diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/clint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/clint/default.nix
index 7e826194de45..6099c3c63591 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/clint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/clint/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 , mock
 , blessings
 , nose
-, nose_progressive
 , pillow
 , args
 , pkgs
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # no longer compatible as behavior demand 2to3, which was removed
   # in setuptools>=58
   doCheck  = false;
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ mock nose nose_progressive pkgs.glibcLocales ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ mock nose pkgs.glibcLocales ];
   checkPhase = ''
     ${python.interpreter} test_clint.py
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nose_progressive/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nose_progressive/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index fb9a8e61bdae..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nose_progressive/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, nose
-, pillow
-, blessings
-, isPy3k
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "nose-progressive";
-  version = "1.5.2";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1mzmgq0wnfizmg9m2wn0c9g9282rdgv1jnphp8ww5h8kwqrjhvis";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ nose ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pillow blessings ];
-
-  # fails with obscure error
-  doCheck = !isPy3k;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/erikrose/nose-progressive";
-    description = "A testrunner with a progress bar and smarter tracebacks";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
-    broken = true; # relies on 2to3 conversion, which was removed from setuptools>=58.0
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index b2e8033b97e4..46d3e6deecc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   mutmut = throw "mutmut has been promoted to a top-level attribute"; # added 2022-10-02
   net2grid = gridnet; # add 2022-04-22
   nose-cover3 = throw "nose-cover3 has been removed, it was using setuptools 2to3 translation feature, which has been removed in setuptools 58"; # added 2022-02-16
+  nose_progressive = throw "nose_progressive has been removed, it was using setuptools 2to3 translation feature, which has been removed in setuptools 58"; #added 2023-02-21
   notifymuch = throw "notifymuch has been promoted to a top-level attribute"; # added 2022-10-02
   ordereddict = throw "ordereddict has been removed because it is only useful on unsupported python versions."; # added 2022-05-28
   pafy = throw "pafy has been removed because it is unmaintained and only a dependency of mps-youtube, itself superseded by yewtube"; # Added 2023-01-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 28812e165401..f09a8eb1a188 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6460,8 +6460,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   nose-pattern-exclude = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nose-pattern-exclude { };
 
-  nose_progressive = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nose_progressive { };
-
   nose-randomly = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nose-randomly { };
 
   nose_warnings_filters = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nose_warnings_filters { };