diff --git a/gnu/packages/check.scm b/gnu/packages/check.scm
index 90b8349657..0e2417c400 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/check.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/check.scm
@@ -862,18 +862,8 @@ (define-public python-mock
 of your system under test with mock objects and make assertions about how they
 have been used.  This library is now part of Python (since Python 3.3),
 available via the @code{unittest.mock} module.")
-    (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-mock))))
     (license license:expat)))
 
-(define-public python2-mock
-  (let ((base (package-with-python2
-               (strip-python2-variant python-mock))))
-    (package/inherit base
-      (propagated-inputs
-       `(("python2-functools32" ,python2-functools32)
-         ("python2-funcsigs" ,python2-funcsigs)
-         ,@(package-propagated-inputs base))))))
-
 ;;; This package is unmaintained (see the note at the top of doc/index.rst).
 (define-public python-nose
   (package