diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/transmissionrpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/transmissionrpc/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b6875390be0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/transmissionrpc/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  six,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "transmissionrpc";
-  version = "0.11";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "ec43b460f9fde2faedbfa6d663ef495b3fd69df855a135eebe8f8a741c0dde60";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
-
-  # no tests
-  doCheck = false;
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "transmissionrpc" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Python implementation of the Transmission bittorent client RPC protocol";
-    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/transmissionrpc/";
-    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index d590c94b5cdf..d2d27c200ac5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   torrent_parser = torrent-parser; # added 2023-11-04
   transip = throw "transip has been removed because it is no longer maintained. TransIP SOAP V5 API was marked as deprecated"; # added 2023-02-27
   py-tree-sitter = throw "Was merged with tree-sitter."; # added 2024-03-20
+  transmissionrpc = throw "transmissionrpc has been removed because it no longer builds and is unmaintained"; # added 2024-10-12
   trezor_agent = trezor-agent; # Added 2024-01-07
   tumpa = throw "tumpa was promoted to a top-level attribute"; # added 2022-11-19
   tvdb_api = tvdb-api; # added 2023-10-20
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 547e0b6af13e..c3e365720b62 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15889,8 +15889,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   transmission-rpc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/transmission-rpc { };
 
-  transmissionrpc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/transmissionrpc { };
-
   trectools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/trectools { };
 
   tree-sitter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tree-sitter { };