diff --git a/var/spack/packages/py-Cython/package.py b/var/spack/packages/py-Cython/package.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c250139114..0000000000
--- a/var/spack/packages/py-Cython/package.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-from spack import *
-
-class PyCython(Package):
-    """The Cython compiler for writing C extensions for the Python language."""
-    homepage = "http://www.cython.org"
-    version("0.21.2", "d21adb870c75680dc857cd05d41046a4",
-            url="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/C/Cython/Cython-0.21.2.tar.gz")
-
-    extends("python")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        python("setup.py", "install", "--prefix=%s" % prefix)
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/py-Distutils2/package.py b/var/spack/packages/py-Distutils2/package.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8690f569fe..0000000000
--- a/var/spack/packages/py-Distutils2/package.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-from spack import *
-
-class PyDistutils2(Package):
-    """Python Packaging Library."""
-    
-    homepage = "https://hg.python.org/distutils2"
-    url      = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/D/Distutils2/Distutils2-1.0a4.tar.gz"
-
-    version('1.0a4', '52bc9dffb394970c27e02853ae3a3241')
-
-    depends_on("python")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        python('setup.py', 'install', '--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-