diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/compose_1.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/compose_1.nix
index 1299d6f69ec7..425363e2b73b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/compose_1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/compose_1.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchPypi, pythonOlder
 , installShellFiles
 , mock, pytest, nose
-, pyyaml, backports_ssl_match_hostname, colorama, docopt
+, pyyaml, colorama, docopt
 , dockerpty, docker, jsonschema, requests
 , six, texttable, websocket-client, cached-property
 , enum34, functools32, paramiko, distro, python-dotenv
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     pyyaml colorama dockerpty docker
     jsonschema requests six texttable websocket-client
     docopt cached-property paramiko distro python-dotenv
-  ] ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.7") backports_ssl_match_hostname
+  ]
   ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.4") enum34
   ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.2") functools32;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports_ssl_match_hostname/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports_ssl_match_hostname/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a7403e16123a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports_ssl_match_hostname/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonAtLeast }:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "backports.ssl_match_hostname";
-  version = "3.7.0.1";
-  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.7";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "bb82e60f9fbf4c080eabd957c39f0641f0fc247d9a16e31e26d594d8f42b9fd2";
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Secure Sockets layer is only actually *secure*";
-    homepage = "https://bitbucket.org/brandon/backports.ssl_match_hostname";
-    license = licenses.psfl;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c195b70de664..454b83aa1a94 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1110,8 +1110,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   backports-shutil-which = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports-shutil-which { };
 
-  backports_ssl_match_hostname = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_ssl_match_hostname { };
-
   backports_tempfile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_tempfile { };
 
   backports_unittest-mock = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_unittest-mock { };