From 7ca75c48113eabb026b8ddd93477c3ac40d8eda1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sigmanificient <edhyjox@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:00:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] python2Packages.backports-functools-lru-cache: drop

---
 .../backports-functools-lru-cache/default.nix | 38 -------------------
 pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix             |  1 +
 pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix           |  4 --
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 42 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 pkgs/development/python2-modules/backports-functools-lru-cache/default.nix

diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/backports-functools-lru-cache/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/backports-functools-lru-cache/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 78a52491f1fc..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/backports-functools-lru-cache/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  setuptools,
-  setuptools-scm,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "backports-functools-lru-cache";
-  version = "1.6.6";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    pname = "backports.functools_lru_cache";
-    inherit version;
-    hash = "sha256-e3DnAbpNtYwO2GcanTORsKu5vRvCTU6Qw0gPS6r8wtw=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    setuptools
-    setuptools-scm
-  ];
-
-  # circular dependency:
-  # backports-functools-lru-cache -> pytest -> wc-width -> backports-functools-lru-cache
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [
-    "backports.functools_lru_cache"
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Backport of functools.lru_cache";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/backports.functools_lru_cache";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index db52f40d06ef..037a61bb36e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ mapAliases {
   atsim_potentials = throw "'atsim_potentials' has been renamed to/replaced by 'atsim-potentials'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   autotrash = throw "'autotrash' has been renamed to/replaced by 'super.pkgs.autotrash'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   Babel = throw "'Babel' has been renamed to/replaced by 'babel'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
+  backports-functools-lru-cache = throw "'backports-functools-lru-cache' has been removed from nixpkgs as it was not longer used in python2"; # Added 2026-01-14
   backports_shutil_get_terminal_size = throw "'backports_shutil_get_terminal_size' has been renamed to/replaced by 'backports-shutil-get-terminal-size'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   basewood-av = throw "'basewood-av' has been removed due to being archived upstream and unused"; # added 2025-11-26
   bash_kernel = throw "'bash_kernel' has been renamed to/replaced by 'bash-kernel'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index eb18d417151c..3edf7143941c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ with super;
 {
   attrs = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/attrs { };
 
-  backports-functools-lru-cache =
-    callPackage ../development/python2-modules/backports-functools-lru-cache
-      { };
-
   bootstrapped-pip = toPythonModule (callPackage ../development/python2-modules/bootstrapped-pip { });
 
   cffi = disabed super.cffi;