diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aadict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aadict/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0988fab6d238..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aadict/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  six,
-  pynose,
-  setuptools,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "aadict";
-  version = "0.2.3";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-p3MorFXbtXNdqZRBhwJRvv4TX2h6twenoXhWE2OydwQ=";
-  };
-
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
-
-  dependencies = [ six ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pynose ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "aadict" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Auto-attribute dict (and a couple of other useful dict functions)";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/metagriffin/aadict";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ glittershark ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 5bc297c3a223..aa555f93d4f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ in
   ### Deprecated aliases - for backward compatibility
 
 mapAliases ({
+  aadict = throw "aadict was removed, it was introduced as a dependency for a package that never manifested and has been an unused leaf package ever since"; # added 2024-07-08
   abodepy = jaraco-abode; # added 2023-02-01
   acebinf = throw "acebinf has been removed because it is abandoned and broken."; # Added 2023-05-19
   adafruit-nrfutil = throw "adafruit-nrfutil has been promoted to a top-level attribute name: `pkgs.adafruit-nrfutil`."; # Added 2023-11-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7adddc2da501..439781a3a348 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   a2wsgi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/a2wsgi { };
 
-  aadict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aadict { };
-
   aafigure = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aafigure { };
 
   aardwolf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aardwolf { };