diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/safe/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/safe/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e59107fc33a1..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/safe/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  nose,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "0.4";
-  pname = "Safe";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "a2fdac9fe8a9dcf02b438201d6ce0b7be78f85dc6492d03edfb89be2adf489de";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ nose ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/lepture/safe";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    description = "Check password strength";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 3932083c9845..57238790eb93 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   ruamel_yaml_clib = ruamel-yaml-clib; # added 2021-11-01
   inherit (super.pkgs) ruff-lsp; # added 2023-06-23
   runway-python = throw "SDK has been deprecated and was archived by upstream"; # added 2023-05-03
+  safe = throw "safe has been removed, it was unmaintained sinced October 2019"; # added 2024-07-28
   sampledata = throw "sampledata has been removed, it was unmaintained since 2017"; # added 2024-07-27
   sapi-python-client = kbcstorage; # added 2022-04-20
   scikitimage = scikit-image; # added 2023-05-14
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a283a5c167a3..1a35d95e5b9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13858,8 +13858,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   sacremoses = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sacremoses { };
 
-  safe = callPackage ../development/python-modules/safe { };
-
   safe-pysha3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/safe-pysha3 { };
 
   safeio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/safeio { };