diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.4/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f9673cc68d9e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.4/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, zlib ? null, zlibSupport ? true, bzip2}:
-
-assert zlibSupport -> zlib != null;
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-
-let
-
-  buildInputs =
-    optional (stdenv ? gcc && stdenv.gcc.libc != null) stdenv.gcc.libc ++
-    [bzip2] ++
-    optional zlibSupport zlib;
-
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "python-2.4.6";
-  majorVersion = "2.4";
-  version = "2.4.6";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.6/Python-2.4.6.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "021y88a4ki07dgq19yhg6zfvmncfiz7h5b2255438i9zmlwl246s";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Look in C_INCLUDE_PATH and LIBRARY_PATH for stuff.
-    ./search-path.patch
-  ];
-
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  C_INCLUDE_PATH = concatStringsSep ":" (map (p: "${p}/include") buildInputs);
-  LIBRARY_PATH = concatStringsSep ":" (map (p: "${p}/lib") buildInputs);
-
-  configureFlags = "--enable-shared";
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    # Purity.
-    for i in /usr /sw /opt /pkg; do
-      substituteInPlace ./setup.py --replace $i /no-such-path
-    done
-  '';
-
-  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    rm -rf $out/lib/python2.4/test
-  '';
-
-  passthru = {
-    inherit zlibSupport;
-    libPrefix = "python2.4";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.4/search-path.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.4/search-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e7b7526c0ce..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.4/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/2.4/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.4/setup-hook.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 8334fbc21a84..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.4/setup-hook.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-addPythonPath() {
-    addToSearchPathWithCustomDelimiter : PYTHONPATH $1/lib/python2.4/site-packages
-}
-
-toPythonPath() {
-    local paths="$1"
-    local result=
-    for i in $paths; do
-        p="$i/lib/python2.4/site-packages"
-        result="${result}${result:+:}$p"
-    done
-    echo $result
-}
-
-envHooks=(${envHooks[@]} addPythonPath)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a8c9ca934f31..74e1bfcb7278 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2274,8 +2274,6 @@ let
 
   pythonWrapper = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix { };
 
-  python24 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/2.4 { };
-
   python26Base = lowPrio (makeOverridable (import ../development/interpreters/python/2.6) {
     inherit (pkgs) fetchurl stdenv zlib bzip2 gdbm;
     arch = if stdenv.isDarwin then darwinArchUtility else null;
@@ -4390,9 +4388,11 @@ let
 
   ZopeInterface = pythonPackages.zopeInterface;
 
+  /*
   zope = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope {
     python = python24;
   };
+  */
 
   
   ### SERVERS