diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gpyopt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gpyopt/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c430e29a3c94..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gpyopt/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, setuptools
-, numpy, scipy, gpy, emcee, nose, cython }:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "GPyOpt";
-  version = "1.2.6";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    repo   = pname;
-    owner  = "SheffieldML";
-    rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1sv13svaks67i9z560746hz4hslakdna0zd3gxj828il1cv7cslm";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cython ];
-
-  doCheck = false;  # requires several packages not available in Nix
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ nose ];
-
-  checkPhase = "nosetests -v GPyOpt/testing";
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ setuptools numpy scipy gpy emcee ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "GPyOpt" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Bayesian optimization toolbox in Python";
-    homepage = "https://sheffieldml.github.io/GPyOpt";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 095f2815413b..7b6a763bf39d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   google_api_python_client = google-api-python-client; # added 2021-03-19
   googleapis_common_protos = googleapis-common-protos; # added 2021-03-19
   google-apitools = throw "google-apitools was removed because it is deprecated and unsupported by upstream"; # added 2023-02-25
+  gpyopt = throw "gpyopt was remove because it's been archived upstream"; # added 2023-06-07
   graphite_api = throw "graphite_api was removed, because it is no longer maintained"; # added 2022-07-10
   graphite_beacon = throw "graphite_beacon was removed, because it is no longer maintained"; # added 2022-07-09
   grpc_google_iam_v1 = grpc-google-iam-v1; # added 2021-08-21
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d24acd32caa9..9d1850ed991a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4306,8 +4306,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   gpt-2-simple = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gpt-2-simple { };
 
-  gpyopt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gpyopt { };
-
   gql = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gql { };
 
   grad-cam = callPackage ../development/python-modules/grad-cam { };