diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/markupsafe/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/markupsafe/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ec6aa8cb600c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/markupsafe/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "MarkupSafe";
-  version = "1.1.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "29872e92839765e546828bb7754a68c418d927cd064fd4708fab9fe9c8bb116b";
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Implements a XML/HTML/XHTML Markup safe string";
-    homepage = "http://dev.pocoo.org";
-    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index 9ef1c960f979..52a45fc64b7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ with super;
 
   jinja2 = disabled super.jinja2;
 
-  markupsafe = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/markupsafe { };
+  markupsafe = disabled super.markupsafe;
 
   mock = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/mock { };