diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/pycaml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/pycaml/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c19b40eb9afe7..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/pycaml/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, ocaml, findlib, ncurses, python2, ocaml_make }:
-
-# This is the original pycaml version with patches from debian.
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "pycaml";
-  version = "0.82-14";
-
-  srcs = [
-    (fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/p/pycaml/pycaml_${lib.versions.majorMinor version}.orig.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "d57be559c8d586c575717d47817986bbdbcebe2ffd16ad6b291525c62868babe";
-    })
-
-    (fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/p/pycaml/pycaml_${version}.debian.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "a763088ec1fa76c769bf586ed6692e7ac035b0a2bfd48a90a8e7a9539ec0c2f1";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    rm -f Makefile* configure*
-    cp ../debian/META ../debian/Makefile .
-    sed -i "Makefile" -e's|/usr/share/ocamlmakefile/OCamlMakefile|${ocaml_make}/include/OCamlMakefile|g'
-  '';
-
-  sourceRoot = "pycaml";
-  patches = [ "../debian/patches/*.patch" ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses ocaml findlib python2 ocaml_make ];
-  createFindlibDestdir = true;
-
-  # the Makefile is not shipped with an install target, hence we do it ourselves.
-  installPhase = ''
-    ocamlfind install pycaml \
-     dllpycaml_stubs.so libpycaml_stubs.a pycaml.a pycaml.cma \
-     pycaml.cmi pycaml.cmo pycaml.cmx pycaml.cmxa \
-     META
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/chemoelectric/pycaml";
-    description = "Bindings for python and ocaml";
-    license = "LGPL";
-    platforms = ocaml.meta.platforms or [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index fe7fd7d856ae5..0b45f117d7f3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -1193,8 +1193,6 @@ let
 
     ptset = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/ptset { };
 
-    pycaml = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/pycaml { };
-
     pyml = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/pyml { };
 
     qcheck-alcotest = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/qcheck/alcotest.nix { };