diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cmd2/old.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cmd2/old.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f75170c58c4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cmd2/old.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, pythonOlder
-, pyperclip, six, pyparsing, vim
-, contextlib2 ? null, subprocess32 ? null
-, pytest, mock, which, fetchFromGitHub, glibcLocales
-, runtimeShell
-}:
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "cmd2";
-  version = "0.8.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "python-cmd2";
-    repo = "cmd2";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0nw2b7n7zg51bc3glxw0l9fn91mwjnjshklhmxhyvjbsg7khf64z";
-  };
-
-  LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
-
-  postPatch = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    # Fake the impure dependencies pbpaste and pbcopy
-    mkdir bin
-    echo '#${runtimeShell}' > bin/pbpaste
-    echo '#${runtimeShell}' > bin/pbcopy
-    chmod +x bin/{pbcopy,pbpaste}
-    export PATH=$(realpath bin):$PATH
-  '';
-
-  checkInputs= [ pytest mock which vim glibcLocales ];
-  checkPhase = ''
-    # test_path_completion_user_expansion might be fixed in the next release
-    py.test -k 'not test_path_completion_user_expansion'
-  '';
-  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pyperclip
-    six
-    pyparsing
-  ]
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.5") contextlib2
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.0") subprocess32
-  ;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Enhancements for standard library's cmd module";
-    homepage = https://github.com/python-cmd2/cmd2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ teto ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b9e3f6c93934..a84637f8b371 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3628,9 +3628,8 @@ in {
 
   cachetools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cachetools {};
 
-  cmd2_8 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cmd2/old.nix {};
   cmd2_9 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cmd2 {};
-  cmd2 = if isPy27 then self.cmd2_8 else self.cmd2_9;
+  cmd2 = self.cmd2_9;
 
   warlock = callPackage ../development/python-modules/warlock { };