diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
index b509e7947e..e99fbe4aef 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
@@ -601,7 +601,6 @@ RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-pulseaudio-client-conf-sato = "Unassigned <unassigned@yocto
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-puzzles = "Anuj Mittal <anuj.mittal@intel.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3 = "Oleksandr Kravchuk <open.source@oleksandr-kravchuk.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-alabaster = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
-RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-async = "Oleksandr Kravchuk <open.source@oleksandr-kravchuk.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-asn1crypto = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-atomicwrites = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-attrs = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-async.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-async.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index fde864601c..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-async.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Python framework to process interdependent tasks in a pool of workers"
-HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/gitpython-developers/async"
-SECTION = "devel/python"
-LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://PKG-INFO;beginline=8;endline=8;md5=88df8e78b9edfd744953862179f2d14e"
-
-inherit pypi
-
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "9b06b5997de2154f3bc0273f80bcef6b"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ac6894d876e45878faae493b0cf61d0e28ec417334448ac0a6ea2229d8343051"
-
-RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${PYTHON_PN}-threading"
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-async_0.6.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-async_0.6.2.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 0da5fdecdc..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-async_0.6.2.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-inherit setuptools3
-require python-async.inc