffi;
 
-  configparser = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/configparser { };
+  configparser = disabled super.configparser;
 
   contextlib2 = disabled super.contextlib2;