diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rig/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bc43aac3551a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rig/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
-, isPy35, isPy27
-, numpy, pytz, six, enum-compat, sentinel
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "rig";
-  version = "2.4.1";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "5a3896dbde3f291c5dd34769e7329ef5d5e4da34fee53479bd13dc5e5d540b8a";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy pytz six sentinel enum-compat ];
-
-  # This is the list of officially supported versions. Other versions may work
-  # as well.
-  disabled = !(isPy27 || isPy35);
-
-  # Test Phase is only supported in development sources.
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A collection of tools for developing SpiNNaker applications";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/project-rig/rig";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 157a0cd4815d..14dcac6cbe27 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   repeated_test = repeated-test; # added 2022-11-15
   requests_oauthlib = requests-oauthlib; # added 2022-02-12
   requests_toolbelt = requests-toolbelt; # added 2017-09-26
+  rig = throw "rig has been removed because it was pinned to python 2.7 and 3.5, failed to build and is otherwise unmaintained"; # added 2022-11-28
   roboschool = throw "roboschool is deprecated in favor of PyBullet and has been removed"; # added 2022-01-15
   ROPGadget = ropgadget; # added 2021-07-06
   rotate-backups = throw "rotate-backups was removed in favor of the top-level rotate-backups"; # added 2021-07-01
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index de974a06fedd..45f99ffc0357 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9794,8 +9794,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   rich-rst = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rich-rst { };
 
-  rig = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rig { };
-
   ring-doorbell = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ring-doorbell { };
 
   ripe-atlas-cousteau = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ripe-atlas-cousteau { };