diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/audio-metadata/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/audio-metadata/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 240fa2e6cb94..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/audio-metadata/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  attrs,
-  bidict,
-  bitstruct,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
-  more-itertools,
-  pendulum,
-  poetry-core,
-  pprintpp,
-  tbm-utils,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "audio-metadata";
-  version = "0.11.1";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "thebigmunch";
-    repo = "audio-metadata";
-    tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-5ZX4HwbuB9ZmFfHuxaMCrn3R7/znuDsoyqqLql2Nizg=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Switch to poetry-core, https://github.com/thebigmunch/audio-metadata/pull/41
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "switch-to-poetry-core.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/thebigmunch/audio-metadata/commit/dfe91a69ee37e9dcefb692165eb0f9cd36a7e5b8.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-ut3mqgZQu0YFbsTEA13Ch0+aSNl17ndMV0fuIu3n5tc=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  pythonRelaxDeps = [
-    "attrs"
-    "more-itertools"
-    "pendulum"
-  ];
-
-  build-system = [ poetry-core ];
-
-  dependencies = [
-    attrs
-    bidict
-    bitstruct
-    more-itertools
-    pendulum
-    pprintpp
-    tbm-utils
-  ];
-
-  # Tests require ward which is not ready to be used
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "audio_metadata" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Library for handling the metadata from audio files";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/thebigmunch/audio-metadata";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/thebigmunch/audio-metadata/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jakewaksbaum ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index b602dcd6d6cd..252896f2c0de 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ mapAliases {
   async_stagger = throw "'async_stagger' has been renamed to/replaced by 'async-stagger'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   asyncio-nats-client = throw "'asyncio-nats-client' has been renamed to/replaced by 'nats-py'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   atsim_potentials = throw "'atsim_potentials' has been renamed to/replaced by 'atsim-potentials'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
+  audio-metadata = throw "'audio-metadata' has been removed as it's unmaintained since 2020"; # Added 2026-03-12
   autotrash = throw "'autotrash' has been renamed to/replaced by 'super.pkgs.autotrash'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   av_13 = throw "'av_13' has been renamed to/replaced by 'av'"; # Added 2026-02-01
   Babel = throw "'Babel' has been renamed to/replaced by 'babel'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dbbb7a997cb7..580e4243c66e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1206,8 +1206,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   audible = callPackage ../development/python-modules/audible { };
 
-  audio-metadata = callPackage ../development/python-modules/audio-metadata { };
-
   audioop-lts =
     if pythonAtLeast "3.13" then callPackage ../development/python-modules/audioop-lts { } else null;