diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cirq-rigetti/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cirq-rigetti/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d78ad727a150..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cirq-rigetti/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-{
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  cirq-core,
-  setuptools,
-  pyquil,
-  qcs-sdk-python,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "cirq-rigetti";
-  pyproject = true;
-  inherit (cirq-core) version src;
-
-  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/${pname}";
-
-  pythonRelaxDeps = [
-    "pyquil"
-    "qcs-sdk-python"
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Remove outdated test
-    rm cirq_rigetti/service_test.py
-  '';
-
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
-
-  dependencies = [
-    cirq-core
-    pyquil
-    qcs-sdk-python
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-
-  disabledTestPaths = [
-    # No need to test the version number
-    "cirq_rigetti/_version_test.py"
-  ];
-
-  # cirq's importlib hook doesn't work here
-  #pythonImportsCheck = [ "cirq_rigetti" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    inherit (cirq-core.meta) changelog license maintainers;
-    description = "Cirq package to simulate and connect to Rigetti quantum computers and Quil QVM";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/quantumlib/Cirq/tree/main/cirq-rigetti";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cirq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cirq/default.nix
index 5f74e6ac6762..f5cd8c4eafe7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cirq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cirq/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   cirq-google,
   cirq-ionq,
   cirq-pasqal,
-  cirq-rigetti,
   cirq-web,
 
   # tests
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     cirq-google
     cirq-ionq
     cirq-pasqal
-    cirq-rigetti
     cirq-web
   ];
 
@@ -44,7 +42,6 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     "cirq-google"
     "cirq-ionq"
     "cirq-pasqal"
-    "cirq-rigetti"
     "cirq-web"
     "dev_tools"
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index a21199a8ef40..ba9e6c971205 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   chia-rs = throw "chia-rs has been removed. see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/270254"; # added 2023-11-26
   class-registry = phx-class-registry; # added 2021-10-05
   cirq-ft = throw "cirq-ft is not longer provieded by cirq upstream"; # added 2024-08-31
+  cirq-rigetti = throw "cirq-rigetti was removed because it is no longer provided by upstream"; # added 2025-09-13
   ciscoconfparse = throw "ciscoconfparse was archived by upstream, use ciscoconfparse2"; # added 2025-03-08
   cld2-cffi = throw "cld2-cffi has been removed, as the last release was in 2016"; # added 2024-05-20
   clvm = throw "clvm has been removed. see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/270254"; # added 2023-11-26
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0a86282b1e3e..baf0ccc66dcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2572,8 +2572,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   cirq-pasqal = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cirq-pasqal { };
 
-  cirq-rigetti = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cirq-rigetti { };
-
   cirq-web = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cirq-web { };
 
   ciscoconfparse2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ciscoconfparse2 { };