diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
index 385e844bdb04..eaba52251509 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
@@ -24,14 +24,4 @@
       sha256 = "0ixr3g1nb02xblqyk87bzag8sj8phy37m24xflabfl1k2zfh0313";
     };
   }));
-
-  ansible_2_5 = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication (ansible.overridePythonAttrs(old: rec {
-    pname = "ansible";
-    version = "2.5.15";
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1w9wfv1s2jq6vkx1hm6n69zwxv2pgjj7nidyg452miwh684jpg7z";
-    };
-  }));
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5fccb6c182ec..84d917988b88 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8745,7 +8745,6 @@ in
 
   inherit (callPackage ../tools/admin/ansible { })
     ansible
-    ansible_2_5
     ansible_2_6
     ansible_2_7;