diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/packaging/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/packaging/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b39721c46b3a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/packaging/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  pyparsing,
-  six,
-  pretend,
-}:
-
-# We keep 20.4 because it uses setuptools instead of flit-core
-# which requires Python 3 to build a universal wheel.
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "packaging";
-  version = "20.4";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "4357f74f47b9c12db93624a82154e9b120fa8293699949152b22065d556079f8";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pyparsing
-    six
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pretend
-  ];
-
-  # Prevent circular dependency
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Core utilities for Python packages";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/pypa/packaging";
-    license = [
-      lib.licenses.bsd2
-      lib.licenses.asl20
-    ];
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bennofs ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index 930f7a495ae7..61a20515662a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ with super;
   # build tool in Python 3, but it does not yet support Python 2
   ninja = pkgs.buildPackages.ninja;
 
-  packaging = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/packaging { };
+  packaging = disabled super.packaging;
 
   pip = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/pip { };