diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymaging_png/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymaging_png/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d12ddd40062..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymaging_png/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, pymaging
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage {
-  pname = "pymaging-png";
-  version = "unstable-2016-11-16";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "ojii";
-    repo = "pymaging-png";
-    rev = "83d85c44e4b2342818e6c068065e031a9f81bb9f";
-    sha256 = "1mknxvsq0lr1ffm8amzm3w2prn043c6ghqgpxlkw83r988p5fn57";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pymaging ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Pure Python imaging library with Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.1+ support";
-    homepage    = "https://github.com/ojii/pymaging-png/";
-    license     = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mic92 ];
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 00f517bc5788..bfb1dabc5784 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pyjson5 = json5; # added 2022-08-28
   pylibgen = throw "pylibgen is unmaintained upstreamed, and removed from nixpkgs"; # added 2020-06-20
   PyLD = pyld; # added 2022-06-22
+  pymaging_png = throw "pymaging_png has been removed because it has not been maintained for 10 years and has been archived."; # added 2023-11-04
   pymatgen-lammps = throw "pymatgen-lammps has been removed because it is unmaintained and broken"; # added 2023-06-20
   pymazda = throw "pymazda has been removed, because the upstream repo has been affected by a DCMA claim."; # added 2023-10-16
   pymc3 = pymc; # added 2022-06-05, module was rename starting with 4.0.0
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 228cabf855d1..69cfe4888d10 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10388,8 +10388,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pymaging = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymaging { };
 
-  pymaging_png = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymaging_png { };
-
   pymailgunner = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymailgunner { };
 
   pymanopt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymanopt { };