diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/faster-fifo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/faster-fifo/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b6d4a0ce90d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/faster-fifo/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-
-  # build-system
-  cython,
-  setuptools,
-
-  # tests
-  numpy,
-  unittestCheckHook,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "faster-fifo";
-  version = "1.4.6";
-  format = "pyproject";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "alex-petrenko";
-    repo = "faster-fifo";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-vgaaIJTtNg2XqEZ9TB7tTMPJ9yMyWjtfdgNU/lcNLcg=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cython
-    setuptools
-  ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "faster_fifo" ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    numpy
-    unittestCheckHook
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Faster alternative to Python's multiprocessing.Queue (IPC FIFO queue";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/alex-petrenko/faster-fifo";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 8c70cb447e4e..2a126eec9987 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   face_recognition_models = face-recognition-models; # added 2022-10-15
   factory_boy = factory-boy; # added 2023-10-08
   fake_factory = throw "fake_factory has been removed because it is unused and deprecated by upstream since 2016."; # added 2022-05-30
+  faster-fifo = throw "faster-fifo has been removed since it was an unused leaf package"; # added 2024-07-02
   fastnlo_toolkit = fastnlo-toolkit; # added 2024-01-03
   fastpair = throw "fastpair is unmaintained upstream and has therefore been removed"; # added 2024-05-01
   faulthandler = throw "faulthandler is built into ${python.executable}"; # added 2021-07-12
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c4fdbfe375e6..7d2c9b1570c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4175,8 +4175,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   fastentrypoints = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastentrypoints { };
 
-  faster-fifo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/faster-fifo { };
-
   faster-whisper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/faster-whisper { };
 
   fastimport = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastimport { };