diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysqlcipher3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysqlcipher3/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1727d1dd49c8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysqlcipher3/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  sqlcipher,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pysqlcipher3";
-  version = "1.2.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-PIAzgSZVlH6/KagJrFEGsrxpvgJ06szva1j0WAyNBsU=";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ sqlcipher ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pysqlcipher3" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Python 3 bindings for SQLCipher";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/rigglemania/pysqlcipher3/";
-    license = lib.licenses.zlib;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index edd05855207a..546784261cf2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ mapAliases {
   pySmartDL = throw "'pySmartDL' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pysmartdl'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   pysmi-lextudio = throw "'pysmi-lextudio' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pysmi'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   pysnmp-lextudio = throw "'pysnmp-lextudio' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pysnmp'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
+  pysqlcipher3 = throw "'pysqlcipher3' has been removed has it was abandonned upstream and broken"; # Added 2025-12-30
   PyStemmer = throw "'PyStemmer' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pystemmer'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   pysuez = throw "'pysuez' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pysuezv2'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   pytado = throw "'pytado' has been renamed to/replaced by 'python-tado'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 555bd9c72053..1cdd84b71645 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14720,8 +14720,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pyspx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyspx { };
 
-  pysqlcipher3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysqlcipher3 { inherit (pkgs) sqlcipher; };
-
   pysqlitecipher = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysqlitecipher { };
 
   pysqueezebox = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysqueezebox { };