diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bunch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bunch/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 84fb157a8659..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bunch/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pythonOlder,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage {
-  pname = "bunch";
-  version = "unstable-2017-11-21";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
-
-  # Use a fork as upstream is dead
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "olivecoder";
-    repo = "bunch";
-    rev = "71ac9d5c712becd4c502ab3099203731a0f1122e";
-    hash = "sha256-XOgzJkcIqkAJFsKAyt2jSEIxcc0h2gFC15xy5kAs+7s=";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "rU" "r"
-  '';
-
-  # No real tests available
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "bunch" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Python dictionary that provides attribute-style access";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/dsc/bunch";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 81c1dc420ecd..1462962efaf5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   buildbot-plugins = throw "use pkgs.buildbot-plugins instead"; # added 2022-04-07
   buildbot-worker = throw "use pkgs.buildbot-worker instead"; # added 2022-04-07
   buildbot-pkg = throw "buildbot-pkg has been removed, it's only internally used in buildbot"; # added 2022-04-07
+  bunch = throw "bunch has been removed as it is unmaintained since inception"; # added 2025-05-31
   btsmarthub_devicelist = btsmarthub-devicelist; # added 2024-01-03
   bt_proximity = bt-proximity; # added 2021-07-02
   BTrees = btrees; # added 2023-02-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 21ac86e4658e..7151e8f23dd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2202,8 +2202,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   bumps = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bumps { };
 
-  bunch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bunch { };
-
   bundlewrap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bundlewrap { };
 
   bundlewrap-keepass = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bundlewrap-keepass { };