diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/recaptcha_client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/recaptcha_client/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index dce24cfa7a8f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/recaptcha_client/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, pythonAtLeast
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "recaptcha-client";
-  version = "1.0.6";
-  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.5";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "28c6853c1d13d365b7dc71a6b05e5ffb56471f70a850de318af50d3d7c0dea2f";
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CAPTCHA for Python using the reCAPTCHA service";
-    homepage = "http://recaptcha.net/";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 6d28fd6dc2f1..2a83d3a94614 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   qiskit-aqua = throw "qiskit-aqua has been removed due to deprecation, with its functionality moved to different qiskit packages";
   rabbitpy = throw "rabbitpy has been removed, since it is unmaintained and broken"; # added 2023-07-01
   rdflib-jsonld = throw "rdflib-jsonld is not compatible with rdflib 6"; # added 2021-11-05
+  recaptcha_client = throw "recaptcha_client has been removed since it is no longer maintained"; # added 2023-10-20
   rednose = throw "rednose is no longer maintained (since February 2018)"; # added 2023-08-06
   retworkx = rustworkx; # added 2023-05-14
   repeated_test = repeated-test; # added 2022-11-15
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0dd42931c495..822f76652cd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -12026,8 +12026,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   rebulk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rebulk { };
 
-  recaptcha_client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/recaptcha_client { };
-
   recipe-scrapers = callPackage ../development/python-modules/recipe-scrapers { };
 
   recline = callPackage ../development/python-modules/recline { };