diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/setuptools-scm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/setuptools-scm/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 46056a8b6ff5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/setuptools-scm/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  toml,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "setuptools_scm";
-  version = "5.0.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-g6DO3TRJ45RjB4EaTHudicS1/UZKL7XuzNCluxWK5cg=";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ toml ];
-
-  # Requires pytest, circular dependency
-  doCheck = false;
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "setuptools_scm" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm/";
-    description = "Handles managing your python package versions in scm metadata";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index 36c1b6250795..ebfdbb802acb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ with super;
 
   setuptools = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/setuptools { };
 
-  setuptools-scm = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/setuptools-scm { };
-
   six = super.six.overridePythonAttrs (_: {
     doCheck = false; # circular dependency with pytest
   });