diff --git a/pype/hosts/tvpaint/hooks/pre_install_pywin.py b/pype/hosts/tvpaint/hooks/pre_install_pywin.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7abab33757..0000000000
--- a/pype/hosts/tvpaint/hooks/pre_install_pywin.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-from pype.lib import (
-    PreLaunchHook,
-    ApplicationLaunchFailed,
-    run_subprocess
-)
-
-
-class PreInstallPyWin(PreLaunchHook):
-    """Hook makes sure there is installed python module pywin32 on windows."""
-    # WARNING This hook will probably be deprecated in Pype 3 - kept for test
-    order = 10
-    app_groups = ["tvpaint"]
-    platforms = ["windows"]
-
-    def execute(self):
-        installed = False
-        try:
-            from win32com.shell import shell
-            self.log.debug("Python module `pywin32` already installed.")
-            installed = True
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-        if installed:
-            return
-
-        try:
-            output = run_subprocess(
-                ["pip", "install", "pywin32==227"]
-            )
-            self.log.debug("Pip install pywin32 output:\n{}'".format(output))
-        except RuntimeError:
-            msg = "Installation of python module `pywin32` crashed."
-            self.log.warning(msg, exc_info=True)
-            raise ApplicationLaunchFailed(msg)