diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/blessings/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/blessings/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d4d4e887ce11..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/blessings/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  six,
-  nose,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "blessings";
-  version = "1.7";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "98e5854d805f50a5b58ac2333411b0482516a8210f23f43308baeb58d77c157d";
-  };
-
-  # 4 failing tests, 2to3
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ nose ];
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    nosetests
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/erikrose/blessings";
-    description = "Thin, practical wrapper around terminal coloring, styling, and positioning";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index cea0900e2e34..ea3ae922f152 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   bedup = throw "bedup was removed because it was broken and abandoned upstream"; # added 2023-02-04
   bip_utils = bip-utils; # 2023-10-08
   bitcoin-price-api = throw "bitcoin-price-api has been removed, it was using setuptools 2to3 translation feautre, which has been removed in setuptools 58"; # added 2022-02-15
+  blessings = throw "blessings has been removed in favor of blessed, as it was unmaintained"; # added 2024-08-20
   BlinkStick = blinkstick; # added 2023-02-19
   blockdiagcontrib-cisco = throw "blockdiagcontrib-cisco is not compatible with blockdiag 2.0.0 and has been removed."; # added 2020-11-29
   bsblan = python-bsblan; # added 2022-11-04
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ce3728ea525a..e1299e5f1ded 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1668,8 +1668,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   blessed = callPackage ../development/python-modules/blessed { };
 
-  blessings = callPackage ../development/python-modules/blessings { };
-
   blinker = callPackage ../development/python-modules/blinker { };
 
   blinkpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/blinkpy { };