diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pyparsing/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pyparsing/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 36de6922e72d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pyparsing/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  lib,
-
-  # since this is a dependency of pytest, we need to avoid
-  # circular dependencies
-  jinja2,
-  railroad-diagrams,
-}:
-
-let
-  pyparsing = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "pyparsing";
-    version = "2.4.7";
-    format = "setuptools";
-
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "pyparsing";
-      repo = pname;
-      rev = "pyparsing_${version}";
-      sha256 = "14pfy80q2flgzjcx8jkracvnxxnr59kjzp3kdm5nh232gk1v6g6h";
-    };
-
-    # circular dependencies if enabled by default
-    doCheck = false;
-    nativeCheckInputs = [
-      jinja2
-      railroad-diagrams
-    ];
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      python -m unittest
-    '';
-
-    passthru.tests = {
-      check = pyparsing.overridePythonAttrs (_: {
-        doCheck = true;
-      });
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/pyparsing/pyparsing";
-      description = "Alternative approach to creating and executing simple grammars, vs. the traditional lex/yacc approach, or the use of regular expressions";
-      license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
-in
-pyparsing
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index 6bc5a5bbd9a8..a5d6050851f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ with super;
     inherit (pkgs.buildPackages) meson;
   };
 
-  pyparsing = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/pyparsing { };
+  pyparsing = disabled super.pyparsing;
 
   pytest = pytest_4;