diff --git a/playbooks/tox/tarball.yaml b/playbooks/tox/tarball.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f3fcfb8b..000000000
--- a/playbooks/tox/tarball.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-- hosts: all
-  roles:
-    - role: tox
-      tox_extra_args: -vv python setup.py sdist
-    - role: tox
-      tox_extra_args: -vv python setup.py bdist_wheel
diff --git a/zuul.yaml b/zuul.yaml
index cd90ab55b..ec6fb41d0 100644
--- a/zuul.yaml
+++ b/zuul.yaml
@@ -124,18 +124,6 @@
     run: playbooks/python/sdist.yaml
     post-run: playbooks/python/tarball-post
 
-- job:
-    name: tox-tarball
-    parent: tox
-    description: |
-      Generate a python source tarball and a binary wheel
-
-      Uses tox with the ``venv`` environment.
-    vars:
-      tox_envlist: venv
-    run: playbooks/tox/tarball
-    post-run: playbooks/python/tarball-post
-
 - job:
     name: python-upload-pypi
     parent: python-sdist