diff --git a/session.vim b/session.vim
index 89e7e8bd9b..2b35bdf5cf 100644
--- a/session.vim
+++ b/session.vim
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ let g:syntastic_cpp_include_dirs = [
             \'/usr/include/ImageMagick',
             \]
 let g:syntastic_c_include_dirs = g:syntastic_cpp_include_dirs
-let g:syntastic_python_checkers = ['flake8-python2']
 
 set wildignore+=resources/viewer/mathjax/*
 set wildignore+=build/*