diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/editdistance-s/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/editdistance-s/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a50fe7321dfc..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/editdistance-s/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  cffi,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "editdistance-s";
-  version = "1.0.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "asottile";
-    repo = "editdistance-s";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0w2qd5b6a3c3ahd0xy9ykq4wzqk0byqwdqrr26dyn8j2425j46lg";
-  };
-
-  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ cffi ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cffi ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "editdistance_s" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Fast implementation of the edit distance (Levenshtein distance)";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/asottile/editdistance-s";
-    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ austinbutler ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/identify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/identify/default.nix
index f59607f9981e..114d232e0af7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/identify/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/identify/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  editdistance-s,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
+  cffi,
   setuptools,
   ukkonen,
 }:
@@ -26,18 +26,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   dependencies = [
-    editdistance-s
+    cffi
     pytestCheckHook
     ukkonen
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "identify" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "File identification library for Python";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/chriskuehl/identify";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pre-commit/identify";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fab ];
     mainProgram = "identify-cli";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 63fc54d115f8..c545be2e4b11 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   dogpile_cache = dogpile-cache; # added 2021-10-28
   dogpile-core = throw "dogpile-core is no longer maintained, use dogpile-cache instead"; # added 2021-11-20
   dugong = throw "dugong is unmaintained since 2022 and has therefore been removed"; # added 2024-12-12
+  editdistance-s = throw "editdistance-s has been removed since it was added solely for the identity package, which has moved on to ukkonen"; # added 2025-08-04
   eebrightbox = throw "eebrightbox is unmaintained upstream and has therefore been removed"; # added 2022-02-03
   EasyProcess = easyprocess; # added 2023-02-19
   email_validator = email-validator; # added 2022-06-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c457a7041d67..4fbd9256b879 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4535,8 +4535,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   editdistance = callPackage ../development/python-modules/editdistance { };
 
-  editdistance-s = callPackage ../development/python-modules/editdistance-s { };
-
   editdistpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/editdistpy { };
 
   editor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/editor { };