diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
index c3c0687d2cfc..cfcf487b4356 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 , stripConfig ? false
 , stripIdlelib ? false
 , stripTests ? false
-, stripLibs ? [ ]
 , pythonAttr ? "python${sourceVersion.major}${sourceVersion.minor}"
 }:
 
@@ -322,15 +321,7 @@ in with passthru; stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     '' + optionalString stripTests ''
       # Strip tests
       rm -R $out/lib/python*/test $out/lib/python*/**/test{,s}
-    '' + (concatStringsSep "\n"
-          (map
-            (lib:
-              ''
-                rm -vR $out/lib/python*/${lib}
-                # libraries in dynload (C libraries) may not exist,
-                # but when they exist they may be prefixed with _
-                rm -vfR $out/lib/python*/lib-dynload/{,_}${lib}
-              '') stripLibs));
+    '';
 
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/default.nix b/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/default.nix
index fa1de609d6ac..4247d1ab21d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/default.nix
@@ -26,60 +26,6 @@ let
     stripConfig = true;
     stripIdlelib = true;
     stripTests = true;
-    stripLibs = [
-      # directories
-      "bsddb*"
-      "curses"
-      "compiler"
-      "ensurepip"
-      "hotshot"
-      "lib-tk"
-      "sqlite3"
-      # files
-      "aifc*"
-      "antigravity*"
-      "async*"
-      "*audio*"
-      "BaseHTTPServer*"
-      "Bastion*"
-      "binhex*"
-      "bdb*"
-      "CGIHTTPServer*"
-      "cgitb*"
-      "chunk*"
-      "colorsys*"
-      "dbhash*"
-      "dircache*"
-      "*dbm*"
-      "ftplib*"
-      "*hdr*"
-      "imaplib*"
-      "imputil*"
-      "MimeWriter*"
-      "mailbox*"
-      "mhlib*"
-      "mimify*"
-      "multifile*"
-      "netrc*"
-      "nntplib*"
-      "os2emxpath*"
-      "pyclbr*"
-      "pydoc*"
-      "SimpleHTTPServer*"
-      "sgmllib*"
-      "smtp*"
-      "ssl*"
-      "sun*"
-      "tabnanny*"
-      "telnetlib*"
-      "this*"
-      "wave*"
-      "webbrowser*"
-      "whichdb*"
-      "wsgiref*"
-      "xdrlib*"
-      "*XMLRPC*"
-    ];
     enableOptimizations = false;
   };
   callPackage = lib.callPackageWith (pkgs // { python27 = python27'; });