diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/1.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/1.x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 79f896bef385..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/1.x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, aspell, pkg-config, glib, hunspell, hspell }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.6.1";
-  pname = "enchant";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/AbiWord/${pname}/releases/download/${pname}-1-6-1/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1xg3m7mniyqyff8qv46jbfwgchb6di6qxdjnd5sfir7jzv0dkw5y";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ aspell glib hunspell hspell ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Generic spell checking library";
-    homepage = "https://abiword.github.io/enchant";
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
-    license = licenses.lgpl21;
-    # never built on aarch64-darwin since first introduction in nixpkgs
-    broken = stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 5506b451ddb1..39f375fa9947 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   emacsWithPackages = emacs.pkgs.withPackages; # Added 2020-12-18
 
   enblendenfuse = throw "'enblendenfuse' has been renamed to/replaced by 'enblend-enfuse'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
+  enchant1 = throw "enchant1 has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was unmaintained"; # Added 2023-01-18
   encryptr = throw "encryptr was removed because it reached end of life"; # Added 2022-02-06
   envdir = throw "envdir has been dropped due to the lack of maintenance from upstream since 2018"; # Added 2022-06-03
   envelope = throw "envelope has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was unmaintained"; # Added 2021-08-05
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b193d7efc87a..7d46862b27b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19251,8 +19251,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   emanote = haskell.lib.compose.justStaticExecutables haskellPackages.emanote;
 
-  enchant1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/enchant/1.x.nix { };
-
   enchant2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/enchant/2.x.nix { };
   enchant = enchant2;