diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 15ba418da44b..4f72b3211f82 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10279,10 +10279,6 @@ in
 
   ### DEVELOPMENT / PYTHON MODULES
 
-  # python function with default python interpreter
-  buildPythonPackage = pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage;
-  buildPythonApplication = pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication;
-
   # `nix-env -i python-nose` installs for 2.7, the default python.
   # Therefore we do not recurse into attributes here, in contrast to
   # python27Packages. `nix-env -iA python26Packages.nose` works