diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mesonpep517/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mesonpep517/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4256dbe6ece4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mesonpep517/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  meson,
-  ninja,
-  setuptools,
-  toml,
-  wheel,
-}:
-
-# TODO: offer meson as a Python package so we have dist-info folder.
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "mesonpep517";
-  version = "0.2";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-Fyo7JfLqHJqbahEjVDt/0xJxOfVLqLn3xNJ4lSB7KIw=";
-  };
-
-  # Applies the following merge request, which doesn't apply cleanly:
-  # https://gitlab.com/thiblahute/mesonpep517/-/merge_requests/25
-  #
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace-fail 'backend-path = "."' 'backend-path = ["."]'
-  '';
-
-  build-system = [
-    setuptools
-    wheel
-  ];
-
-  dependencies = [ toml ];
-
-  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [
-    meson
-    ninja
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Create pep517 compliant packages from the meson build system";
-    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/thiblahute/mesonpep517";
-    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 6cecf4d22c75..7cf00fbaa665 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ mapAliases {
   memcached = throw "'memcached' has been renamed to/replaced by 'python-memcached'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   memory_profiler = throw "'memory_profiler' has been renamed to/replaced by 'memory-profiler'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   mesa = throw "python3Packages.mesa has been removed because it has been marked as broken since at least November 2024."; # Added 2025-10-03
+  mesonpep517 = throw "'mesonpep517' has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained."; # added 2025-11-08
   minikerberos-bad = throw "'minikerberos-bad' has been renamed to/replaced by 'kerbad'"; # added 2025-11-06
   mir_eval = throw "'mir_eval' has been renamed to/replaced by 'mir-eval'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   mistune_2_0 = throw "'mistune_2_0' has been renamed to/replaced by 'mistune'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d01e393f4e97..99e66e842b76 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9341,8 +9341,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   meson-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/meson-python { inherit (pkgs) ninja; };
 
-  mesonpep517 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mesonpep517 { };
-
   messagebird = callPackage ../development/python-modules/messagebird { };
 
   metaflow = callPackage ../development/python-modules/metaflow { };