diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cjson/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d34534e3eb80..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cjson/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k, isPyPy }:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "python-cjson";
-  version = "1.2.2";
-  disabled = isPy3k || isPyPy;
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "3006c2c218297be3448dc793218e0b15d20fe9839775521bfc294fc6aa24972b";
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A very fast JSON encoder/decoder for Python";
-    homepage = "https://ag-projects.com/";
-    license = licenses.lgpl2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1689bfdcb399..af0c4f1b26d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1609,8 +1609,6 @@ in {
 
   cjkwrap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cjkwrap { };
 
-  cjson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cjson { };
-
   ckcc-protocol = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ckcc-protocol { };
 
   claripy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/claripy { };