diff --git a/packages/contract-artifacts/src/copy.ts b/packages/contract-artifacts/src/copy.ts
index 06a4474432..c67b3741f8 100644
--- a/packages/contract-artifacts/src/copy.ts
+++ b/packages/contract-artifacts/src/copy.ts
@@ -48,13 +48,7 @@ if (allArtifactPaths.length < pkgNames.length) {
 for (const _path of allArtifactPaths) {
     const fileName = _path.split('/').slice(-1)[0];
     const targetPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../artifacts', fileName);
-    const targetPathPython = path.join(
-        MONOREPO_ROOT,
-        'python-packages/contract_artifacts/src/zero_ex/contract_artifacts/artifacts',
-        fileName,
-    );
     fs.copyFileSync(_path, targetPath);
-    fs.copyFileSync(_path, targetPathPython);
     logUtils.log(`Copied ${_path}`);
 }
 logUtils.log(`Finished copying contract-artifacts. Remember to transform artifacts before publishing or using abi-gen`);