diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1bc50dc0e212..c8f33b87715e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7716,30 +7716,6 @@ in {
   };
 
 
-  rtmidi = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "0.3a";
-    name = "rtmidi-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "http://chrisarndt.de/projects/python-rtmidi/download/python-${name}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "0d2if633m3kbiricd5hgn1csccd8xab6lnab1bq9prdr9ks9i8h6";
-    };
-
-    preConfigure = ''
-      sed -i "/use_setuptools/d" setup.py
-    '';
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.alsaLib pkgs.libjack2 ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A Python wrapper for the RtMidi C++ library written with Cython";
-      homepage = http://trac.chrisarndt.de/code/wiki/python-rtmidi;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
-    };
-  };
-
-
   setuptools-git = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "setuptools-git-${version}";
     version = "1.1";