diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythonirclib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythonirclib/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 54c84fe6ef59..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythonirclib/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchurl
-, paver
-, isPy3k
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "irclib";
-  version = "0.4.8";
-  disabled = isPy3k;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/python-irclib/python-irclib-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1x5456y4rbxmnw4yblhb4as5791glcw394bm36px3x6l05j3mvl1";
-  };
-
-  patches = [(fetchurl {
-    url = "http://trac.uwc.ac.za/trac/python_tools/browser/xmpp/resources/irc-transport/irclib.py.diff?rev=387&format=raw";
-    name = "irclib.py.diff";
-    sha256 = "5fb8d95d6c95c93eaa400b38447c63e7a176b9502bc49b2f9b788c9905f4ec5e";
-  })];
-
-  patchFlags = [ "irclib.py" ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ paver ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Python IRC library";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/irc";
-    license = with licenses; [ lgpl21 ];
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 522e8f119641..37787ba8a3bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8997,8 +8997,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   teapot = callPackage ../applications/office/teapot { };
 
-  pythonIRClib = pythonPackages.pythonIRClib;
-
   pyditz = callPackage ../applications/misc/pyditz {
     pythonPackages = python27Packages;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index a310d55e2a24..2b5b9075ab66 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -493,8 +493,6 @@ with self; with super; {
 
   python2-pythondialog = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python2-pythondialog { };
 
-  pythonIRClib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pythonirclib { };
-
   pythonmagick = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pythonmagick { };
 
   pyutil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyutil { };