diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zipfile36/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zipfile36/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d9ddf6e66a3f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zipfile36/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, python
-, isPy3k
-, pythonOlder
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "zipfile36";
-  version = "0.1.3";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "a78a8dddf4fa114f7fe73df76ffcce7538e23433b7a6a96c1c904023f122aead";
-  };
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest test_zipfile.py
-  '';
-
-  # Only works with Python 3.x.
-  # Not supposed to be used with 3.6 and up.
-  disabled = !(isPy3k && (pythonOlder "3.6"));
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Read and write ZIP files - backport of the zipfile module from Python 3.6";
-    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/takluyver/zipfile36";
-    license = lib.licenses.psfl;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.fridh ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c56ae45f278f..3ca8170ac756 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -12614,8 +12614,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   zimports = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zimports { };
 
-  zipfile36 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zipfile36 { };
-
   zipp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zipp { };
 
   zipstream = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zipstream { };