diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/coverage/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/coverage/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bf3247d8768..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/coverage/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  mock,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "coverage";
-  version = "5.5";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "ebe78fe9a0e874362175b02371bdfbee64d8edc42a044253ddf4ee7d3c15212c";
-  };
-
-  # No tests in archive
-  doCheck = false;
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ mock ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Code coverage measurement for python";
-    homepage = "https://coverage.readthedocs.io/";
-    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/hypothesis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/hypothesis/default.nix
index 70fe9682b824..89331389b4d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/hypothesis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/hypothesis/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   attrs,
-  coverage,
   pexpect,
   doCheck ? true,
   pytest,
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     attrs
-    coverage
     sortedcontainers
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index eaa91cdda3d2..41f4914c7421 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ with super;
 
   contextlib2 = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/contextlib2 { };
 
-  coverage = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/coverage { };
+  coverage = disabled super.coverage;
 
   filelock = disabled super.filelock;