diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipdbplugin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipdbplugin/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dd69b112f560..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipdbplugin/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, nose
-, ipython
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "ipdbplugin";
-  version = "1.5.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "cdcd6bc1e995c3c2c4971ed95f207e680aa44980b716fa43fb675ff2dcc7894f";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ nose ipython ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/flavioamieiro/nose-ipdb/tree/master";
-    description = "Nose plugin to use iPdb instead of Pdb when tests fail";
-    license = licenses.lgpl2;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 69a78d27314c2..f734381f90c73 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   imgaug = throw "imgaug has been removed as it is no longer maintained"; # added 2023-07-10
   intreehook =  throw "intreehooks has been removed because it is obsolete as a backend-path key was added to PEP 517"; # added 2023-04-11
   ipaddress = throw "ipaddress has been removed because it is no longer required since python 2.7."; # added 2022-05-30
+  ipdbplugin = throw "ipdbplugin has been removed because it has no longer maintained for 6 years";  # added 2024-05-21
   ipython_genutils = ipython-genutils; # added 2023-10-12
   influxgraph = throw "influxgraph has been removed because it is no longer maintained"; # added 2022-07-10
   itanium_demangler = itanium-demangler; # added 2022-10-17
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 786f9d31f7228..cc122dafa3af4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5871,8 +5871,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   ipdb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipdb { };
 
-  ipdbplugin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipdbplugin { };
-
   ipfshttpclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipfshttpclient { };
 
   i-pi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/i-pi { };