diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a4c2d5b3981..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,228 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib ? null, zlibSupport ? true, bzip2, includeModules ? false
-, sqlite, tcl, tk, xlibsWrapper, openssl, readline, db, ncurses, gdbm, self, callPackage
-# For the Python package set
-, pkgs, packageOverrides ? (self: super: {})
-}:
-
-assert zlibSupport -> zlib != null;
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-
-let
-  majorVersion = "2.6";
-  minorVersion = "9";
-  minorVersionSuffix = "";
-  pythonVersion = majorVersion;
-  version = "${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}${minorVersionSuffix}";
-  libPrefix = "python${majorVersion}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}/Python-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0hbfs2691b60c7arbysbzr0w9528d5pl8a4x7mq5psh6a2cvprya";
-  };
-
-  patches =
-    [ # Look in C_INCLUDE_PATH and LIBRARY_PATH for stuff.
-      ./search-path.patch
-
-      # Python recompiles a Python if the mtime stored *in* the
-      # pyc/pyo file differs from the mtime of the source file.  This
-      # doesn't work in Nix because Nix changes the mtime of files in
-      # the Nix store to 1.  So treat that as a special case.
-      ./nix-store-mtime.patch
-
-      # http://bugs.python.org/issue10013
-      ./python2.6-fix-parallel-make.patch
-    ];
-    
-  preConfigure = ''
-      # Purity.
-      for i in /usr /sw /opt /pkg; do
-        substituteInPlace ./setup.py --replace $i /no-such-path
-      done
-    '' + optionalString (stdenv ? cc && stdenv.cc.libc != null) ''
-      for i in Lib/plat-*/regen; do
-        substituteInPlace $i --replace /usr/include/ ${stdenv.cc.libc}/include/
-      done
-    '' + optionalString stdenv.isCygwin ''
-      # On Cygwin, `make install' tries to read this Makefile.
-      mkdir -p $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/config
-      touch $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/config/Makefile
-      mkdir -p $out/include/python${majorVersion}
-      touch $out/include/python${majorVersion}/pyconfig.h
-    '';
-
-  configureFlags = "--enable-shared --with-threads --enable-unicode=ucs4";
-
-  buildInputs =
-    optional (stdenv ? cc && stdenv.cc.libc != null) stdenv.cc.libc ++
-    [ bzip2 openssl ]++ optionals includeModules [ db openssl ncurses gdbm readline xlibsWrapper tcl tk sqlite ]
-    ++ optional zlibSupport zlib;
-
-  mkPaths = paths: {
-    C_INCLUDE_PATH = makeSearchPathOutput "dev" "include" paths;
-    LIBRARY_PATH = makeLibraryPath paths;
-  };
-
-  # Build the basic Python interpreter without modules that have
-  # external dependencies.
-  python = stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "python${if includeModules then "" else "-minimal"}-${version}";
-    pythonVersion = majorVersion;
-
-    inherit majorVersion version src patches buildInputs preConfigure
-            configureFlags;
-
-    inherit (mkPaths buildInputs) C_INCLUDE_PATH LIBRARY_PATH;
-
-    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-msse2";
-
-    setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
-
-    postInstall =
-      ''
-        # needed for some packages, especially packages that backport
-        # functionality to 2.x from 3.x
-        for item in $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/test/*; do
-          if [[ "$item" != */test_support.py* ]]; then
-            rm -rf "$item"
-          fi
-        done
-        touch $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/test/__init__.py
-        ln -s $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/pdb.py $out/bin/pdb
-        ln -s $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/pdb.py $out/bin/pdb${majorVersion}
-        mv $out/share/man/man1/{python.1,python2.6.1}
-        ln -s $out/share/man/man1/{python2.6.1,python.1}
-
-        paxmark E $out/bin/python${majorVersion}
-
-        # Python on Nix is not manylinux1 compatible. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/18484
-        echo "manylinux1_compatible=False" >> $out/lib/${libPrefix}/_manylinux.py
-
-        ${ optionalString includeModules "$out/bin/python ./setup.py build_ext"}
-      '';
-
-    passthru = let
-      pythonPackages = callPackage ../../../../../top-level/python-packages.nix {python=self; overrides=packageOverrides;};
-    in rec {
-      inherit libPrefix;
-      inherit zlibSupport;
-      isPy2 = true;
-      isPy26 = true;
-      buildEnv = callPackage ../../wrapper.nix { python = self; };
-      withPackages = import ../../with-packages.nix { inherit buildEnv pythonPackages;};
-      pkgs = pythonPackages;
-      executable = libPrefix;
-      sitePackages = "lib/${libPrefix}/site-packages";
-      interpreter = "${self}/bin/${executable}";
-    };
-
-    enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = "http://python.org";
-      description = "A high-level dynamically-typed programming language";
-      longDescription = ''
-        Python is a remarkably powerful dynamic programming language that
-        is used in a wide variety of application domains. Some of its key
-        distinguishing features include: clear, readable syntax; strong
-        introspection capabilities; intuitive object orientation; natural
-        expression of procedural code; full modularity, supporting
-        hierarchical packages; exception-based error handling; and very
-        high level dynamic data types.
-      '';
-      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.psfl;
-      platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-      maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ chaoflow domenkozar ];
-      # If you want to use Python 2.6, remove "broken = true;" at your own
-      # risk.  Python 2.6 has known security vulnerabilities is not receiving
-      # security updates as of October 2013.
-      broken = true;
-    };
-  };
-
-
-  # This function builds a Python module included in the main Python
-  # distribution in a separate derivation.
-  buildInternalPythonModule =
-    { moduleName
-    , internalName ? "_" + moduleName
-    , deps
-    }:
-    if includeModules then null else stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-      name = "python-${moduleName}-${python.version}";
-
-      inherit src patches preConfigure configureFlags;
-
-      buildInputs = [ python ] ++ deps;
-
-      inherit (mkPaths buildInputs) C_INCLUDE_PATH LIBRARY_PATH;
-
-      buildPhase =
-        ''
-          substituteInPlace setup.py --replace 'self.extensions = extensions' \
-            'self.extensions = [ext for ext in self.extensions if ext.name in ["${internalName}"]]'
-
-          python ./setup.py build_ext
-          [ -z "$(find build -name '*_failed.so' -print)" ]
-        '';
-
-      installPhase =
-        ''
-          dest=$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages
-          mkdir -p $dest
-          cp -p $(find . -name "*.${if stdenv.isCygwin then "dll" else "so"}") $dest/
-        '';
-    };
-
-
-  # The Python modules included in the main Python distribution, built
-  # as separate derivations.
-  modules = {
-
-    bsddb = buildInternalPythonModule {
-      moduleName = "bsddb";
-      deps = [ db ];
-    };
-
-    crypt = buildInternalPythonModule {
-      moduleName = "crypt";
-      internalName = "crypt";
-      deps = optional (stdenv ? glibc) stdenv.glibc;
-    };
-
-    curses = buildInternalPythonModule {
-      moduleName = "curses";
-      deps = [ ncurses ];
-    };
-
-    curses_panel = buildInternalPythonModule {
-      moduleName = "curses_panel";
-      deps = [ ncurses modules.curses ];
-    };
-
-    gdbm = buildInternalPythonModule {
-      moduleName = "gdbm";
-      internalName = "gdbm";
-      deps = [ gdbm ];
-    };
-
-    sqlite3 = buildInternalPythonModule {
-      moduleName = "sqlite3";
-      deps = [ sqlite ];
-    };
-
-    tkinter = buildInternalPythonModule {
-      moduleName = "tkinter";
-      deps = [ tcl tk xlibsWrapper ];
-    };
-
-    readline = buildInternalPythonModule {
-      moduleName = "readline";
-      internalName = "readline";
-      deps = [ readline ];
-    };
-
-  };
-
-in python // { inherit modules; }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/nix-store-mtime.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/nix-store-mtime.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 83f3fea1931b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/nix-store-mtime.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru -x '*~' Python-2.7.1-orig/Python/import.c Python-2.7.1/Python/import.c
---- Python-2.7.1-orig/Python/import.c	2010-05-20 20:37:55.000000000 +0200
-+++ Python-2.7.1/Python/import.c	2011-01-04 15:55:11.000000000 +0100
-@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@
-         return NULL;
-     }
-     pyc_mtime = PyMarshal_ReadLongFromFile(fp);
--    if (pyc_mtime != mtime) {
-+    if (pyc_mtime != mtime && mtime != 1) {
-         if (Py_VerboseFlag)
-             PySys_WriteStderr("# %s has bad mtime\n", cpathname);
-         fclose(fp);
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/python2.6-fix-parallel-make.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/python2.6-fix-parallel-make.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c43e141f9afb..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/python2.6-fix-parallel-make.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-diff -up Python-2.7/Makefile.pre.in.fix-parallel-make Python-2.7/Makefile.pre.in
---- Python-2.7/Makefile.pre.in.fix-parallel-make	2010-07-22 15:01:39.567996932 -0400
-+++ Python-2.7/Makefile.pre.in	2010-07-22 15:47:02.437998509 -0400
-@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ SIGNAL_OBJS=	@SIGNAL_OBJS@
- 
- ##########################################################################
- # Grammar
-+GRAMMAR_STAMP=	$(srcdir)/grammar-stamp
- GRAMMAR_H=	$(srcdir)/Include/graminit.h
- GRAMMAR_C=	$(srcdir)/Python/graminit.c
- GRAMMAR_INPUT=	$(srcdir)/Grammar/Grammar
-@@ -530,10 +531,24 @@ Modules/getpath.o: $(srcdir)/Modules/get
- Modules/python.o: $(srcdir)/Modules/python.c
- 	$(MAINCC) -c $(PY_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(srcdir)/Modules/python.c
- 
-+# GNU "make" interprets rules with two dependents as two copies of the rule.
-+# 
-+# In a parallel build this can lead to pgen being run twice, once for each of
-+# GRAMMAR_H and GRAMMAR_C, leading to race conditions in which the compiler
-+# reads a partially-overwritten copy of one of these files, leading to syntax
-+# errors (or linker errors if the fragment happens to be syntactically valid C)
-+#
-+# See http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/automake/Multiple-Outputs.html
-+# for more information
-+#
-+# Introduce ".grammar-stamp" as a contrived single output from PGEN to avoid
-+# this:
-+$(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C): $(GRAMMAR_STAMP)
- 
--$(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C): $(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT)
-+$(GRAMMAR_STAMP): $(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT)
- 		-@$(INSTALL) -d Include
- 		-$(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
-+		touch $(GRAMMAR_STAMP)
- 
- $(PGEN):	$(PGENOBJS)
- 		$(CC) $(OPT) $(LDFLAGS) $(PGENOBJS) $(LIBS) -o $(PGEN)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/search-path.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/search-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e7b7526c0ce..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/search-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-diff -rc Python-2.4.4-orig/setup.py Python-2.4.4/setup.py
-*** Python-2.4.4-orig/setup.py	2006-10-08 19:41:25.000000000 +0200
---- Python-2.4.4/setup.py	2007-05-27 16:04:54.000000000 +0200
-***************
-*** 279,288 ****
-          # Check for AtheOS which has libraries in non-standard locations
-          if platform == 'atheos':
-              lib_dirs += ['/system/libs', '/atheos/autolnk/lib']
--             lib_dirs += os.getenv('LIBRARY_PATH', '').split(os.pathsep)
-              inc_dirs += ['/system/include', '/atheos/autolnk/include']
--             inc_dirs += os.getenv('C_INCLUDE_PATH', '').split(os.pathsep)
-  
-          # OSF/1 and Unixware have some stuff in /usr/ccs/lib (like -ldb)
-          if platform in ['osf1', 'unixware7', 'openunix8']:
-              lib_dirs += ['/usr/ccs/lib']
---- 279,289 ----
-          # Check for AtheOS which has libraries in non-standard locations
-          if platform == 'atheos':
-              lib_dirs += ['/system/libs', '/atheos/autolnk/lib']
-              inc_dirs += ['/system/include', '/atheos/autolnk/include']
-  
-+         lib_dirs += os.getenv('LIBRARY_PATH', '').split(os.pathsep)
-+         inc_dirs += os.getenv('C_INCLUDE_PATH', '').split(os.pathsep)
-+         
-          # OSF/1 and Unixware have some stuff in /usr/ccs/lib (like -ldb)
-          if platform in ['osf1', 'unixware7', 'openunix8']:
-              lib_dirs += ['/usr/ccs/lib']
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/setup-hook.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4caff9c9d846..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6/setup-hook.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-addPythonPath() {
-    addToSearchPathWithCustomDelimiter : PYTHONPATH $1/lib/python2.6/site-packages
-}
-
-toPythonPath() {
-    local paths="$1"
-    local result=
-    for i in $paths; do
-        p="$i/lib/python2.6/site-packages"
-        result="${result}${result:+:}$p"
-    done
-    echo $result
-}
-
-envHooks+=(addPythonPath)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/2.6-html.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/2.6-html.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b41f122fa9b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/2.6-html.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated and will be overwritten by ./generate.sh
-
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "python26-docs-html-2.6.8";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/2.6.8/python-2.6.8-docs-html.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "09kznik9ahmnrqw9gkr7mjv3b3zr258f2fm27n12hrrwwsaszkni";
-  };
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/python26
-    cp -R ./ $out/share/doc/python26/html
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/2.6-pdf-a4.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/2.6-pdf-a4.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ec031821a03f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/2.6-pdf-a4.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated and will be overwritten by ./generate.sh
-
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "python26-docs-pdf-a4-2.6.8";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/2.6.8/python-2.6.8-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "07k8n9zhd59s1yn8ahsizkaqnv969p0f2c2acxgxrxhhyy842pp8";
-  };
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/python26
-    cp -R ./ $out/share/doc/python26/pdf-a4
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/2.6-pdf-letter.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/2.6-pdf-letter.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cacf7778348..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/2.6-pdf-letter.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated and will be overwritten by ./generate.sh
-
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "python26-docs-pdf-letter-2.6.8";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/2.6.8/python-2.6.8-docs-pdf-letter.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "01r87m8hb7f9ql4j9zcjcrr9150nsk23sj8cy02vygr83sc1ldmq";
-  };
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/python26
-    cp -R ./ $out/share/doc/python26/pdf-letter
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/2.6-text.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/2.6-text.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index eb394a3f3e2d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/2.6-text.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated and will be overwritten by ./generate.sh
-
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "python26-docs-text-2.6.8";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/2.6.8/python-2.6.8-docs-text.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "05wsdh6ilgkclgak09fq7fsx5kflkmqq8dyxi2rpydx289cw3a8c";
-  };
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/python26
-    cp -R ./ $out/share/doc/python26/text
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/default.nix
index 8f5fc810fb71..89e60f961f63 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/docs/default.nix
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ pythonDocs = {
     python27 = import ./2.7-html.nix {
       inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
     };
-    python26 = import ./2.6-html.nix {
-      inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
-    };
   };
   pdf_a4 = {
     recurseForDerivations = true;
@@ -22,9 +19,6 @@ pythonDocs = {
     python27 = import ./2.7-pdf-a4.nix {
       inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
     };
-    python26 = import ./2.6-pdf-a4.nix {
-      inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
-    };
   };
   pdf_letter = {
     recurseForDerivations = true;
@@ -34,9 +28,6 @@ pythonDocs = {
     python27 = import ./2.7-pdf-letter.nix {
       inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
     };
-    python26 = import ./2.6-pdf-letter.nix {
-      inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
-    };
   };
   text = {
     recurseForDerivations = true;
@@ -46,8 +37,5 @@ pythonDocs = {
     python27 = import ./2.7-text.nix {
       inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
     };
-    python26 = import ./2.6-text.nix {
-      inherit stdenv fetchurl lib;
-    };
   };
 }; in pythonDocs
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a6bd01b24675..59b8e4e0f750 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5845,7 +5845,6 @@ with pkgs;
   # These are for compatibility and should not be used inside Nixpkgs.
   pythonFull = python.override{x11Support=true;};
   python2Full = python2.override{x11Support=true;};
-  python26Full = python26.override{includeModules=true;self=python26Full;};
   python27Full = python27.override{x11Support=true;};
   python3Full = python3.override{x11Support=true;};
   python33Full = python33.override{x11Support=true;};
@@ -5858,10 +5857,6 @@ with pkgs;
   python2Packages = python27Packages;
   python3Packages = python35Packages;
 
-  python26 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.6 {
-    db = db4;
-    self = python26;
-  };
   python27 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7 {
     self = python27;
     inherit (darwin) CF configd;
@@ -10165,11 +10160,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ### DEVELOPMENT / PYTHON MODULES
 
-  # `nix-env -i python-nose` installs for 2.7, the default python.
-  # Therefore we do not recurse into attributes here, in contrast to
-  # python27Packages. `nix-env -iA python26Packages.nose` works
-  # regardless.
-  python26Packages = python26.pkgs;
+  # Python package sets.
 
   python27Packages = lib.hiPrioSet (recurseIntoAttrs python27.pkgs);